Bachelor of English Literature and Linguistics

• Demonstrate the ability to read, communicate and write clearly in English.
• Apply the skills of analyzing English language and culture to students’ own language and culture and those of others.
• Relate the phenomena of language and literature to their social, cultural and psychological contexts.
• Analyze critically literary genres within their historical, social, and intellectual contexts.
• Demonstrate theoretical knowledge and competence in the use of practical methods in literature and linguistics.

• Completion of CAS Admission Requirements 
• Declared “General Arts”
• IELTS score of 5.5
• Pass an interview

Core Curriculum Requirements (Mandatory English Courses)

• ENGL 150 – Essay Writing I – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 151 – Advanced Reading Comprehension – 3 Credit Hours

Major Requirements

• ENGL 153 – Essay Writing II – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 155 – Introduction to Language – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 156 – Introduction to Literature I – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 157 – Introduction to Linguistics – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 158 – Introduction to Literature II – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 208 – Literary Criticism – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 226 – History of the English Language – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 230 – Professional Writing – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 499 – Capstone Course (Integrated Skills) – 3 Credit Hours

Concentration Requirements: Linguistics

• ENGL 216 – Phonetics & Phonology – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 301 – Syntax – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 303 – Sociolinguistics – 3 Credit Hours

Concentration Requirements: Literature

• ENGL 220 – American Literature – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 302 – Comparative Literature – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 304 – Shakespeare – 3 Credit Hours

Concentration Electives: Linguistics (Select 15 CH)

• ENGL 207 – Language and Gender – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 209 – Language and Society – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 213 – Language and Culture – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 233 – Language and Computer – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 305 – First Language Acquisition – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 307 – Psycholinguistics – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 309 – Second Language Acquisition – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 319 – Semantics – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 327 – Discourse Analysis – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 401 – Speech Sciences – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 403 – Field Methods – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 423 – Seminar in Linguistics – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 425 – Topics in Linguistics – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 448 – Independent Study – 3 Credit Hours

Concentration Electives: Literature (Select 15 CH)

• ENGL 306 – Medieval Literature – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 308 – Renaissance to Restoration – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 314 – Augustan to Romantic – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 324 – Victorian Literature – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 393 – Twentieth Century Literature – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 326 – Poetry – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 328 – Drama – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 330 – The Short Story – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 332 – The Novel – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 400 – Women’s Literature – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 402 – Text and Film – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 404 – Modernism – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 406 – Post-Modernism – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 408 – Post-Colonial Literature – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 424 – Modern Drama – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 426 – Children’s Literature – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 428 – Topics in Literature – 3 Credit Hours

• ENGL 448 – Independent Study – 3 Credit Hours