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BA in English Credit Distribution

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Learner Designed Area of Study (LDAS)

Subject Category	Credits
I. General Education Requirements	60
A. English Composition	6
B. Humanities	12
Must include at least two subject areas
C. Social Sciences	12
Must include at least two subject areas
D. Natural Sciences and Mathematics	12
One college-level mathematics course required	(3)
One computer science course recommended	(3)
Other natural sciences/mathematics	(6)
Must include at least two subject areas
E. General Education Electives	18
II. Area of Study: English	33
A. Required Courses	12
Survey of Literature I & II	(6)
Analysis and Interpretation of Literature	(3)
Nonwestern Literature	(3)
B. English Electives* LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone strongly recommended Advanced Persuasive Writing African-American Literature American Literary Realism American Political Novel American Romanticism Asian Literature Chaucer Children’s Literature Comic and Satiric Tradition Comparative Literature Creative Writing Development of English Drama Elizabethan Drama English Romantic Period European Literature Greek Drama History of English Language Indian Literature Latin American Literature Literary Criticism Literature and Religion Milton Modern Drama Mythology Playwriting Poetry Regional Literature Restoration Drama Science Fiction Shakespeare Short Story Social Protest Literature Technical Writing The Augustan Age 20th Century English Victorian Literature Women in Literature	21
C. Requirements
Courses transferred to Thomas Edison State College are equated to the following levels: 100, 200, 300 or 400. A minimum of 18 credits equating to 300 or 400 are required.
III. Free Electives	27
Total	120

*This list is a guide. Other literature and advanced writing courses may be appropriate for this area of study.

Note: Students planning graduate work in literature should include period and genre courses in their area of study.

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