English, Literature (B.A.)

General Education Program (GEP) (36 Credit Hours)

Common Program Prerequisites (CPP)

¹ See transfer notes for possible substitutions.

• ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3 (GEP) ¹
• ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3 (GEP) ¹

Core Requirements: Basic Level (6 Credit Hours)

¹ Prerequisite for all 4000 level AML, ENG, ENL, or LIT courses

• ENG 3014 - Theories and Techniques of Literature Study Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Core Requirements: Advanced Level (15 Credit Hours)

• Literary History Requirement
• Choose five courses from the two groupings

Restricted Electives (15 Credit Hours)

• Upper Division Requirements

Capstone Requirements

• None

Electives

Select primarily from upper level courses, with departmental advisor’s approval. May be outside of the department. Please note that no more than 6 of the following courses may be taken:

• CRW 3120 - Fiction Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
• CRW 3211 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Credit Hours: 3
• CRW 3310 - Poetry Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
• CRW 3610 - Writing Scripts Credit Hours: 3
• CRW 4122 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
• CRW 4224 - Advanced Nonfiction Workshop Credit Hours: 3
• CRW 4320 - Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
• CRW 4616 - Advanced Scriptwriting Workshop Credit Hours: 3
• ENC 4360 - Nature Writing Credit Hours: 3

Foreign Language Requirements

Admissions

• Met by graduation requirement

Graduation

• Proficiency equivalent to three semesters of college instruction in a foreign language taught by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures or Judaic Studies. Standardized examinations for foreign languages may be used to meet the requirement. With departmental approval, a cultural/multicultural or related course offered by the Department of English may be used to satisfy one semester of the Graduation requirement.

Additional Requirements

• None

Departmental Exit Requirements

• Maintain and achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all courses used towards the major.

University Minimum Exit Requirements

• A 2.0 UCF GPA
• 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
• 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
• 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
• A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
• Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.

Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 120

Additional Information

Honors In Major (9 Credit Hours)

• Application and admission through the English Honors Committee and the Honors College.
• Fulfill University requirements for Honors in the Major.
• Grade of “B” (3.0) or better in an English graduate or undergraduate level course or in a graduate or undergraduate level course outside the major that relates to thesis with approval (3 hrs), Directed Readings (3 hrs), and Thesis hours (3 hrs).
• Successful completion and oral defense of Honors thesis.

Related Programs

• English, Creative Writing (B.A.) 
• English, Technical Communication (B.A.) 

Certificates

• None

Related Minors

• English, Creative Writing Minor 
• English, Linguistics Minor 
• English, Technical Communication Minor 
• Writing and Rhetoric Minor 

Advising Notes

• None

Transfer Notes

• Lower division courses do not substitute for upper division courses.
• Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information.

Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses

• None

Program Academic Learning Compacts

• Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/academic_learning_compacts.htm

Plan of Study

• One of the numerous possible plans of study. See program description for all requirements. Consult a departmental advisor for alternate, new or more appropriate selections.