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Program Sample Plan

Program name: English B.A.
Sample Plan: Literature and the Other Arts
Total Credits: 120.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Academic advisers recommend that you visit at least one professor in office hours each semester.
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ENGL 1201W - Contemporary American Literature : 4.0 cr : LITR, WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Academic advisers recommend that students declare major this term.
Research arts organizations on campus and in Twin Cities (eg: MN Orchestra, Theatre Fringe Festival)
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ENGL 3001W - Textual Analysis: Methods : 4.0 cr : WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Recommend that students get experience using UM Virtual Library, http://www.lib.umn.edu/undergrad/
Recommend that students use Student Writing Center, http://writing.umn.edu/sws/index.htm
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ENGL 3007 - Shakespeare : 3.0 cr : LITR
ENGL 3006W - Survey of American Literatures and Cultures II : 4.0 cr : LITR, DSJ, WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Recommend that students plan for study abroad or internships.
Note: ENGL 3006W is one example of an Amer/British Surveys & Hist Lit course or English elective.
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ENGL 3003W - Historical Survey of British Literatures I : 4.0 cr : HIS, WI
LE (Social Sciences) :4.0 cr
AAS 3501 (or other arts-oriented outside major 3xxx elective) 4.0 cr
ENGL 3090 - Topics: Hip Hop Sound & Literature 3.0 cr
Recommend that students have internship or participate in study abroad.
Note: ENGL 3090 is one example of an English Elective.
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ENGL 3005W - Survey of American Literatures and Cultures I : 4.0 cr : LITR, DSJ, WI
ENGL 3002 - Modern Literary Criticism and Theory : 3.0 cr
AFRO 3108 (or other arts-oriented outside major elective 3xxx) 3.0 cr
ALL 3637W (or other arts-oriented outside major elective 3xxx) 3.0 cr
ENGL 3090 - Topics: Research: Print & Digital Media 2.0 cr
Recommend that students have internship or participate in study abroad.
Begin post-graduation planning.
Note: ENGL 3002 is one example of an English Language or Literary Theory course.
Note: ENGL 3005W is one example of an Amer/British Surveys and Hist Lit course or English elective.
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ARTH 3015W (or other arts-oriented outside major elective 3xxx) 4.0 cr
CSCL 3172 (or other arts-oriented outside major elective) 4.0 cr
ENGL 3175 - 20th-Century British Literatures and Cultures I : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Apply for admission to a spring semester section of ENGL/ENGW 3960W before October 30.
Recommend that students have internship in an arts organization and/or plan for post-graduation.
Note: ENGL 3175 is one example of an English elective.
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
ENGL 3960W - Capstone Seminar in English : 4.0 cr : WI
ENGL 4041 - Old Age in Film and Literature : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3374W (or other arts-oriented outside major elective 3xxx) 3.0 cr
MUS 3029 (or other arts-oriented outside major elective 3xxx) 3.0 cr
Recommend post-graduation planning.
ENGW 3960W is possible for Year 4 Fall (apply by March 30th of Year 3 Spring).
ENGL 4041 is one example of an English elective.