UVU’s English program is designed to give students skill, confidence, and versatility in writing, speaking, and interpreting texts. The program provides opportunities for students to consider and practice the applications of effective language use in diverse situations: professional, pragmatic, social, political, and aesthetic. The English program emphasizes knowledge and use of standard English in all written work, yet incorporates an understanding that English is a desirably diverse and variable phenomenon. The courses of study in English are designed to familiarize students with much of the traditional canon of literature. They are also designed to provide students with the critical and ethical skills necessary to interrogate this canon, to incorporate and legitimize their own and others’ “different” voices, not just in the academy, but in any of the many situations in which language influences human activity.

Total Program Credits: 120

Matriculation Requirements:
Complete the following courses: ENGL 2600, Critical Introduction to Literature; ENGL 2510, American Literature before 1865, or ENGL 2520, American Literature after 1865; and ENGL 2610, British Literature before 1800, or ENGL 2620, British Literature after 1800.
General Education Requirements:			35 Credits
	ENGL 1010	Introduction to Academic Writing	3
or	ENGH 1005	Literacies and Composition Across Contexts (5)
	ENGL 2010	Intermediate Writing Academic Writing and Research	3
Complete one of the following:			3
	MAT 1030	Quantitative Reasoning (3) (recommended for Humanities or Arts majors)
	MATH 1040	Introduction to Statistics (3) (recommended for Social Science majors)
	MATH 1050	College Algebra (4) (recommended for Business, Education, Science, and Health Professions majors)
	MATH 1090	College Algebra for Business (3) (recommended for Business majors)
Complete one of the following:			3
	HIST 2700	US History to 1877 (3)
and	HIST 2710	US History since 1877 (3)
	HIST 1700	American Civilization (3)
	HIST 1740	US Economic History (3)
	POLS 1000	American Heritage (3)
	POLS 1100	American National Government (3)
Complete the following:
	PHIL 2050	Ethics and Values	3
	HLTH 1100	Personal Health and Wellness	2
or	PES 1097	Fitness for Life (2)
Distribution Courses:
	Biology		3
	Physical Science		3
	Additional Biology or Physical Science		3
	Humanities Distribution		3
	Fine Arts Distribution		3
	Social/Behavioral Science		3
Discipline Core Requirements:			22 Credits
	ENGL 2510	American Literature before 1865	3
or	ENGL 2520	American Literature after 1865 (3)
	ENGL 2610	British Literature before 1800	3
or	ENGL 2620	British Literature after 1800 (3)
	ENGL 2600	Critical Introduction to Literature	3
	ENGL 3000	Professional Considerations for the English Major 1	1
	ENGL 3090	Academic Writing for English Majors  WE 2	3
	ENGL 3890	Contemporary Critical Approaches to Literature  WE	3
	ENGL 4950	Senior Seminar	3
Language Core- Complete one of the following: 3			3
	ENGL 3010	Rhetorical Theory (3)
	ENGL 3020	Modern English Grammars (3)
	ENGL 3040	History of the English Language (3)
Elective Requirements:			36 Credits
	Complete any courses 1000 level or higher. Upper division may be necessary for graduation. Please see Adviser.		36
Emphasis Requirements:			27 Credits
American Literature (complete TWO from the following)			6
	ENGL 3510	Early American Literature (3)
	ENGL 3520	Literature of the American Renaissance (3)
	ENGL 3525	American Literary Realism and Naturalism (3)
	ENGL 3530	Modern American Literature (3)
	ENGL 3540	Contemporary American Literature (3)
British Literature, pre-1800 (complete ONE from the following)			3
	ENGL 3610	Medieval Literature (3)
	ENGL 3620	Tudor British Literature (3)
	ENGL 3630	Stuart British Literature (3)
	ENGL 3640	Restoration and 18th Century British Literature (3)
British Literature, post-1800 (complete ONE from the following)			3
	ENGL 3650	Romantic British Literature (3)
	ENGL 3655	Victorian British Literature (3)
	ENGL 3660	Modern British Literature (3)
	ENGL 3670	Contemporary British Literature (3)
Shakespeare (Complete the following)
	ENGL 463R	Topics in Shakespeare	3
Literature Elective (Complete ONE of the following)			3
	ENGL 357G	Native American Literature (3)
	ENGL 3710	Literature by Women (3)
	ENGL 373R	Literature of Cultures and Places (3)
	ENGL 374G	Literature of the Sacred (3)
	ENGL 376G	World Literature (3)
	ENGL 3780	Mormon Literature (3)
	ENGL 3820	History of Literary Criticism (3)
	ENGL 4570	Studies in the American Novel (3)
	ENGL 4620	Chaucer (3)
	ENGL 4640	Milton (3)
	ENGL 471R	Eminent Authors (3)
	ENGL 476G	Multi-ethnic Literature in America (3)
	ENGL 486R	Topics in Literature (3)
	Complete 9 upper-division credits of ENGL coursework beyond those courses taken to fulfill discipline core or emphasis requirements.		9

  Graduation Requirements:

1. Completion of a minimum of 120 semester credits, 40 of which must be 3000 level or higher.
2. Overall grade point average of 2.0 (C) or above. (Departments may require a higher GPA.)
3. Residency hours -- minimum of 30 credit hours through course attendance at UVU, with at least 10 hours earned in the last 45 hours.
4. Completion of GE and specified departmental requirements.
5. No grade below C- in required courses.
6. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.

Footnote

1Should be taken early on in the student's course of study, by the junior year at the latest.

2Should be taken early in the student's junior year, as it serves as crucial preparation for nearly all upper-division English courses.

3Students pursuing the Writing Studies emphasis should take ENGL 3010 Rhetorical Theory.