Bachelor of Arts in English
Overview
The B.A. in English aims at providing students with a strong liberal arts background and communicative competence in English, and at enhancing their qualification potential for a wide range of career opportunities.
Graduates with a B.A. in English can enter secondary and high school teaching and administration (if they also obtain the Teaching Diploma) or enter M.A. and/or Ph.D. programs in literature, linguistics, translation, comparative studies, law, and other fields in the humanities and social sciences. Graduates can also pursue careers in the arts, media, professional writing, publishing, diplomacy, business, international organizations, consulting, information technology, journalism, and public relations.
Program Educational Objectives
Graduates of the program shall be able to:
- Work in field-related careers in Lebanon and abroad.
- Pursue graduate programs in English Studies and other related fields.
- Contribute ethically and productively to their community in pursuit of life-long learning.
Student Outcomes
At the completion of the program, students should be able to:
- Analyze texts from multiple points of view in the context of history, society, culture, and politics.
- Appraise the allusive qualities of texts.
- Evaluate different theories in literature and language
- Interpret a variety of texts from different linguistic perspectives.
- Develop the creative writing skill-set appropriate to a variety of literary genres.
- Produce individual scholarly research projects.
Curriculum
A total of 92 credits are required to graduate, distributed as follows:
- Program Core Courses (24 credits)
- Program Elective Courses (24 credits)
- LAS Core Courses (13 credits)
- LAS Elective Courses (21 credits)
- Free Elective Courses (10 credits)
A senior project is required of all students in addition to successful completion of the course of study.
Program Core Courses (24 credits)
- ENG213 Introduction to Language (3 cr.)
- ENG216 Introduction to Literature (3 cr.)
- ENG303 Literary Linguistics (3 cr.)
- ENG354 Theories of Literature & Culture (3 cr.)
- ENG366 Creative Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG372 Comparative & World Literature (3 cr.)
- ENG381 Corpus Linguistics (3 cr.)
- ENG499 Senior Study (3 cr.)
Literature Track (3, 6 or 15 credits)
Students must choose 15 credits from the following if Literature is their first option, 6 credits if it is their second option, and 3 credits if it is their third.
- ENG323 Renaissance Drama (3 cr.)
- ENG324 Medieval Literature (3 cr.)
- ENG325 Renaissance Poetry (3 cr.)
- ENG326 Restoration & Neoclassical Literature (3 cr.)
- ENG328 Early Novel (3 cr.)
- ENG336 Romantic & Victorian Poetry (3 cr.)
- ENG339 19th Century British Novel (3 cr.)
- ENG342 Modernism & Beyond (3 cr.)
- ENG345 20th Century British Novel (3 cr.)
- ENG346 Contemporary Culture (3 cr.)
- ENG348 Postcolonial Anglophone Literature (3 cr.)
- ENG351 Early American Literature (3 cr.)
- ENG352 20th Century American Novel (3 cr.)
- ENG376 Gender in Literature (3 cr.)
- ENG479 Topics in Literature & Culture (3 cr.)
- ENG487 Topics in Drama & Theater (3 cr.)
Language Track (3, 6 or 15 credits)
Students must choose 15 credits from among the following if Language is their first option, 6 credits if it is their second option, and 3 credits if it is their third.
- ENG281 Language and Change: Past, Present, & Future (3 cr.)
- ENG282 Language & the Media (3 cr.)
- ENG283 Language & Gender (3 cr.)
- ENG308 Semantics & Pragmatics (3 cr.)
- ENG380 Language & the Law (3 cr.)
- ENG480 Discourse & Power (3 cr.)
Writing Track (3, 6 or 15 credits)
Students must choose 15 credits from among the following if Writing is their first option, 6 credits if it is their second, and 3 credits if it is their third.
Students will ideally choose courses in a consistent fashion that will enable them to specialize in one of four areas: non-fiction writing, creative writing, writing for the media, and writing for organizations.
- ENG301 Food and Travel Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG331 Poetry Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG332 Life Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG333 Fiction Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG334 Illness Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG335 Playwriting (3 cr.)
LAS Requirements (34 credits)
Free Electives (10 credits)
Sample Study Plan
The following three-year study plan represents only one of many possible study plans, since each course map — at least with regard to the courses in the major — will correspond to the profile of the individual student (for additional study plans related to Language and Creative Writing tracks, kindly check out our departmental website).
In the sample case below, the student is most interested in literature, then in writing, and relatively least in language. Thus her/his course map presents the 34 cr for LAC, the 24 cr of the major core, the 15 cr of the literature option, the 6 cr of the writing option, the 3 cr of the language option, and the 10 cr of free electives. Total = 92cr. of which 48 cr in the major.
- Program Core Courses (24 credits)
- Literature Track (15 credits)
- Writing Track (6 credits)
- Language Track (3 credits)
- LAS (34 credits)
- Free Electives (10 credits)
Year One
Fall (16 credits)
- ENG202 Advanced Academic English (3 cr.)
- ENG213 Introduction to Language (3 cr.)
- ENG216 Introduction to Literature (3 cr.)
- ENG324 Medieval Literature (3 cr.)
- CST2xx Cultural Studies (3 cr.)
- CSC201 Computer Applications (1 cr.)
Spring (16 credits)
- COM203 Art of Public Communication (3 cr.)
- ENG381 Corpus Linguistics (3 cr.)
- ENG372 Comparative & World Literature (3 cr.)
- ENV200 Intro to Environmental Science (3 cr.)
- ETH201 Moral Reasoning (1 cr.)
- Free Elective (3 cr.)
Year Two
Fall (15 credits)
- ENG303 Literary Linguistics (3 cr.)
- ENG339 19th Century British Novel (3 cr.)
- ENG366 Creative Writing (3 cr.)
- POL231 Introduction to Human Rights (3 cr.)
- PHL311 Philosophy of Religion (3 cr.)
Spring (15 credits)
- ENG342 Modernism & Beyond (3 cr.)
- ENG352 20th Century American Novel (3 cr.)
- ENG354 Theories of Literature and Culture (3 cr.)
- ARA201 Appreciation of Arabic Literature (3 cr.)
- Free Elective (3 cr.)
Year Three
Fall (16 credits)
- ENG332 Life Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG336 Romantic & Victorian Poetry (3 cr.)
- ENG480 Discourse & Power (3 cr.)
- HLT201 Basic Health (1 cr.)
- PSY201 Introduction to Psychology (3 cr.)
- JSC312 Media and Society (3 cr.)
Spring (14 credits)