Language Studies Concentration

English, Bachelor of Arts with a Concentration in Language Studies

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - 46 Hours Required
Minimum of “C-“required
Fundamental Academic Skills		15
ENGL 1150	ENGLISH COMPOSITION I
ENGL 1160	ENGLISH COMPOSITION II
Writing in the Discipline Course
CMST 1110	PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS
or CMST 2120	ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE
MATH 1120	INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
or MATH 1100	DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION
or MATH 1130	QUANTITATIVE LITERACY
or MATH 1140	QUANTITATIVE REASONING FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
or MATH 1300	COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH SUPPORT
or STAT 1100	DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION
or STAT 1530	ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
Distribution Requirements		31
Natural Science - From two disciplines and at least one lab - 7 hrs
Social Science - From two disciplines - 9 hrs
Humanities and Fine Arts - From two disciplines- 9 hrs
Global Diversity - 3 hrs
US Diversity - 3 hrs
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
**Course will satisfy UNO's General Education requirement
^Course requires pre-requisite(s)
Language Studies Concentration - 37-39 Hours Required
Required coursework:		6
ENGL 2420	CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE STUDIES (^)
ENGL 3610	INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (** ^)
Select one from the following list of American Literature courses		3
ENGL 2350	AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1746-1939
ENGL 2360	AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1940-PRESENT
ENGL 2410	CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE
ENGL 2450	AMERICAN LITERATURE I (** ^)
ENGL 2460	AMERICAN LITERATURE II (** ^)
ENGL 2470	SURVEY OF NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE (** ^)
ENGL 2490	LATINO/A LITERATURE (** ^)
ENGL 3100	NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE: MAJOR FIGURES (^)
ENGL 3300	JUNIOR TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE (^)
ENGL 4030	AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1900 (^)
ENGL 4060	THE AMERICAN NOVEL (^)
ENGL 4140	AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM AND NATURALISM (^)
ENGL 4160	TOPICS IN AMERICAN REGIONALISM (^)
ENGL 4210	THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE (^)
ENGL 4230	LATINO LITERATURE (^)
ENGL 4240	TEACHING LATINO LITERATURE (^)
ENGL/WGST 4250	WOMEN'S STUDIES IN LITERATURE (^)
ENGL 4260	GLOBAL WOMEN WRITERS (^)
ENGL/WGST 4270	WOMEN WRITERS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN WEST (^)
ENGL 4280	QUEER AMERICAN WESTS (^)
ENGL/MEDH 4950	BRINGING THE WAR HOME: DEPICTIONS OF WAR VETERANS IN LITERATURE AND FILM (^)
ENGL 4960	TOPICS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (American Literature Topic)
Select one from the following list of British/Irish/Anglophone Literature courses		3
ENGL 2310	INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH LITERATURE I (** ^)
ENGL 2320	INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH LITERATURE II (** ^)
ENGL 2410	CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE (^)
ENGL 2500	LITERATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: THE ANCIENT WORLD (** ^)
ENGL 2510	GLOBAL EXPLORATIONS: MEDIEVAL TO EARLY MODERN WORLD (** ^)
ENGL 2520	GLOBAL EXPLORATIONS: THE MODERN WORLD (^)
ENGL 3280	IRISH LITERATURE I (** ^)
ENGL 3400	JUNIOR TOPICS IN BRITISH/IRISH/ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE (^)
ENGL 4300	ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE
ENGL 4320	CHAUCER (^)
ENGL 4330	RENAISSANCE SATIRE (^)
ENGL 4340	SHAKESPEARE (^)
ENGL 4370	RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE (^)
ENGL 4380	THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH NOVEL (^)
ENGL 4390	MEDIEVAL CELTIC LITERATURE (^)
ENGL 4400	KING ARTHUR THROUGH THE AGES (^)
ENGL 4410	LITERATURE OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD (^)
ENGL 4420	NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH AND ANGLOPHONE LITERATURES (^)
ENGL 4430	THE BRITISH AND ANGLOPHONE NOVEL (19TH AND 20TH CENTURY) (^)
ENGL 4440	BRAM STOKER: BEYOND DRACULA (^)
ENGL 4450	MODERN IRISH DRAMA (^)
ENGL 4460	THE 20TH CENTURY ENGLISH NOVEL (^)
ENGL 4490	GREAT WORKS OF BRITISH LITERATURE (^)
ENGL 4960	TOPICS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (British/Irish/Anglophone Topic)
Select one from the following list of Creative Nonfiction courses		3
ENGL 3130	AMERICAN NONFICTION (^)
ENGL 3150	FORM AND STYLE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION (^)
ENGL 3170	SUCCESSFUL FREELANCE JOURNAL WRITING (^)
ENGL 3180	GENDER IDENTITY IN PERSONAL WRITING (^)
ENGL 4820	AUTOBIOGRAPHY (^)
ENGL 4840	TRAVEL WRITING (^)
ENGL 4860	THE MODERN FAMILIAR ESSAY (^)
ENGL 4930	NARRATIVE NONFICTION
ENGL 4970	WRITING ABOUT SICKNESS AND HEALTH (^)
ENGL 4960	TOPICS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Creative Nonfiction Topic)
Select five from the following list of Language Studies courses		15
ENGL 3770	WRITING CENTER THEORY, PEDAGOGY, AND RESEARCH
ENGL 3980	TECHNICAL WRITING ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES (^)
ENGL 4620	HISTORY OF ENGLISH
ENGL 4640	APPLIED LINGUISTICS (^)
ENGL 4650	STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH (^)
ENGL 4670	SOCIOLINGUISTICS (^)
ENGL 4690	TOPICS IN LINGUISTICS
ENGL 4730	CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC
ENGL 4750	COMPOSITION THEORY & PEDAGOGY
ENGL/JMC 4810	DIGITAL LITERACIES FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS (^)
ENGL/JMC 4830	TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION (^)
ENGL/JMC 4850	INFORMATION DESIGN FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS (^)
ENGL/JMC 4870	TECHNICAL EDITING (^)
ENGL/JMC 4890	CAPSTONE COURSE IN TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION (^)
ENGL 4960	TOPICS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Language Studies Topic)
English Internship		1-3
ENGL 4800	ENGLISH INTERNSHIP (^)
Any two 3-credit hour English (ENGL) courses at any level		6
College Breadth (choose one option)		15-30+
Option 1: Complete any UNO minor or undergraduate certificate - 15+ hours
Option 2: Additional General Education Requirements - 19+ hours
Additional quantitative literacy - 3 hours
Additional Social Science Gen. Ed. from 3rd Discipline - 3 hours
Additional Humanities Gen. Ed. from 3rd Discipline - 3 hours
HIST 1000 and HIST 1010 - 6 hours
Additional Nat. and Physical Science w/ Lab - 4-5 hours
Option 3: CAS comprehensive major (50+ hours) OR any second UNO major (30+ hours)
Bachelor of Arts Language Requirement		16
FREN, GERM, Or SPAN, 1110, 1120, 2110, 2120
ELECTIVES
Elective hours as required to reach a total of 120 hours

English, Bachelor of Arts with a Concentration in Language Studies Four Year Plan

Plan of Study Grid
Freshman
Fall		Credits
ENGL 1150	ENGLISH COMPOSITION I (*)	3
CMST 1110 or CMST 2120	PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS or ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE	3
Foreign Language I		5
Social Science		3
*ENGL 1150: requires appropriate placement
	Credits	14
Spring
ENGL 1160	ENGLISH COMPOSITION II (*)	3
MATH 1120 or MATH 1220 or MATH 1130 or MATH 1300 or STAT 1100 or STAT 1530	INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING (**) or COLLEGE ALGEBRA or QUANTITATIVE LITERACY or COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH SUPPORT or DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION or ELEMENTARY STATISTICS	3-4
Foreign Language II		5
Social Science		3
*ENGL 1160: requires ENGL 1150 with grade of C- or better or appropriate placement
**MATH 1220 and STAT 1530: require appropriate placement within the last 2 years
	Credits	14-15
Sophomore
Fall
ENGL 2420	CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE STUDIES (*)	3
Foreign Language III		3
HIST 1000 or Minor/2nd Major Course**		3
Natural/Pysical Science with Lab		4
ENGL American Literature course or ENGL British course		3
*ENGL 2420: requires ENGL 1160 with grade of C- or better
**A&S College Requirement Options
	Credits	16
Spring
ENGL 3610	INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS	3
Foreign Language IV		3
Natural/Physical Science*		3
Humanities and Fine Arts		3
HIST 1010 or Minor/2nd Major Course**		3
*NPS must come from 2nd discipline
**A&S College Requirement Options
	Credits	15
Junior
Fall
Humanites and Fine Arts*		3
Elective		3
ENGL American Literature course or ENGL British course		3
Additional Quantitative Literacy course for A&S OR Minor/2nd Major Course**		3
ENGL Language Studies course (3000/4000 level)		3
*HFA must come from 2nd discipline
**A&S College Requirement Options
	Credits	15
Spring
Additional Natural/Physical Science w/Lab for A&S OR Minor/2nd Major Course*		4
ENGL Language Studies course (3000/4000 level)		3
Additional Social Science for A&S OR Minor/2nd Major course**		3
ENGL 1000-level or higher elective		3
Elective		3
*A&S College Requirement Options
**A&S College Requirement Option. Additional SS must come from 3rd discipline
	Credits	16
Senior
Fall
Additional Humanities & Fine Arts course for A&S OR Minor/2nd Major Course*		3
ENGL Language Studies course (3000/4000 level)		3
ENGL Language Studies course (3000/4000 level)		3
Elective		3
ENGL 1000-level or higher elective		3
*CAS College Requirement Options
	Credits	15
Spring
ENGL Creative Nonfiction course (3000/4000 level)		3
ENGL Language Studies course (3000/4000 level)		3
ENGL 4800	ENGLISH INTERNSHIP	1-3
Elective		3
Elective		3
Elective		2
*ENGL 4800: Requires ENGL 2410/2420, an ENGL 4000-level writing course, Jr/Sr standing, and permission of internship director.
Note: Students need a minimum of 120 total credits with at least 27 upper level credits throughout the entire degree. As a part of the 27 credit upper level minimum, the major/concentration must include at least 18 credits of upper level coursework. May need to select 3000/4000 level major options and possibly 3000/4000 level free electives if a minor is not selected.
	Credits	15-17
	Total Credits	120-123

This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.

This plan is not a contract and curriculum is subject to change.

Additional Information About this Plan:
University Degree Requirements: The minimum number of hours for a UNO undergraduate degree is 120 credit hours. Please review the requirements for your specific program to determine all requirements for the program. In order to graduate on-time (four years for an undergraduate degree), you need to take 30 hours each year.

Placement Exams: For Math, English, Foreign Language, a placement exam may be required. More information on these exams can be found at https://www.unomaha.edu/enrollment-management/testing-center/placement-exams/information.php

**Transfer credit or placement exam scores may change suggested plan of study