English Concentrations
Students may concentrate their studies in one or more of the following concentrations or career paths:
Creative Studies Concentration (9-12 hours)
- CS 250: Creative Writing Workshop I
- CS 350: Creative Writing Workshop II
- EN 489. Internship
Drama Concentration (9-12 hours)
- CS 320. Theory and Methods of Play Production
- CS 357. A History of the American Cinema
- CS 365 Great Directors of Modern America Cinema
- EN 303/304 Shakespeare I & II
- EN 318. History of Theater
- EN 360. Film and Literature
- EN 489. Internship
- COM 151. Public Speaking
- EN 340. Professional and Technical Communications
- EN 489. Internship (teaching assistant)
- Senior year: two graduate education courses
Graduate School Preparation Concentration (12-15 hours in literature courses such as the following)
- EN 303/304. Shakespeare I & II
- EN 312. Modernism
- EN 315. Mythology
- EN 345. The City in Literature
- EN 400. Chaucer and Medieval Literature
- EN 418. Romanticism
- EN 419. Victorian Literature
- EN 440. Major Literary Figure
- EN 450. Introduction to Critical Theory
- EN 460. Postmodernism
- EN 490. Senior Honors Thesis
Professional Communications Concentration (12-15 hours)
- COM 121. Introduction to PowerPoint
- COM 131. Introduction to Communication Theory
- COM 151. Public Speaking
- COM 160. Introduction to Desktop Publishing/Quark Express
- COM 290. Media and Mass Media
- COM/MIS 310. Interactive Web Design
- COM 343. Journalism
- COM 347. Public Relations and Advertising
- COM 351 Speaking for the Professions
- EN 340 Professional and Technical Writing
- EN 489 Internship