Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in English (Film Concentration)
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
- The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature, three additional hours of math/science/logic/computer science courses, six hours of 2000-level modern language courses, and a minor. For this program, the additional literature course may be satisfied by selecting a sophomore literature course for the 040 component of the core curriculum.
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
- This major requires 36 semester credit hours of English courses. Within the 36 hours, students are required to complete six hours of early literature, three hours of literature focused on the work of a single author, and three hours of 4000-level literature. To satisfy the group requirements, students must select one course from 4 of the 5 groups. ENG 1310 and ENG 1320 are recommended prerequisites to all other English courses.
- The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.
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For transfer students, 12 semester credit hours in English (or equivalents) may be transferred from a Texas public institution of higher education for the English Language and Literature Field of Study and be applied to the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English at Texas State University. More information about the Field of Study is available in the Academic Policies section of this catalog. The transferable Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) is listed below the Texas State University course number in the following course list.
Course List Code Title Hours ENG 1310 College Writing I 3 TCCN: ENGL 1301ENG 1320 College Writing II 3 TCCN: ENGL 1302Choose 6 semester credit hours from the following: ENG 2310, ENG 2320, ENG 2330, ENG 2340, ENG 2359, ENG 2360, and ENG 2371 6 TCCN: 6 semester credit hours from the following: ENGL 2321, ENGL 2322, ENGL 2323, ENGL 2326, ENGL 2327, ENGL 2328, ENGL 2331, ENGL 2332, ENGL 2333, ENGL 2341 and ENGL 2351Total Hours 12
Course Requirements
Freshman | |||
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First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301]) | 3 | ENG 1320 or 1321 (Core Curriculum 010 – Communication Component [TCCN ENGL 1302]) | 3 |
Mathematics Component Code 020 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
Modern Language 1410 | 4 | Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 |
US 1100 | 1 | Modern Language 1420 | 4 |
14 | 16 | ||
Sophomore | |||
First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 |
ENG Literature (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component 040)3 | 3 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094)3 | 3 |
Creative Arts Component Code 050 [HUMA 1315] | 3 | ENG 33012 | 3 |
American History Component Code 060 | 3 | Modern Language 2320 | 3 |
Modern Language 2310 | 3 | Minor | 3 |
15 | 15 | ||
Junior | |||
First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
Component Area Option 090 | 3 | ENG Advanced Film Course | 3 |
ENG 3307 | 3 | ENG Advanced Group Elective | 3 |
ENG Advanced Group Elective | 3 | Minor | 3 |
Minor | 3 | Electives (as needed) | 6 |
Elective (as needed) | 3 | ||
15 | 15 | ||
Senior | |||
First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
ENG Advanced Group Electives | 6 | BA Science, Math, Computer Science, or Logic | 3 |
Minor | 3 | ENG Advanced Film Course | 3 |
Electives (as needed) | 6 | Minor | 6 |
Elective (as needed) | 3 | ||
15 | 15 | ||
Total Hours: 120 |
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Students who earn a grade of “B” or higher in the first sophomore course may elect to take an advanced literature course in lieu of the second sophomore course. No more than six hours of sophomore literature may count toward the major.
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ENG 3301 is required, and students should take it immediately after completing the sophomore literature requirement.
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An ENG Literature course may be selected from the following: ENG 2310 (TCCN ENGL 2322), ENG 2320 (TCCN ENGL 2323), ENG 2330 (TCCN ENGL 2332), ENG 2340 (TCCN ENGL 2333), ENG 2359 (TCCN ENGL 2327), ENG 2360 (TCCN ENGL 2328), ENG 2371
Advanced English Courses
Students are required to take ENG 3301, preferably immediately after completing the sophomore literature requirement. Students must also take two courses focusing on early literature at either the sophomore or advanced level. In addition to ENG 3301, students must complete seven advanced courses, one of which must be a 4000-level course. Students in the Emphasis in Film must take at least one advanced course from three of the four non-film groups listed below (A, B, C, and E) plus nine hours in film: three hours of ENG 3307 and 6 hours of other film courses. Students also select one three-hour elective from any group. One of the advanced courses must focus on the works of a single author and is recommended to be taken at the end of the major.
Code | Title | Hours |
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FILM COURSES | ||
ENG 3302 | Film and Video Theory and Production | 3 |
ENG 3306 | Writing for Film | 3 |
ENG 3308 | Advanced Topics in Film | 3 |
ENG 3309 | The Southwest in Film | 3 |
ENG 3316 | Film Adaptation Studies | 3 |
ENG 3320 | Theory and Criticism | 3 |
ENG 3326 | US Drama on Film | 3 |
ENG 4350 | Senior Seminar in Film | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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EARLY LITERATURE COURSES | ||
ENG 2310 | British Literature before 1785 | 3 |
ENG 2330 | World Literature before 1600 | 3 |
ENG 2359 | US Literature before 1865 | 3 |
ENG 3327 | Early Global Drama in English | 3 |
ENG 3333 | Early US Literature | 3 |
ENG 3350 | Global Medieval Literature | 3 |
ENG 3351 | Early Medieval Literature of the British Isles | 3 |
ENG 3352 | Medieval English Literature | 3 |
ENG 3353 | British Poetry and Prose of the Sixteenth Century | 3 |
ENG 3354 | Shakespeare | 3 |
ENG 3356 | British Poetry and Prose of the Seventeenth Century | 3 |
ENG 3357 | British Literature, 1688-1750 | 3 |
ENG 3359 | British Literature, 1750-1800 | 3 |
ENG 3392 | Women Writers of the Middle Ages | 3 |
ENG 4334 | US Romanticism | 3 |
ENG 4351 | Chaucer and His Time | 3 |
ENG 4355 | The Later Shakespeare | 3 |
ENG 4358 | Milton | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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SINGLE AUTHOR COURSES | ||
ENG 3343 | The Interdisciplinary Approach to Literature | 3 |
ENG 3354 | Shakespeare | 3 |
ENG 4343 | Approaches to a British Author | 3 |
ENG 4344 | Approaches to a US Author | 3 |
ENG 4345 | Approaches to a Global Author | 3 |
ENG 4351 | Chaucer and His Time | 3 |
ENG 4355 | The Later Shakespeare | 3 |
ENG 4358 | Milton | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP A—BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
ENG 3351 | Early Medieval Literature of the British Isles | 3 |
ENG 3352 | Medieval English Literature | 3 |
ENG 3353 | British Poetry and Prose of the Sixteenth Century | 3 |
ENG 3354 | Shakespeare | 3 |
ENG 3356 | British Poetry and Prose of the Seventeenth Century | 3 |
ENG 3357 | British Literature, 1688-1750 | 3 |
ENG 3359 | British Literature, 1750-1800 | 3 |
ENG 3362 | The British Romantics | 3 |
ENG 3365 | Victorian Literature | 3 |
ENG 3368 | The British Novel | 3 |
ENG 3370 | Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century British Literature | 3 |
ENG 4343 | Approaches to a British Author | 3 |
ENG 4351 | Chaucer and His Time | 3 |
ENG 4355 | The Later Shakespeare | 3 |
ENG 4358 | Milton | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP B—US LITERATURE | ||
ENG 3326 | US Drama on Film | 3 |
ENG 3331 | Black Literature | 3 |
ENG 3333 | Early US Literature | 3 |
ENG 3335 | US Literature, 1865-1945 | 3 |
ENG 3336 | US Literature, 1945 to the Present | 3 |
ENG 3338 | The American Novel | 3 |
ENG 3344 | Chicana/o/x Narrative and Social History | 3 |
ENG 3345 | Southwestern Studies I: Defining the Region | 3 |
ENG 3346 | Southwestern Studies II: Consequences of Region | 3 |
ENG 3347 | American Poetry | 3 |
ENG 4325 | Literature of the Southwest | 3 |
ENG 4334 | US Romanticism | 3 |
ENG 4344 | Approaches to a US Author | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP C—GLOBAL LITERATURES | ||
ENG 3322 | The European Novel | 3 |
ENG 3325 | Literature in Translation | 3 |
ENG 3327 | Early Global Drama in English | 3 |
ENG 3328 | Modern Global Drama in English | 3 |
ENG 3329 | Studies in Mythology | 3 |
ENG 3341 | Studies in Global Literature | 3 |
ENG 3350 | Global Medieval Literature | 3 |
ENG 3385 | Children's Literature | 3 |
ENG 3386 | Adolescent Literature | 3 |
ENG 3388 | Women's Writing | 3 |
ENG 3392 | Women Writers of the Middle Ages | 3 |
ENG 3393 | Postcolonial Literatures | 3 |
ENG 4345 | Approaches to a Global Author | 3 |
ENG 4385 | Advanced Studies in Children's or Adolescent Literature | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP D—MEDIA, GENRE, AND VISUAL STUDIES | ||
ENG 3302 | Film and Video Theory and Production | 3 |
ENG 3307 | Introduction to the Study of Film | 3 |
ENG 3308 | Advanced Topics in Film | 3 |
ENG 3309 | The Southwest in Film | 3 |
ENG 3316 | Film Adaptation Studies | 3 |
ENG 3320 | Theory and Criticism | 3 |
ENG 3321 | The Short Story | 3 |
ENG 3323 | Modern Poetry | 3 |
ENG 3326 | US Drama on Film | 3 |
ENG 3340 | Special Topics in Language and Literature 1 | 3 |
ENG 3343 | The Interdisciplinary Approach to Literature 1 | 3 |
ENG 3371 | Queer and Trans Texts 1 | 3 |
ENG 3372 | Race and Ethnicity in Texts 1 | 3 |
ENG 3373 | Gender and Sexualities in Texts 1 | 3 |
ENG 3390 | Independent Study in Language and Literature 1 | 3 |
ENG 4323 | Studies in Autobiography and Biography | 3 |
ENG 4350 | Senior Seminar in Film | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP E—WRITING STUDIES AND PRACTICE | ||
ENG 3303 | Technical Writing | 3 |
ENG 3304 | Professional Writing | 3 |
ENG 3305 | Life Writing | 3 |
ENG 3306 | Writing for Film | 3 |
ENG 3311 | Practices in Writing and Rhetoric | 3 |
ENG 3312 | Internship in English Studies | 3 |
ENG 3313 | Scientific Writing | 3 |
ENG 3315 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
ENG 3318 | Approaches to Writing and Rhetoric | 3 |
ENG 3319 | The Development of English | 3 |
ENG 3342 | Editing | 3 |
ENG 3348 | Creative Writing: Fiction | 3 |
ENG 3349 | Creative Writing: Poetry | 3 |
ENG 3389 | Teaching English Language Arts in the Secondary Classroom | 3 |
ENG 4310 | Modern English Syntax | 3 |
ENG 4348 | Senior Seminar in Fiction Writing | 3 |
ENG 4349 | Senior Seminar in Poetry Writing | 3 |
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May fall into other groups depending on specific course content.