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Program Sample Plan

Program name: English B.A.
Sample Plan: The Politics of English
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
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
See POL, AMST, GWSS, SW, FSOS, etc. for LE's or freshman seminar.
Recommend that students visit at least one professor in office hours each semester.
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ENGL 1501W - Literature and Public Life : 4.0 cr : LITR, CIV, WI
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Recommend that students declare major this term.
Find out about Social Justice minor; http://ssw.che.umn.edu/Programs/socialjustice.html.
Note: ENGL 1501W 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
SW 2501W - Intro to Social Justice 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
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
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Language :5.0 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: 14.0 cr
ENGL 3134 - Milton and Rebellion : 3.0 cr
ENGL 3741 - Literacy and American Cultural Diversity : 4.0 cr : DSJ, LITR
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Note: ENGL 3134 is one example of an English Elective.
SW 3501 (or other outside major elective 3xxx) 4.0 cr
Recommend that students have internship or participate in study abroad.
Note: ENGL 3741 is one example of an English Language or Literary Theory course.
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ENGL 3501 - Public Discourse: Coming to Terms with the Environment : 3.0 cr : LITR, ENV
ENGL 3598W - Introduction to African American Literature and Culture II : 4.0 cr : LITR, DSJ, WI
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Note: ENGL 3598W is one example of an Amer/British Surveys & Hist Lit course or English elective.
Recommend that students have internship or participate in study abroad.
Begin post-graduation planning.
Note: ENGL 3501 is one example of an English elective.
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ENGL 3027W - The Essay : 4.0 cr : WI
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 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.
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ENGL 3960W - Capstone Seminar in English : 4.0 cr : WI
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
ENGW 3960W is possible for Year 4 Fall (apply by March 30th of Year 3 Spring).