The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Four Year Plan: English (BA), with Pre-Secondary English Education (PSEC)
Semester 1
- TRU 120: First Year Seminar (3 cr)
- ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking (3 cr)
- ENG 216: New Majors Seminar (1 cr)
- Elementary Foreign Language I (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
Semester 2
- ENG 209: WE/Dialogues with Literature (3 cr)
- COMM 170: Public Speaking (3 cr)
- STAT 190: Basic Statistics (3 cr)
- Elementary Foreign Language II (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
Semester 3
- CRWT 204: Creative Writing (3 cr)
- Intermediate Foreign Language I (3 cr)
- Course for ENG degree REQ Geographical & Historical Contexts (Brit, Am, or World for cert) (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3-6 cr)
Semester 4
- Course for ENG degree REQ Electives (Brit, Am, or World for cert, whichever not yet taken) (3 cr)
- ENG 326: Diverse American Literature (4 cr), OR ENG XXX: __ (__cr), OR ENG 331: Studies in African American Literature (4 cr)
- LING 238: Introduction to Linguistics (3 cr)
- Intermediate Foreign Language II (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
Semester 5
- ED 388: Exploratory Field Experiences (1 cr)
- ED 389: Foundations of Education (3 cr)
- LING 250: English Linguistics for the Classroom (3 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/____________ (fall or spring) (3 cr)
- ENG Electives (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
Semester 6
- Course for ENG degree REQ Genres, Forms, & Audiences (Brit, Am, or World for cert, whichever not yet taken) (3 cr)
- ENG Electives (3 cr)
- Additional coursework (minor etc.) (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3-6 cr)
Semester 7
- ENG 416: Young Adult Literature (4 cr)
- ED 393: Clinical Experiences in Teaching (3 cr)
- ED 394: Experiences in Classroom Teaching (must be taken with same professor as 393) (1 cr)
- Additional coursework (minor etc.) (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
Semester 8
- ENG 498: WE/Senior English Seminar (fall or spring of senior year) (4 cr)
- ED 593: Psychological Foundations of Education (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3-6 cr)
Choose One for Cert:
- CRWT 407: WE/Writing Workshop: Fiction (4 cr), OR
- CRWT 408: WE/Writing Workshop: Poetry (4 cr), OR
- CRWT 409: WE/Writing Workshop: Nonfiction (4 cr), OR
- CRWT 411: WE/Writing Workshop: Screenwriting (4 cr)
NOTES:
- Coursework for the English major is divided into the following:
- Part I: Common Experiences - three courses, 8 credit hours;
- Part II: Guided Exploration - three courses, one from each of three areas, 9-12 credit hours;
- Part III: Electives - additional 14-17 hours of approved coursework to total a minimum of 34 credits, at least 20 of which need to be at 300-level or above
- The ENG (BA) is extremely flexible; the plan above is intended to illustrate a typical distribution of courses from various areas of the program
- Ofstad Visiting Scholar courses may count toward the degree program — details will be included in open course lists
- WE = Writing Enhanced course
- If you have not completed the Civics Exam, we recommend doing so in your first year.
- Truman students are required to complete a Portfolio to graduate. We recommend starting to compile your work for the Portfolio sooner than later.
- Students must complete their Application to Graduate the semester prior to graduating. Apply to graduate through TruView.
- Graduating seniors need to complete their seniors test and questionnaire. We recommend reviewing the Assessment & Testing page to plan accordingly.
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence with any updates to the plan above. Rev. 7-31-24
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.