2025-2026 University Catalog- DRAFT
English, B.A.
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The Bachelor of Arts in English degree program is designed for students who want to develop critical practices in reading, writing, and thinking—practices that lead not only to creative and academic fulfillment but also to career success. No matter what your personal and professional goals are, the English major can provide you with the skills to reach them.
English majors complement a core curriculum focused on methods, rhetoric, and theory with courses in literature and writing. Working with an English faculty adviser, each student creates a personalized curriculum tailored to their interests and goals.
Students who wish to earn secondary certification to teach English are encouraged to pursue a double major in education (B.S.E.) and English (B.A.).
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Requirements For: B.A. Major – 42 Hours, 2.0 GPA
English majors develop critical practices in reading, writing, and thinking, in order to promote creative and humanist responses to literature, life, and intellectual endeavor. The English program encourages students to explore many facets of human nature and culture through the study of literature, development of analytical reading and reasoning skills, and the articulate use of oral and written language. English majors complement a core curriculum focused on methods, rhetoric, and theory with courses in literature and writing. Working with an English adviser, each student creates a personalized curriculum, tailored to his or her interests and goals. Students who wish to earn secondary certification to teach English should pursue a double major in education (B.S.E.) and English (B.A.). Literature 9 CR.
Complete nine hours from among the following courses (six hours must be 300-level or above) Writing and Rhetoric 9 CR.
Complete nine hours from among the following courses (six hours must be 300-level or above) Electives 9 CR.
Complete nine additional hours from any English courses (six hours must be 300-level or above) Note:
**For those students wishing to teach English: See also Bachelor of Science in Education Liberal Education Requirements 43 CR.
Human Diversity, Intercultural Understanding and Social Justice Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following: AN100 , EN221 , GGH110 , SO206 , SO342 , SW205 Information Literacy and Logic Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following: BAI209 , CA322 , PH101 , PH103 Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following: MA115 , MA120 , MA135 , or higher math course excluding MA208 Scientific Inquiry - Natural and Physical Requirement 7 cr.
Natural Science - Select one from the following: BI111 , BI214 , GO125 , GO141 Physical Science - Select one from the following: CH101 , GGP115 , GGP120 , PY101 , PY130 (One course must include a lab portion) Graduation Requirements
Student Seminar 3 CR.
FYE100 First-Year Seminar (required for all incoming first-time freshman and highly encouraged for transfer students) Upper Division Requirements 36 cr.
36 hours of upper division (300 - 400 level) course work Writing Across the Curriculum 9 cr.
3 credit hours of Professional Writing (EN306* or equivalent from the list below) plus 6 credit hours of Writing Intensive coursework are required. EN306A , EN306B , EN306C , EN307 , EDU300 , CJ450 , HIS455 , MG306 , NS306 , PA430 , PO405 , PS300 , PS406 , or SO310 6 credit hours to fulfill the Writing Intensive requirement must be chosen from among the courses designated in the catalog as “WI” (Writing Intensive ), composed as follows: - 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course outside the student’s major(s); that is, the course must be offered by a program other than the one(s) that house(s) the student’s major area of study at the time the course is taken.
- 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course that is offered by the student’s major program; that is, the course must be offered by the same program that houses the student’s major at the time the course is taken.
AR316 , AR498 , BIO327 , BIO498 , CA218 , CA322 , CA510 , CH342 , CJ221 , CS300 , EDU310 , EN201 , EN 204 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234 , EN490 , EXS375 , GGP350 , HC 263 , HIS261 , HIS334 , HIS453H , HIS453M , IDS410 , MA301 , MG495 , ML251 , MU401 , NUR450 , NUR460 , PA432 , PC202 , PO210 , PS315 , SO141 , SW325 Modern Language Requirement
Completion of two, 3-hour elementary level modern language courses (103 and 104); or the second 3-hour elementary level modern language course (104) and one, 3-hour intermediate course (201); or one, 3-hour intermediate course (201). Placement will be determined through a Modern Language Placement test. Intermediate Level 3 cr.
SP201 or transfer equivalent Additional Requirements
Park University confers the Bachelor of Arts degree at selected locations when a candidate has satisfied the following conditions: - Completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours with a cumulative 2.0 GPA (or higher dependent on major).
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A minor is required (some may be discipline specific as noted in the major). -
Satisfaction of all requirements for a major. -
Completion of the Liberal Education requirements. -
Completion of the degree specific requirements. -
Completion of residency requirement, 30 hours of earned and graded (A, B, C, D) college hours at Park University. At least 15 of these 30 hours must be in the major. -
Submission of an Application for Graduation. |
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