2012-2013 Catalog
School of Arts and Sciences
Humanities (B.A.)
1. Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after. See “General
Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree.”
2. Satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts.
6 semester hours of sophomore foreign language
3. General Requirements:
• Upper Division – ENGL 3430 Professional Writing; 9 semester hours in HUMA period courses (HUMA
4312, 4313, 4314, 4315 and 4317); 3 semester hours in any HUMA, HIST, or ENGL course; 3
semester hours in HUMA 4324 Gender Studies or HUMA 4323 Asian Culture.
4. Concentration/Specialization -18 semester hours chosen from one of the following concentrations:
a. Creative Writing: 18 semester hours selected with advisor approval. ENGL 2313 Intro to Creative
Writing, 6 semester hours in ENGL Writing courses (3315, 3318, 3319, 3328); 6 semester hours in
ENGL Advanced Writing courses (4315, 4318, 4319, 4328), ENGL 3312 Grammar & Rhetoric.
b. English: 18 Semester hours of junior and senior level courses in English (Excluding ENGL 3430)
c. History: 18 semester hours selected with advisor approval.
5. Students seeking secondary certification should see the section on “Secondary Teacher Certification
Programs”.
6. Free electives - Enough electives to fulfill the 120 semester hour requirements and the 54 semester hours of
upper division courses.
These requirements are summarized in the following table:
Humanities Plan
| I. CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS (42 total core hours required). |
LD | LD/UD | UD | TOTAL |
| English Composition | 6 | 6 | ||
| College Math or higher | 3 | 3 | ||
| Natural Sciences | 6 | 6 | ||
| Humanities | 3 | 3 | ||
| Visual/Performing Arts | 3 | 3 | ||
| U.S. History | 6 | 6 | ||
| Political Science | 6 | 6 | ||
| Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | 3 | ||
| Speech | 3 | 3 | ||
| Computer Literacy | 3 | 3 | ||
II. PLAN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS |
LD |
LD/UD |
UD |
TOTAL |
| A. General | ||||
| ENGL 3430 Professional Writing | 4 | 4 | ||
| Foreign Language -- (6 s.h. in sophomore level courses ) | 6 | 6 | ||
| HUMA 4323 Asian Culture, or 4324 Gender Studies | 3 | 3 | ||
| HUMA period courses (9 s.h. from the following courses: HUMA 4312, HUMA 4313, HUMA 4314, HUMA 4315, HUMA 4317) |
9 | 9 | ||
| Any HUMA, HIST, or ENGL Course | 3 | 3 | ||
| B. Concentration / Specialization (One of the following) | ||||
| English | 18 | 18 | ||
| History | 18 | 18 | ||
| III. FREE ELECTIVES (to fulfill hours’ requirements) | ||||
| * TOTAL | 120 | |||
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* Total must be minimum of 120 s.h. with minimum of 54 s.h. at upper division level. |
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