Program: English (Literary Studies), BA - Louisiana State University in Shreveport - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 01, 2025

LSU Shreveport 2024-25 Catalog

University Requirements

^FRESHMAN SEMINAR: Required of all first-time freshmen and all transfer students with fewer than 30 total semester hours of credit.

FS 103 - LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS-LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT 3 Credit Hour(s) ^

Credit Hours: 3

General Education Requirements

English Composition

ENGL 105 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION I 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 115 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION II 3 Credit Hour(s)

Social and Behavioral Sciences*

*See General Education Course Requirements under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Mathematics*

*See General Education Course Requirements under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Natural Sciences*

*See General Education Course Requirements under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Humanities

PHIL 105 - EXPLORING PHILOSOPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
OR
PHIL 250 - ETHICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
COMM 135 - PUBLIC SPEAKING 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 205 - SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE I 3 Credit Hour(s)

Fine/Performing Arts

FA 140 - INTRODUCTION TO FINE ARTS 3 Credit Hour(s)

Credit Hours: 39

B.A. Requirements

Literature

ENGL 210 - INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)

Fine Arts

FA 240 - HISTORY OF PREHISTORIC TO MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
OR
FA 241 - HISTORY OF RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY ART 3 Credit Hour(s)

History

Two of the following:

HIST 105 - HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 106 - HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1500-1815 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 107 - HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1815-PRESENT 3 Credit Hour(s)

Foreign Language

9 hours of foreign language.

Credit Hours: 21

Program Requirements

¹The student shall complete a total of twelve hours in one foreign language.

ENGL 200 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 206 - SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE II 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 489 - SENIOR CAPSTONE 3 Credit Hour(s)
Foreign Language 3 Credit Hour(s) ¹

Major Authors

²Courses can be used to meet the requirements of only one category (with the exception of ENGL 490 , which may be repeated for credit).

one of the following:

ENGL 406 - CHAUCER: THE CANTERBURY TALES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 408 - SHAKESPEARE: EARLY WORKS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 409 - SHAKESPEARE: LATER WORKS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 425 - MILTON 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 490 - SEMINAR IN ENGLISH 3 Credit Hour(s)

Studies in American Literature

²Courses can be used to meet the requirements of only one category (with the exception of ENGL 490 , which may be repeated for credit).

one of the following:

ENGL 470 - ROMANTIC MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 471 - AGE OF REALISH IN AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 475 - AMERICAN NOVEL TO 1900 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 478 - LITERATURE OF SOUTH 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 490 - SEMINAR IN ENGLISH 3 Credit Hour(s)

Studies in Early-Modern Literature

²Courses can be used to meet the requirements of only one category (with the exception of ENGL 490 , which may be repeated for credit).

one of the following:

ENGL 408 - SHAKESPEARE: EARLY WORKS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 409 - SHAKESPEARE: LATER WORKS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 410 - STUDIES IN EARLY-MODERN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 420 - SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 425 - MILTON 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 430 - RESORATION AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 435 - BRITISH NOVEL TO 1900 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 490 - SEMINAR IN ENGLISH 3 Credit Hour(s)

Studies in Literary Traditions

²Courses can be used to meet the requirements of only one category (with the exception of ENGL 490 , which may be repeated for credit).

one of the following:

ENGL 400 - HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 405 - EARLY CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 412 - SHAKESPEARE AND FILM 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 435 - BRITISH NOVEL TO 1900 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 485 - WORLD LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 490 - SEMINAR IN ENGLISH 3 Credit Hour(s)

Studies in Literature from the Romantics to the Present Day

²Courses can be used to meet the requirements of only one category (with the exception of ENGL 490 , which may be repeated for credit).

one of the following:

ENGL 435 - BRITISH NOVEL TO 1900 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 440 - BRITISH ROMANTIC PERIOD 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 450 - BRITISH VICTORIAN PERIOD 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 455 - MODERN DRAMA 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 460 - MODERN FICTION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 465 - MODERN POETRY 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 490 - SEMINAR IN ENGLISH 3 Credit Hour(s)

Studies in Medieval Literature

²Courses can be used to meet the requirements of only one category (with the exception of ENGL 490 , which may be repeated for credit).

one of the following:

ENGL 406 - CHAUCER: THE CANTERBURY TALES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 407 - STUDY IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 490 - SEMINAR IN ENGLISH 3 Credit Hour(s)

Writing and Language

²Courses can be used to meet the requirements of only one category (with the exception of ENGL 490 , which may be repeated for credit).

one of the following:

ENGL 226 - ADVANCED COMPOSITION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 301 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 325 - TECHNICAL WRITING 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 326 - WRITING IN THE HUMANITIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 400 - HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 426 - NARRATIVE STRUCTURES IN MULTIPLE MEDIA 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 428 - WRITING FICTION & POETRY II 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 499 - WRITING INTERNSHIP 3 Credit Hour(s)

English electives

Choose 12 credit hours of additional courses from the following categories: Major Authors, Studies in American Literature, Studies in Early-Modern Literature, Studies in Literary Traditions, Studies in Literature from the Romantics to the Present Day, Studies in Medieval Literature

Credit Hours: 45

Electives

Approved electives 12 Credit Hour(s)

Credit Hours: 12

Total Credit Hours: 120