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Program Sample Plan

Program name: English B.A.
Sample Plan: Creative Writing
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
ENGW 1101W - Introduction to Creative Writing : 4.0 cr : LITR, WI
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
ENGL 3001W - Textual Analysis: Methods : 4.0 cr : WI
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
ENGL 3005W - Survey of American Literatures and Cultures I : 4.0 cr : LITR, DSJ, WI
ENGL 3007 - Shakespeare : 3.0 cr : LITR
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ENGL 4311 - Asian American Literature and Drama : 3.0 cr : LITR, DSJ
ENGL 4722 - Alphabet to Internet: History of Writing Technologies : 3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ENGL 3004W - Historical Survey of British Literatures II : 4.0 cr : HIS, WI
ENGW 3102 - Intermediate Fiction Writing : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ENGW 4205 - Screenwriting : 3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ENGW 3960W - Capstone Seminar in Creative Writing : 4.0 cr : WI
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr