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Bachelor of Science
Turn your passion for reading and writing into a career. Gain the communication and research skills prized by employers that prepare you for the 21st-century workplace. Learn to think critically and write effectively. Welcome to SNHU’s BA in English program. The BA in English degree opens up several career possibilities beyond the traditional roles of writers and teachers. English majors also go on to become lawyers, politicians, marketing communication professionals, historians, museum curators, and nonprofit directors, to name just a few career paths. Students in many majors often double-major or minor in English to strengthen their skills and marketability.
The English (BA) program contains 34 identified courses across 5 requirement categories. The prerequisite data currently includes 38 known course relationships.
Structured catalog requirement categories, credit thresholds, and nested course rules.
42 Total Credits
42 credit(s) from: GenEd
9 Total Credits
Complete all of the following
Complete 3 of the following
24 Total Credits
Complete all of the following
Complete:
1 of the following:
6 credit(s) from subject(s): LIT within the range of course numbers 300 - 399
1 of the following:
3 credit(s) from subject(s): LIT within the range of course numbers 400 - 499
1 of the following:
12 Total Credits
Complete:
9 credit(s) from the following:
Students may choose to take graduate-level courses but must meet all requirements in the Undergraduate Taking Graduate Courses policy.
33 Total Credits
33 credit(s).
Known courses in this degree map with credits and prerequisite links from catalog data.
| Course | Title | Credits | Prerequisites |
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| LIT 200 | Critical Approaches to Literature | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 250 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 3 |
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| HUM 201 | Humanities: Ancient to Renaissance | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 202 | Humanities: Renaissance to the Present | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 111 | Introduction to Critical Thinking | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 210 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 | None listed |
| ENG 350 | The English Language | 3 |
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| LIT 300 | Literary Theory | 3 |
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| ENG 401 | Profession of Writing | 3 |
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| ENG 300 | Brave New Words: Writing for a Better World | 3 |
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| ENG 326 | Genre Writing Workshop | 3 | None listed |
| ENG 327 | Playwriting Workshop | 3 |
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| ENG 328 | Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 |
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| ENG 329 | Fiction Writing Workshop | 3 |
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| ENG 330 | Nonfiction Writing Workshop | 3 |
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| ENG 370 | Writing with Digital Media | 3 |
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| ENG 490 | English Internship | 0 | None listed |
| ENG 550 | Graduate Studies in English Language | 3 | None listed |
| ENG 555 | Composition Theory & Teaching of Writing | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 319 | Shakespeare | 3 |
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| LIT 322 | Popular and Contemporary Fiction | 3 |
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| LIT 323 | Studies in Drama | 3 |
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| LIT 327 | Studies in Poetry | 3 |
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| LIT 335 | Major Authors: American, British, or Global | 3 |
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| LIT 390 | Genre Studies | 3 |
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| LIT 500 | Graduate Studies in Literary Theory | 3 | None listed |
| SNHU 290 | Experiential Learning | 3 | None listed |
| SNHU 495 | Internship | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 318 | World Literature | 3 |
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| LIT 328 | Multi-Ethnic Literature: Describing the Hyphen | 3 |
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| LIT 330 | Gender and Text | 3 |
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| LIT 350 | The Black Literary Tradition | 3 |
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| LIT 399 | Literature in the Digital Age | 3 |
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| LIT 485 | Senior Thesis in Literature | 3 |
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| ENG 120External | College Composition I | — | None listed |
| ENG 200External | Research and Composition | — | None listed |
| ENG 130External | Foundations of Written Communication | — | None listed |
| ENG 190External | Research and Persuasion | — | None listed |