ULM English Curriculum Started Fall 2009

English majors must complete a total of 42 hours of English from the following list
AND 42 hours General Core Coursework .

English majors must take the following 18 hours of first-year and sophomore-level courses:

Foundation Courses
12	English 1001 Freshman Composition I English 1002 Freshman Compositin II English 2001 English Literature I English 2002 English Literature II

3	English 2005 or 2006 (Humanities elective)
3	2000-level literature elective

All must take at least one of the 2 Junior Seminars (Either can serve as a capstone):

English 3050 (Prose) OR English 3051 (Poetry/Drama)

24 of the 42 hours must be at the upper level, of which at least 15 hours should be at the 4000-level

3	Upper elective
3	Upper elective

Students should complete at least one course from each of the following four categories:

One 3000 or 4000-level Creative Writing [Creative Writing Emphasis] OR Technical Writing [Professional Writing Emphasis] course:
3	3015 Creative Writing 3023 Professional Writing & Communication 3026 Advanced Composition 4020 Research for Technical Writers 4040 Graphic Presentation in Technical Communication 4041 Advanced Technical Writing 4042 Style and Editing in Technical Writing 4043 Writing Computer Documentation 4044 Writing in the Sciences 4080 Internship in Technical and Professional Communication 4081 Expository Writing 4090 Advanced Poetry Writing 4091 Advanced Fiction Writing
One 4000-level course prior to 1700:
3	4036 Chaucer 4037 Shakespeare’s Tragedies 4038 Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories 4039 Milton 4071 Medieval Literature 4072 Renaissance 4073 Seventeenth Century
One 4000-level course 1700-1900:
3	4005 English Novel to 1800 4006 Nineteenth-Century English Novel 4013 American Novel 4074 Eighteenth Century 4075 Romantic Movement 4076 Victorian Period 4078 American Literary Masters (to 1850) Note: The content of English 413 may vary.*
One 4000-level post 1900:
3	4007 Twentieth Century English Novel 4009 Modern Poetry 4010 Modern Drama 4013 American Novel (content varies) 4016 Modern European Fiction 4026 Multicultural Literature 4027 Literature of the South 4079 American Literary Masters (post-1850)

Major Author -- This class may be chosen from among the following four courses:
3	4036 Chaucer 4037 Shakespeare’s Tragedies 4038 Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories 4039 Milton *Note: This course also may be used to fulfill one of the Pre-1700 period requirements.

At least one 4000-level class should have a significant theoretical or interdisciplinary content. This course may be chosen from among the following three courses:
3	4025 Literary Criticism 4082 Linguistics 4083 History of the English Language

3	English 4099 [University Capstone]
42 hours total

Such courses as 3009 (Louisiana Life and Literature), 3010 (Science Fiction), 3011 (The Short Story), 3012 (Contemporary American Fiction), 3015 (Creative Writing), 3050 (Junior Seminar—Prose), 3051 (Junior Seminar—Poetry/Drama), 3093 (Mythology of the Greeks and Romans), 3094 (Classical Tragedy and Comedy), and Directed Studies (English 4050,4051) may also be used to fulfill period requirements when they are part of an otherwise balanced curriculum.