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English Bachelor of Science (LSN)

An integrated study of science, math and technology with a focus on English studies

In addition to meeting the University and CHASS requirements, students in the LSN curricular option must take the following courses in the major:

1-2

Linguistics, Rhetoric, or Writing Practice (6 hrs) (2 different disciplines required)

Linguistics – ENG 210, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 491*, 524, 525

Rhetoric – ENG 321, 323, 411, 422, 425, 426, 491*

Writing Practice – ENG 201, 214, 215, 287, 288, 289, 314, 315, 323, 350, 381, 383, 389, 417, 421, 433, 488, 489, 491*, 495, 499

3

Literature Before 1800 (3 hrs)

Medieval British Literature – ENG 451, 452, 490, 491*, 509, 510, 551, 578

Renaissance British Literature – ENG 439, 449, 460*, 486, 487, 491*, 529, 530, 558 561, 578

Eighteenth-Century British Literature – ENG 362, 460*, 462, 491*, 562, 563, 579

Colonial/American Literature before 1800 – ENG 420*, 467, 491*, 531

4

Literature After 1800 (3 hrs)

Nineteenth-Century British Literature – ENG 363, 453, 460*, 463, 491*, 550, 560, 564

U.S. Literature Before 1900 – ENG 368, 369, 420*, 448, 467, 468, 469, 476, 491*, 531, 555, 565, 573, 575

Twentieth/Twenty-First Century British or American Literature – ENG 370, 371, 372, 373, 380, 382, 398, 399, 420*, 464, 465, 470, 471, 491*, 548, 549, 570, 571, 572, 573, 576, 577, 580

5

Genre or Author (3 hrs)

Genre – ENG/FL 393, 394*, 497*, 539*;ENG 362,363, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 376, 377, 380, 382, 491*, 563, 564, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 576, 577, 578, 579

Author – ENG/FL 392, 539*; ENG 420, 451, 460, 486, 487, 491*, 551, 558, 561

6-10

Electives (15 hrs)

Any 15 credits of English electives.

*An asterisked course can satisfy a requirement only when its content is appropriate to that requirement.

200-Level Courses:

  • Students may take no more than four 200-level courses in the major.

English-related minors available to LSN majors:

  • American Literature
  • Creative Writing
  • Film Studies
  • Journalism
  • Linguistics
  • Technical and Scientific Communication
  • World Literature

One course—and only one—may be counted in both the major and any minor.