English (BS)

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Program Information

Program Description

The Department of English embraces the integration of faith and learning as a life-long experience. The department strives to equip students who major or minor in English and those who take English classes as a general studies requirement with essential knowledge and skills in language, literature, and communication.

Additional Program Information

The Department of English desires to give its learners competencies in English studies and strives to produce graduates with the ability to apply these competencies in their chosen careers. It also strives to produce graduates who integrate their own personal faith with these competencies. The following list delineates the traits we hope our students will demonstrate:

Students will demonstrate an understanding of humanity and culture through critical reading and response to literary texts.
Students will possess the ability to write proficiently using a variety of approaches and rhetorical devices.
Students will demonstrate skills in literary interpretation.
Students will conduct and document scholarly research.
Students will understand the application of a Christian worldview to the study of literature.

Core Experience (40-43 Total Credit Hours)

Completion requirement

Core Experience

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

Developing a Christian Mind

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

English

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

Fine Arts

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

History

Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:

Kinesiology

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

Mathematics

Choose one 3-4 hour course from the list below.

Complete at least 1 of the following Courses:

*MATH1301 is not approved for BS degrees

Natural Science

Choose one 3-4-hour course from the list below.

Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:

Religion

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:

Religion Surveys

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

AND

Religion Choice

Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:

Social Science

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

Additional Program General Studies Hours (11-12 Total Credit Hours)

Completion requirement

Natural Science

Choose two 4-hour courses from the list below. The second digit of the course numbers must be a four.

Complete at least 2 courses in the following Course Sets:

STEM

Choose one 3-4 hour course from the list below.

Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:

Major Core (30 Total Credit Hours)

Completion requirement

Major Core

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

ENGL 4XXX - UL English Choice (4000-level)

ENGL XXXX - UL English Choice

Electives (35-39 Total Credit Hours): Elective hours must be sufficient to meet minimum Total Credit Hour requirement.

Completion requirement

Upper-Level

Select 6 Upper-Level Elective Hours

Lower or Upper-Level

Select 29-33 Lower or Upper-Level Elective Hours

Total Credit Hours

Completion requirement

Minimum: 120 Total Credit Hours

Additional Course Information

Completion requirement

Service-Learning

The following list of courses found in the above degree plan contain a field-based service-learning component.

course

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

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Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.