General Education Requirements (44 Hours)
General Education Requirements
Some general education requirements may be double-counted in the major with departmental approval. Please see your advisor for information.
Language Requirements (3 Hours)
Students are required to demonstrate intermediate-level proficiency in a language other than English. Intermediate-level proficiency is demonstrated by successful completion of a 4th-semester language course in one of the following:
• Intermediate Language Course II
or
• Combined Intermediate Language Course
or
• Higher level language courses
(A higher-level language course that requires one of the above listed courses as a prerequisite may also be used to fulfill the language requirement.)
Note: Beginning language course I & II or beginning combination language course and intermediate language course I are prerequisites for *intermediate level II course. Placement tests are designed for placement purposes only and a score on this test alone is not sufficient to demonstrate intermediate-level proficiency.
Language courses 1050 or 1060 may be used in General Education Liberal Studies Experience.
Major Requirements (45 Hours)
A 2.0 major GPA is required for graduation. Major GPA calculation will include all courses taken in the major discipline, plus any other courses under Major Requirements. Minimum of 18 semester hours of courses taken to fulfill major requirements must be courses offered by Appalachian State.
Professional Writing Courses (15 Hours)
RC 1000 is prerequisite to all ENG and RC courses level 2001 & higher
ENG 2080 - Writing for Change (3)
ENG 2090 - Rhetorical Ethics (3)
ENG 3090 - Introduction to Professional Writing (3)
ENG 3700 - Technical Writing (3) [WID]
Professional Writing Electives - Choose One
ENG 3120 - Writing and Law (3)
ENG 3220 -Environmental Rhetorics (3)
ENG 3260 - Community Writing (3)
ENG 3280 - Rhetorics of Health Justice (3)
ENG 4090 - Rhetorics of Resistance (3)
ENG 4100 - Writing for Social Media (3)
ENG 4110 - Digital and Visual Rhetoric (3)
ENG 4120 - Writing Grant Proposals (3)
ENG 4200 - Editing (3)
RC 3400 - Advanced Topics in Writing, Rhetorics, and Technical Communication (3)
Senior Capstone and Internship (9 Hours)
ENG 4300 - Seminar in Writing, Rhetorics, and Technical Communication (3)
[CAP]
Internship - Choose One 6 Hour Option
Option 1: ENG 4900 Internship for 6 hours.
Option 2: ENG 4900 Internship for 3 hours AND 3 hours of ENG 3000 level or above.
Foundation in Literary History (18 Hours)
Honors courses are indicated by section number - 410 on the Schedule of Courses
British Literature - Choose One (3 Hours)
ENG 2010 - British Literature to 1789 (3)
ENG 2020 - British Literature since 1789 (3)
World Literature - Choose One (3 Hours)
ENG 2030 - World Literature to 1650 (3) [GenEd: LS]
ENG 2040 - World Literature since 1650 (3) [GenEd: LS]
American Literature - Choose One (3 Hours)
ENG 2310 - American Literature to 1865 (3)
ENG 2320 - American Literature since 1865 (3)
4000 Level Literature Courses - Choose Two (6 Hours)
3000-4000 Level English Elective - (3 Hours)
Minor Required (12-21 Hours)
Minimum of 9 semester hours of courses taken to fulfill minor requirements must be courses offered by Appalachian
Electives (10-19 Hours)
Total Required (120 Hours)