Degree Requirements

 

Collegewide Degree Requirements

• Complete 120 credits.
• Maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0.
• Earn a minimum grade of C in all program requirement courses.
• Apply no more than 30 credits in business courses toward the degree.
• Complete at least 30 credits at the University of Baltimore.

Transfer students may apply up to 9 credits (three courses) of certain approved 200-level courses toward this major. For students transferring 300- and 400-level courses, at least 18 credits in this major must be taken at UB.

General-Education Requirements (43 credits)

The state of Maryland requires all undergraduate students to complete a group of general-education courses as defined by the institution; students complete many of these prior to transferring to the University of Baltimore. General-education coursework to be transferred from a Maryland public institution will be evaluated according to the definition and grading standards of the institution at which the coursework was completed. At UB, general-education courses must be completed with a grade of C- or better and include:

Complete these courses with a grade of C- or better:

• English Composition
• Mathematics
  
• Oral Communication
• Literature
• History or Philosophy
• Fine Arts
• Computer Literacy
• Social and Behavioral Science 1
• Social and Behavioral Science 2
• Biological and Physical Science
  • Laboratory course, 4 credits
  • Non-laboratory course

Complete three courses with a grade of C or better:

• Advanced Expository Writing (WRIT 300)
  completing WRIT 101 and either passing the writing placement test or successfully completing WRIT 200 required
• Ethical Issues in Business and Society (IDIS 302)

and one of the following:

• World Cultures (IDIS 301)
• Arts and Ideas (IDIS 304)
  required if no lower-level general-education course in fine arts

English Program Requirements (36 credits)

Core Courses (12 credits)

Choose one of the following Period & Context courses:

• Wells of the Past: Classical Foundations (ENGL 311)
• Melville, Poe & Whitman: American Voyagers (ENGL 342)
• The Hero & the Quest (ENGL 361)
• Dante, Chaucer & Cervantes: Three Versions of Pilgrimage (ENGL 362)
• Milton, Blake & Yeats: Poet as Prophet (ENGL 366)
• Austen, The Brontes & Woolf: Rooms of Their Own (ENGL 374)
• Literature in Society (ENGL 400)
• The Elizabethan Renaissance: In the Green World (ENGL 421)
• The Metaphysical Moment: From T.S. Eliot to John Donne (ENGL 431)
• The Age of Reason (ENGL 432)
• The Romantic Imagination (ENGL 441)
• The Victorian Paradox (ENGL 442)
• The Great Moderns (ENGL 450)

Choose one of the following:

• Shakespeare: Kings, Knaves & Fools (ENGL 364)
• Shakespeare: Love, Myth & Metamorphosis (ENGL 365)

and

• Seminar in English: The Modern Tradition (ENGL 498)
• any 300- or 400-level ENGL, CMAT or WRIT course

Specializations

Complete one of the following English specializations:

LITERATURE SPECIALIZATION (24 credits)

• Reading Strategies (ENGL 397)
• two additional Period & Context courses
• three additional 300- or 400-level ENGL courses
• two additional 300- or 400-level ENGL, WRIT or CMAT courses

PROFESSIONAL WRITING SPECIALIZATION (24 credits)

• Computer Graphics: Publishing (CMAT 211)
• Writing, Editing & Publishing (WRIT 330)
• Syntax, Semantics & Style (WRIT 380)
• Internship in Professional Writing (WRIT 407)
• Copyediting & Document Design (WRIT 430)
• three additional 300- or 400-level courses appropriate to the professional writing specialization

 CREATIVE WRITING SPECIALIZATION (24 credits)

• Publication & Performance (WRIT 401)
• two additional 300- or 400-level ENGL, WRIT or CMAT courses

And two of the following:

• The Short Story (ENGL 315)
• Modern Poetry (ENGL 316)
• Contemporary Literature (ENGL 320)

And three of the following:

• The Art of Memoir (WRIT 315)
• Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry (WRIT 318)
• Creative Writing Workshop: Fiction (WRIT 319)
• Creative Writing Workshop: Screenwriting (WRIT 363)

DISCOURSE & TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIZATION (24 credits)

• Media Literacy (CMAT 352)
• The Archaeology of Language (ENGL 392)
• Narrative Discourse: Cross-Media Comparison (ENGL 395)

Directed Project or Internship

Choose one.

• Internship in Corporate Communication (CMAT 407)
• Internship in Professional Writing (WRIT 407)
• Directed Independent Study (WRIT 489)

Application Requirement

With the advice and consent of an adviser, choose four related courses from one or more of these application areas:

Media Production*

• Digital Video (CMAT 369)
• Communication Technologies (CMAT 451)
• Multimedia Design & Production (CMAT 456)
• Advanced Audio/Video Production (CMAT 469)

Graphic Design*

• Computer Graphics: Publishing (CMAT 211)
• Computer Graphics: Imaging (CMAT 212)
• Print Design (CMAT 357)
• Electronic Design (CMAT 358)
• The Magazine (WRIT 374)
• Graphic Design & Production (WRIT 375)

Writing*

• Media Criticism (CMAT 475)
• Writing for Information Systems (WRIT 313)
• Creative Journalism (WRIT 316)
• Techniques of Popularization (WRIT 317)
• Writing for Managers & Executives (WRIT 320)
• Writing, Editing & Publishing (WRIT 330)
• Public Relations Writing (WRIT 331)
• Writing for the Media (WRIT 361)
• Syntax, Semantics & Style (WRIT 380)
• Copyediting & Document Design (WRIT 430)

* Other undergraduate/graduate courses may also be appropriate.

General Electives (41-42 credits)

• First Year Seminar: Applied Learning and Study Skills (IDIS 101), 2 credits
  transfer students replace this with a different elective

Complete 13 additional courses from any discipline, including this recommended elective:

• The Experience of Literature (ENGL 200), or another 200-level literature course

Information Literacy Requirement

Meet the UB Information Literacy graduation requirement by successfully completing one of the following:

• Introduction to Information Literacy (IDIS 110)
• Seminar in English: The Modern Tradition (ENGL 498)