Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2023-2024
English, B.A.
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English Student Learning Outcomes
English majors/minors know:
- The history and forms of literatures in English
- English majors/minors understand literary historical terms and concepts;
- English majors/minors know the historical and generic markers that characterize the literature of specific periods;
- English majors/minors can articulate the ways in which certain literary genres, concepts, and conventions endure and change across time.
- The heterogeneity of literatures in English and the nature of difference
- English majors/minors will have a deeper sense of the diversity of literature written in English;
- English majors/minors will expand their understanding of the range of experiences, forms, themes, conventions, and traditions that they can encounter in literary texts;
- English majors/minors can think critically about the intersection of difference and power in literary studies.
- The art of literary invention
- English majors/minors create literary art that moves, challenges, informs, entertains, and engages its audience;
- English majors/minors affirm and cultivate an individual artistic vision;
- English majors/minors understand the professional production of creative texts.
English majors/minors are able to
- Construct persuasive critical analysis of literary texts
- English majors/minors can integrate critical discourse, argumentation, persuasion, and research in a clear, grammatical, and logically sound manner;
- English majors/minors can generate compelling and original interpretations and arguments.
- Construct compelling creative works in one or more genres
- English majors/minors can express themselves in an artistic, imaginative, inspired, and unique style;
- English majors/minors can generate compelling and original works of literary art.
Major Requirements
Please note that English majors may take no more than ten upper-division, 4-unit English courses (or no more than 40 units total of upper-division English courses) and have them count toward graduation.
A student wishing to declare the English major must be in good academic standing with a minimum GPA of C (2.0).
Lower Division Requirements (16 semester hours):
One Disciplinary Research course
- ENGL 2000 Disciplinary Research 4 semester hours
One History of Literature, Media, and Culture course
- (includes all courses numbered 2300)
One Reading and Writing Genres course
One Theory, Power, and Rhetoric course
Note:
A grade of C (2.0) is required in each pre-major course before qualifying for upper-division status as an English major. Students transferring into the English major after their sophomore year may enroll in upper-division courses in the major concurrently with the pre-major courses. Students must complete all upper-division courses in the major with a minimum grade of C (2.0) in order to maintain status as English majors. Failure to maintain this standard or failure to make sufficient progress toward completion of the major will result in probation or disqualification from the English major.
ENGL majors interested in creative writing are advised to take one lower-division ENGL 2100 course to satisfy the Core Curriculum EXP: Creative Experience requirement.
Upper Division Requirements (28 semester hours):
One Pre-1800 Literature course
One Race, Intersectionality, and Power course
One Creative/Artistry course
- (includes all courses numbered 4500)
Electives (12 semester hours)
The upper-division electives of the English major may be fulfilled by taking courses in any upper-division category (Pre-1800 Literature; Creative/Artistry; Race, Intersectionality, and Power; Seminar 5000-Level; and Electives).
In consultation with your advisor, pursue upper-division coursework in areas that interest you. You may consider focusing on a particular area such as multi-ethnic literatures, creative writing, literary theory, literary criticism, or rhetorical theory. One course may include the Capstone seminar.
Total Lower-Division and Upper-Division Requirements: 44 Semester Hours
A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be obtained in each course in the major.
English Model Four-Year Plan
The normal course load is 16 semester hours (4 classes). By following the model below, a student will complete all lower-division core requirements by the end of the sophomore year. Note that core areas are suggested to provide a distribution of various disciplines every semester. Please be flexible implementing these suggestions, given your own interests and course availability. In four years, this plan meets all common graduation requirements.
Total: 12-16 semester hours
Total: 12-16 semester hours
Total: 14-16 semester hours
Spring Semester
- ENGL 2500 Theory, Power, and Rhetoric 4 semester hours
- University Core Lower-Division 3-4 semester hours
- University Core Lower-Division 3-4 semester hours
- University Core Lower-Division 3-4 semester hours
Total: 14-16 semester hours
Fall Semester
- ENGL 3500 Upper Division: Race, Intersectionality, and Power 4 semester hours
- ENGL 4500 Upper Division: Creative/Artistry 4 semester hours
- University Core Upper-Division 3-4 semester hours
- Upper Division Elective 3-4 semester hours
Total: 14-16 semester hours
Spring Semester
- ENGL 3100 Upper-Division: Pre-1800 Literature 4 semester hours
- ENGL 4600 Upper-Division: Elective 4 semester hours
- University Core Upper-Division 3-4 semester hours
- Elective 3-4 semester hours
Total: 14-16 semester hours
Fall Semester
- ENGL 4600 Upper Division: Elective 4 semester hours
- ENGL 5000 Seminar 4 semester hours
- University Core Upper-Division 3-4 semester hours
- Upper Division Elective 3-4 semester hours
Total: 14-16 semester hours
Spring Semester
- ENGL 5595 Capstone Seminar 4 semester hours
- Upper-Division Elective 3-4 semester hours
- Upper-Division Elective 3-4 semester hours
- Upper Division Elective 3-4 semester hours
Total: 13-16 semester hours
Note:
Upper-division courses are open to juniors and seniors only. With the permission of the Chairperson, upper-division courses may be open to sophomores who have taken or are concurrently enrolled in the required lower-division, pre-major English courses.
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