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Requirements |
Distribution of Credits |
College Requirements |
University Requirements
A B.A. in English requires 36 semester hours in upper-level English courses. These hours must include
- Five Core English Courses —ENG W100 Introduction to English Studies; ENG 0114 Survey of English Literature, Beginnings to 1660; ENG 0115 Survey of English Literature, 1660-1900; ENG 0116 Survey of American Literature I; ENG 0117 Survey of American Literature II
- Three 100-Level English Courses
- Three 200-Level English Courses
- One Senior Seminar: A 300-Level Capstone Course
Students may choose to structure their seven upper-level courses by taking multiple courses in American Literature; International Literature and Film; Language, Literature, and Rhetoric; or Rereading the Canon. Tracks do not appear on your diploma; however, they can be useful ways of describing your choice of upper-level electives on your resume and applications for graduate or professional school.
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- Transfer credits in English
- All upper-level transfer semester hours in English accepted by
Temple University count toward the 36 semester hours.
- All English majors must, however, complete at least a total of 18
semester hours of English at Temple University.
- English courses taken at the Ambler, Tyler, and Center City campuses
or at our overseas campuses count toward the English major.
- Career internship
- Students may repeat English 200 (Career Internship) up to
four times. However, English majors may count only 3 semester hours earned in
English 200 toward the requirements for the major.
- Creative writing courses
- Students may repeat any Creative Writing course (English 107,
108, 109) once, but no more than four of these courses will count toward the 123
semester hours required for graduation in the College of Liberal Arts. Only two
of these courses will count toward the 36 semester hours required for an English major.
- Special Topics courses
- With the approval of the undergraduate chair, students may take
courses titled Special Topics (English 150, 281, and 282) more than once as long
as the content is different each time the course is taken.
- Courses outside English
- No semester hours earned in courses offered by departments other
than English count toward the English major.
- No semester hours earned in courses offered as a part of a program
outside English count toward the English major.
- Exception: The Undergraduate Committee must approve all requests
from students, faculty members, or other departments and programs to allow non-English
courses to count toward the English major.
- Credit for relevant academic and life experience
- The Undergraduate Committee must approve all student requests to
count toward the English major any credits which are accepted by Temple University
and the College of Liberal Arts under the University's "Credit for Relevant Academic
and Life Experience" provisions.
- No more than 6 semester hours obtained under the University's
"Credit for Relevant Academic and Life Experience" provisions count toward the 36
semester hours required for the major.
- Independent Study
- Independent Study (English 288 and 289) proposals must be submitted
to the Undergraduate Office at least two weeks before the end of the semester preceding
the one for which the student intends to register for the course (for fall semester,
April 15; for spring semester, November 15).
- No more than one Independent Study may be counted toward the 36
semester hours required for the major.
- An Independent Study course cannot be used to substitute for the
W300 senior seminar/senior capstone requirement.
- Further information is available in the Undergraduate Office.
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All College of Liberal Arts (CLA) majors must successfully complete at least
123 credits in order to graduate. Of those 123 credits, 90 credits must be from CLA or
College of Science and Technology (CST) courses (excluding Engineering). Of those 90
credits, 45 credits must be from upper-level (100, 200, or 300-level) CLA or CST courses
(excluding Engineering).
Six of these upper-level credits must be taken in departments outside of
your major curriculum division. As students in the humanities division, English majors
must complete two upper-level CLA or CST courses (100, 200, or 300-level) in either the
social science or the natural/mathematical science divisions. For a listing of the
departments that fall into these divisions, see the College of Liberal Arts section
of the Undergraduate Bulletin.
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As candidates for a B.A. degree in the College of Liberal Arts, English majors
must complete both the foreign language and international studies core requirements (in
addition to the standard core requirements). Majors have the option of completing three
semesters of a language (up to C060) and one International Studies course, or two semesters
of a language (up to C052) and two International Studies courses, one of which must be
non-Western. For information on other core requirements, see the Undergraduate Bulletin.
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