English Department Four-Year Plan
First Year
Fall
• 3300:111 English Composition I (4)
• Foreign Language-any 101 (4)
• 3450:135 Excursions in Mathematics or (4) 3470:250
Statistics for Everyday Life (3)
• Social Science elective (3)
• Oral Communication elective (3)
TOTAL
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Spring
3300:112 English Composition II (3)
Foreign Language-any 102 (4)
Science elective, no lab (3)
Social Science elective, any set (3)
Humanities elective (3)
SEMESTER CREDITS
TOTAL
16
16
32
Second Year
Fall
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Spring
3300:300 Critical Reading & Writing (3)
Foreign Language-any 201 (3)
Humanities Elective (3)
3400:210 Humanities in the Western Tradition (4)
3300:301 English Literature I (3)
SEMESTER CREDITS
TOTAL
16
48
• 3300:315 or 3300:316 Shakespeare: Early Plays or Shakespeare:
Mature Plays (3)
• 3300:341 American Literature I (3)
• Foreign Language – any 202 (3)
• Science Elective, with a lab (4)
• Elective – upper level (300+) any dept (3)
SEMESTER CREDITS
TOTAL
Third Year
Fall
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Spring
English Elective – 400 level (3)
English elective—any non gen ed course (3)
3300:371 Introduction to Linguistics
Elective – upper level (300+) any dept (3)
Elective – upper level (300+) any dept (3)
Science Elective (1)
SEMESTER CREDITS
TOTAL
16
64
16
80
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English Elective – 400 level (3)
English Elective – any non-Gen Ed course (3)
Elective – 300+ (3)
Elective – 300+ (3), if needed
Area Studies & Cultural Diversity elective (2)
Area Studies & Cultural Diversity elective (2)
SEMESTER CREDITS
TOTAL
16
96
Fourth Year
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Fall
English Elective – 400 level (3)
English Elective – 300+ (3)
Physical Education/Wellness (3)
Elective – 300+ (3), if needed
Elective – 300+ (3), if needed
Elective – 300+ (3), if needed
SEMESTER CREDITS
TOTAL
Spring
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16
112
3300:492-Senior Seminar (3)
Elective – 300+ (3), if needed
Elective – 300+ (3), if needed
Elective – 300+ (3), if needed
Elective – any course for one credit
SEMESTER CREDITS
TOTAL
16
128
NOTE: You can monitor your academic progress and grade point averages by running a DARS Report at the beginning and end of each semester (located in Zipline).
This document serves as a guide and may not reflect each individual student’s exact sequence. As a recommended schedule this does not guarantee course availability, student
eligibility or transfer work. All students must meet course prerequisites.
Additional information about this major can be found in the Undergraduate Bulletin. If you have questions, please talk to our English Department Advisor, Dr. Jon Miller
([email protected]).
GPA Requirements for Graduation:
2.2 Major grade point average in all coursework in English at The University of Akron, including transfer work.
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