- English, BA requires 120 credit hours.
- Two courses (6 semester hours) at the 400 level
- No more than three sophomore literature courses (9 semester hours)
- No more than three courses (9 semester hours) in creative writing
- 36 of 120 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher.
- Must have a 2.0 GPA in major, minor, and overall.
- No more than 6 credit hours of HPE may count in degree requirements.
- 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH, with an overall 25% of coursework taken at UAH.
- No more than 60 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman Composition | 6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 6 | |
12 hours of Humanities and Fine Arts chosen from the following categories below | ||
| Fine Arts: Choose one | 3 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| Literature | ||
Students will fulfill Literature requirements within the English Major Core. | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts: Choose one | 3 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
Any WLC 100 or 200 level 1 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
| TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
PHL 201 | ||
| INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES | ||
| Mathematics and Natural Sciences | 11 | |
| Mathematics: Choose one | 3-4 | |
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| Natural Sciences: Choose two | 8 | |
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE | ||
| WEATHER, CLIMATE & GLOBAL CHNG | ||
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC III | ||
| History and Social and Behavioral Sciences | 12 | |
| History: Choose one | 3 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
| UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences: Choose three | 9 | |
| PRINC OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINC OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES | ||
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| INTRO TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
| INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS | ||
| INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| SOCIOLOGICAL PERSP TECH & SCI | ||
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select 6 semester hours from the following: | 6 | |
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | ||
| HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL I | ||
| HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL 2 | ||
| MYTHOLOGY | ||
| Introduction to the English Major and Minor | ||
| EH 305 | INTRO TO ENGLISH MAJOR & MINOR | 3 |
| Survey of General Linguistics | ||
| EHL 405 | SUR GEN LINGUISTICS:APP ENG I | 3 |
| Composition Studies for Teachers | ||
| EH 400 | COMPOSITION STUDIES FOR TCHERS | 3 |
| American Literature | ||
| Select 3 semester hours from the following: | 3 | |
| SURVEY AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| STUDIES IN THE NOVEL | ||
| STUDIES IN AMERICAN CINEMA | ||
| THE AMERICAN NOVEL | ||
| AMERICAN LITERARY MODERNISM | ||
| WILLIAM FAULKNER | ||
| SPECIAL STUDIES AMERICAN LIT | ||
| READING THE EARLY REPUBLIC | ||
| THE AMERICAN NINETEENTH CNTRY | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| ETHNIC AMERICAN NOVEL | ||
| THE CIVIL WAR IN AMRCN IMGNTN | ||
| English Literature | ||
| Select 3 semester hours from the following: | 3 | |
| SURVEY BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
| REP TEXTS-WOMEN WRITERS | ||
| STUDIES IN THE NOVEL | ||
| CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATUR | ||
| SPECIAL STUDIES IN ENGLISH LIT | ||
| CHAUCER | ||
| ARTHURIAN ROMANCE | ||
| 16TH CENTURY LITERATURE | ||
| SHAKESPEARE I | ||
| SHAKESPEARE II | ||
| MILTON | ||
| EARLY MODERN LITERATURE | ||
| THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | ||
| THE ENLIGHTENMENT | ||
| ROMANTIC LITERATURE | ||
| VICTORIAN LITERATURE | ||
| The Novel | ||
| Select 3 semester hours from the following: | 3 | |
| STUDIES IN THE NOVEL | ||
| THE AMERICAN NOVEL | ||
| ETHNIC AMERICAN NOVEL | ||
| SPECIAL STUDIES AMERICAN LIT | ||
| SPECIAL STUDIES IN ENGLISH LIT (with a topic covering the novel) | ||
| Literature Elective | ||
| Select 3 semester hours from the courses listed above at the 300 level or above, as well as the following: | 3 | |
| LITERARY CRITICISM & THEORY | ||
| FEMINISM AND COMPOSITION | ||
| HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE | ||
| FICTION WRITING | ||
| POETRY WRITING | ||
| SPEC STUDIES CREATIVE WRITING | ||
| ANGLOPHONE/POSTCOLONIAL LIT | ||
| REP TEXTS-WOMEN WRITERS | ||
| STUDIES IN THE NOVEL | ||
| POETRY AND POETICS | ||
| LITERATURE, SCIENCE & TECH | ||
| SCIENCE FICTION | ||
| THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE | ||
| DRAMATIC LITERATURE | ||
| Speech and Communication | ||
| CM 113 | Intro to Rhetorical Communication | 3 |
| CM 231 | FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN COMMUNICA | 3 |
| Drama and Theatre | ||
| TH 221 | ACTING | 3 |
| TH 425 | THEATRE MAINSTAGE | 1-3 |
| Media Writing | ||
| CM 205 | INTRO TO JOURNALISM | 3 |
| Mass Media | ||
| CM 430 | MASS MEDIA IN AMERICA | 3 |
| Education Courses | ||
| ED 301 | INTRO TO EDUCATION PRACTICUM | 1 |
| ED 307 | MULTICULTURAL FND EDUCATION | 3 |
| ED 308 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| EDC 301 | TCHG THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD | 3 |
| EDC 311 | INSTR STRATEGIES INCLUSIVE CLR | 3 |
| ED 309 | CLASSROOM & BEHAVIOR MGMT | 3 |
| ED 350 | TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOM | 3 |
| ED 408 | TCHG READING/CONTENT AREA | 3 |
| ED 410 | FOUNDATIONS EDUC EVALUAT | 3 |
| ED 421 | TEACH ENGL MID & SEC SCHOOL | 3 |
| ED 497 | HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP | 12 |
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |