A student who receives below a “c” in two major classes will have his or her record evaluated by English Major Committee. The English Major Committee can remove any student from the English major whose academic progress in English classes is deemed insufficient or who has been recommended for removal by an English instructor or by the Division Chair due to academic dishonesty (plagiarism).
To satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree in English, students must complete a total of 120 semester credit hours with a minimum of 39 semester credit hours in English coursework. These credit hours must include both a 27-credit-hour core and an additional 12 credit hours in one of three concentrations (Literature, Creative Writing or English with Teaching Certification). A total of 45 semester credit hours at the 300/400 level are required for graduation.
ENG 313: Non-Western Literature
ENG 322: Survey of British Literature I
ENG 323: Survey of British Literature II
ENG 324: Survey of American Literature I
ENG 325: Survey of American Literature II
ENG 409: Literature of African-Americans
ENG 413: Literary Criticism
One writing class. Choose from:
ENG 204: Journalism
ENG 214: Persuasive Writing
ENG 216: Technical Writing
One language class. Choose from:
ENG 311: Advanced Grammar*
ENG 314: History of the English Language
ENG 317: Linguistics
mandatory for English with Teaching Certification Concentration
To satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree in English, a student must complete 12 semester credit hours in one of the following concentrations in addition to the 27 hour English Core listed above:
Literature: the student must complete the following classes: ENG 398: Literary Heritage ENG 399: Special Topics ENG 499: Capstone and either ENG 411: Shakespeare or
ENG 411: Shakespeare or or
ENG 415: Major Author(s)
Creative Writing: the student must complete the following classes:
Choose Two:
ENG 342: Writing Poetry
ENG 343: Creative Non-Fiction
ENG 345: Writing Drama/Screenplay
ENG 346: Writing Fiction
Plus Both:
ENG 490: Senior Creative Project and
ENG 499: Capstone
English with Teaching Certification: In addition to the Education classes necessary to obtain teaching certification, the student must complete the following classes, as well as complete ENG 311 in order to fulfill core requirements in writing and language:
ENG 214: Persuasive Writing
ENG 390: Adolescent Literature
ENG 433: Reading and Writing Clinic Practicum
EDU 445: Reading Instruction in the Secondary School
For specific requirements to receive teacher certification, interested students should consult the Catalogue section under the School of Education. Students seeking teacher certification should refer to the admission criteria and procedures included in the College of Professional Studies section of this Catalogue.
The health of a democracy is deeply connected to the health of a free press. Thomas Jefferson thought so highly of the importance of the press’ role in guarding the people’s rights that he stated: “If I had to choose between a government without a free press and a free press without government, I would choose the latter.” From the hey-day of its nationally celebrated civil rights leader and alumnus Whitney M. Young, Jr. to its connections with Kentucky’s black owned or operated newspapers and indeed throughout its some 120 years of great achievements and challenges, Kentucky State University’s own history has been deeply entwined with the exercise of a free press. All three aspects of Kentucky State’s mission – liberal studies, land grant status (especially the mass communications facilities of the land grant program), and its status as an HBCU –, coalesce together in a B. A. program in Mass Communications and Journalism.
Unconditional admission to the B. A. program in Mass Communications and Journalism requires the following:
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