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Program Sample Plan

Program name: English B.A.
Sample Plan: Multicultural Studies
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 (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Recommend that students visit at least one professor in office hours each semester.
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
ENGL 1301W - Multicultural American Literature 4.0 cr
Recommend that students declare major this term.
Find out about Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Note: ENGL 1301W is one example of an English elective.
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ENGL 3001W - Textual Analysis: Methods : 4.0 cr : WI
ENGL 3003W - Historical Survey of British Literatures I : 4.0 cr : HIS, WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 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
Recommend ENGL 3300 or 3330.
Note: ENGL 3003W is one example of an Amer/British Surveys & Hist Lit course or English elective.
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 (Civic Life and Ethics) :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: 13.0 cr
ENGL 3211 - American Poetry to 1900 : 3.0 cr
ENGL 3351W - Voices from the Gaps: Writing and Art by Women of Color 4.0 cr
CHIC 3507W (or other outside major elective 3xxx) 3.0 cr
AFRO 3006 (or other outside major elective) 3.0 cr
Recommend that students have internship or participate in study abroad.
Note: ENGL 3211 is one example of an Amer/British Surveys and Hist Lit course or English elective.
Note: ENGL 3351W is one example of an English elective.
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ENGL 3002 - Modern Literary Criticism and Theory : 3.0 cr
ENGL 3090 - Topics: Research: Print & Digital Media 2.0 cr
ENGL 3598W - Introduction to African American Literature and Culture II : 4.0 cr : LITR, DSJ, WI
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 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 3090 is one example of an English Elective.
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ENGL 3592W - Introduction to Black Women Writers in the United States : 3.0 cr : LITR, DSJ, WI
Elective :4.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Recommend that students have internship and/or plan for post-graduation.
Apply for admission to a spring semester section of ENGL/ENGW 3960W before October 30.
ENGL 3592W is one example of an English elective.
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ENGL 3960W - Capstone Seminar in English : 4.0 cr : WI
ENGL 3040 - Studies in Film : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Recommend post-graduation planning.
ENGL 3960W is possible for Year 4 Fall (apply by March 30th of Year 3 Spring).
Note: ENGL 3040 is one example of an English elective.