English Language
Program Requirements
It is strongly recommended that Ling 198, a 2-credit-hour course, be taken early in a student's major.
This course is recommended to help English Language majors focus on specific educational and occupational goals and to identify the career options or educational opportunities available to them.
The course will introduce them to the resources needed for accessing information about graduate schools, internships, careers, and career development.
requirement 1 Complete 2 courses
requirement 2 Complete 7 courses
Core courses:
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
requirement 4 Complete 1 course
Period courses:
requirement 5 Complete 9.0 hours from the following course(s)
NOTE: A maximum of 3.0 hours of DIGHT courses can be used to partially fulfill this requirement. NOTE: The courses chosen to satisfy requirements above cannot double count in this requirement.
requirement 6
Complete university course work (or the equivalent) to a 200-level or higher in any single foreign language, including American Sign Language. (This requirement varies for Spanish. See the Humanities College Advisement Center.) The language for this requirement may be the same language used to satisfy the GE Foreign Language option, but note that the GE Foreign Language option may require more coursework than this requirement from the English Language major. For non-native speakers of English, the university TOEFL requirement satisfies this requirement for the English Language major. A language relevant to the historical development of English is strongly recommended, namely Latin, French, German, or Classical Greek.
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Advisement
The following Linguistics faculty members serve as academic advisors for English Language students. Consult the chart below to determine which faculty member is your advisor.
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Suggested Areas of Emphasis
Students may choose to follow one of the following suggested areas of emphasis.
Area of Emphasis
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Recommended Courses
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Historical English Linguistics
specific preparation for graduate studies in Historical English Linguistics, Philology
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ELang 447: Early Modern English |
ELang 448: Late Modern English |
ELang 524: History of the Book |
ELang 525: Old English |
ELang 526: Middle English |
Pre-professional Studies
specific preparation for professional studies such as law, business, and medicine
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ELang 447: Early Modern English |
ELang 448: Late Modern English |
ELang 524: History of the Book |
ELang 529: Structure of Modern English |
Ling 452: Intro to Sociolinguistics |
TESOL
in conjunction with a TESOL minor
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ELang 468: Varieties of English |
ELang 529: Structure of Modern English |
Ling 550: Sociolinguistics |
DigHT 210: Humanities Technology: Tools and Skills |
English Language Studies
specific preparation for continued studies requiring advanced English language knowledge, including TESOL, Linguistics, English
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English language period requirement |
ELang 468: Varieties of English |
ELang 529: Structure of Modern English |
Ling 452: Intro to Sociolinguistics |
Textual Analysis
specific preparation for studies in editing and textual criticism |
English language period requirement |
ELang 524: History of the Book |
ELang 468: Varieties of English |
ELang 485: Corpus Linguistics |
ELang 529: Structure of Modern English |
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