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English
1. General information
113 Hudspeth Hall
Phone: (915) 747-5731
E-mail: english@utep.edu
CHAIRPERSON: Tony Jason Stafford
PROFESSORS EMERITI: Robert Northcutt Burlingame, James Milton Day, Joseph Leach, Ray Small
PROFESSORS: Armitage, Bledsoe, Gladstein, Meyers, Mortimer, Smith, Stafford, Taylor, Ullman, West
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS EMERITI: Lillian Collingwood, James K. P. Mortensen, Joan Phelan Quarm, Roberta Walker
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Antone, Boley, Clark, Dick, Esch, Johnson, Jussawalla-Dasenbrock, Lawson, Mangelsdorf, Marchino, Meléndez, Posey, Schmid
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Fredericksen, Justice, Mansfield-Kelley, Petit, Polette, Ruiter, Sáenz, Whitley
LECTURERS: Cason, Crowley, Fox, Miller, Ward, Wasem
Undergraduate Degree Requirements
Requirements for all undergraduate degrees from The University of Texas at El Paso include successful completion of ENGL 1312 or 1313 (or ESOL 1312). Course work toward this goal consists of a three-step program to develop college-level competence in composition, rhetoric, and research procedures. This program is designed to provide students with the skills in language and communication that they will need for the remainder of their undergraduate careers and for professional achievement in their selected fields following graduation.
Unless ENGL 0311 is completed by advanced placement (by TSWE or ACT test results), the course must be taken until it is passed; thereafter, unless ENGL 1311 is completed by advanced placement, the course must be taken each time the student enrolls until it is passed; thereafter, unless ENGL 1312 is completed by advanced placement, the course must be taken each time the student enrolls until it is passed.
All students must present test scores for placement in the first-year composition program. For information concerning placement into the proper freshman composition courses, see Policy and Procedures and the Placement Examination sections of this catalog.
English Degree Concentrations
Students are expected to consult with the Director of Literature and/or the Director of Creative Writing concerning the selection of concentrations and courses.
BA Degree - English and American Literature Concentration
This concentration is directed primarily toward students interested in studying English and American Literature, providing them an opportunity to prepare themselves for postgraduate study in fields as diverse as literature, law, and public relations, or for teaching careers on the secondary and university levels. After completing the freshman English requirement, students selecting the Literature Concentration take 36 hours of English courses, at least 30 of which are at the advanced level.
- 2311 British Literature Survey I or 2312 British Literature Survey II
Note: Students may take both survey courses to count toward the degree plan.
See 9 below.
- 3300 Introduction to Literary Studies
- 3320 Shakespeare's Major Plays or 3321 Representative Shakespearean Works
- One of the following in British Literature before 1800: 3319 Sixteenth-Century Prose and Poetry, 3323 Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry, 3330 Neo-Classical Literature, 4308 Chaucer, 4300 Milton, or 4347 The English Novel through the Eighteenth Century
- One of the following in British Literature since 1800: 3333 Romantic Literature, 3337 Victorian Literature, 3343 Twentieth-Century British Poetry, 4325 British Drama since 1880, 4348 The English Novel: Nineteenth Century, or 4349 The English Novel: Twentieth Century
- 3311 American Literature to 1860 or 3312 American Literature since 1860
- Two of the following in American Literature: 3344 Twentieth-Century American Poetry, 4316 American Nonfiction and Poetry through the Nineteenth Century, 4317 American Fiction to 1900, 4318 Early Twentieth-Century American Fiction, 4319 American Fiction since 1945, or 4322 American Drama
- 4350 Major American Author
- 9 hours of upper-division electives, at least 3 of which must be in literature Note: ENGL 2311 or ENGL 2312, whichever was not taken above, may be counted here. No other sophomore classes may be substituted here.
BA Degree - Creative Writing Concentration
This concentration is directed primarily toward students interested in preparing themselves for careers in professional writing and editorial activities or in teaching creative writing at the secondary or college level. After completing the freshman English requirement, students selecting the Creative Writing concentration take ENGL 2311 and 2312. They take 30 hours in advanced-level English courses as follows:
- 3361 Introduction to Creative Writing: Forms and Techniques and 3362 Creative Writing Workshop: Introduction to Fiction and Poetry Writing
- Four of the following: 3365 Advanced Composition and Rhetoric, 3367 Advanced Fiction Techniques, 3368 Commercial Fiction, 3369 Television and Screenplay Writing, 3370 Poetry Techniques, 4314 Literary Criticism, 4341 Advanced Studies: Creative Writing, and 4360 The Literary Essay
- Four of the following: 3311, 3312, 3319, 3320, 3321, 3323, 3330, 3333, 3337, 3344, 4308, 4309, 4316, 4317, 4318, 4319, 4322, 4325, 4347, 4348, 4349, 4350.
Minors in English
There are four options for the Minor in English, each of which requires the completion of 18 advanced hours:
- Literature--3 hours, British literature before 1800; 3 hours, British literature since 1800; 3 hours, American literature; plus 9 elective hours in literature courses. (Note: ENGL 2311 and/or 2312 may be counted in the minor, but the remaining hours must be advanced hours.)
- Creative Writing, for students interested in writing poetry, fiction, non-fiction, literary essays, screenplays, or plays--ENGL 3361 and 3362; 6 hours, literature; 6 hours, creative writing.
- Composite--The student may elect to concentrate on a specific field such as Folklore, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, or Dramatic Literature, or may elect a more varied course of study. Students selecting this minor should consult with the director of the program in which they intend to complete most of their course work.
- Professional Writing and Rhetoric--Required Courses (9 hours): ENGL 3359 Technical Writing (ENGL 3355 Business Communications may be substituted for English 3359 with permission of PWR Program Director), ENGL 3365 Advanced Composition, ENGL 4300 Senior Writing Practicum.
Elective Courses (9 hours): ENGL 3303 Grammar and Usage, ENGL 3355 Business Communications, ENGL 3357 Computers and Writing, ENGL 3358 Special Topics in Writing, ENGL 3361 Creative Writing, or other writing-intensive courses as approved by the Director of Professional Writing and Rhetoric.
Teacher Certification
Students seeking secondary certification in English must complete the BA requirements as described above. Certification requires 36 semester hours of courses in the major as described in the Liberal Arts section of this Catalog. Note that ENGL 3455 may not be counted as part of the major since it is required for the minor in Education. For further information on requirements for certification, see the Catalog sections for the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Education.
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