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C ONTACT P ERSON : A LISON T RACY H ALE ; W ILLIAM K UPINSE (C O -C HAIRS )
A suggested four-year program:
Freshman Units Units
SSI 1 1 SSI 2 1
Elective
Elective (Foreign language recommended)
FL (if needed) or elective
1 Elective
1 ENGL 210
1 FL (if needed) or elective
1
1
1
Sophomore Units Units
ENGL Breadth Course 1 (A) 1 ENGL Breadth Course 2 (A) 1
ENGL Non-Expository Writing (E)
Approaches core
Elective (foreign language recommended)
1 Elective
1 Approaches core
1 Elective (foreign language recommended)
1
1
1
Junior Units Units
ENGL Genre, Language, Theory (D) 1 ENGL Elective (C) 1
ENGL Breadth course 3 (A)
Elective
Approaches core
1 Approaches core
1 ENGL Lit, Cult, Identity (B)
1 Elective
1
1
1
Senior Units Units
ENGL Advanced Rhetoric Seminar (F) 1 ENGL Advanced Rhetoric Seminar (F) 1
Elective
Approaches core
1 CN core*
1 Elective
1
1
Elective 1 Elective 1
NOTES:
A. Three courses from ENGL 221- 226, 340–349.
Puget Sound requires a total of 32 units to graduate.
B. One course from ENGL 380, 391, 474, 475, 478, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486 (360, 470 or 471 when appropriate: see Bulletin).
C. One course in English at 300–level or above (excluding 301 and those that count for core).
D. One unit from ENGL 307, 344, 345, 346, 492.
E. One unit from ENGL 202, 203, 205, 300, 306.
F. Two units from ENGL 405-410, 471, 493, 495-497. Students may use only one course from 493, 495, or 496, and then only when that course focuses on writing, rhetoric, and culture. Please consult instructor or department co-chairs.
* Of the three units of upper division coursework required outside the first major, the Connections course will count for one unless it is used to meet a major requirement.
Students must have 2.0 in all courses applied to the major, with no grade below C-.
ENGL 440-489 require relevant survey (ENGL 221-226) or permission of instructor as prerequisite. At least one of the ten units taken for the English major must be a course in literature before 1800 (ENGL 221, 222, 224, 350, 351, 440, 441, 443, 446, 473, 476, 483, [360, 470, 471 when the majority of course content is pre-1800; please check the department website to see which courses in a given semester fulfill this requirement]). The English Department strongly encourages its majors to obtain speaking and writing competence in a foreign language.

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CORE CURRICULUM
UNIVERSITY CORE CRS TERM GRADE
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
COURSE UNITS TERM GRADE
ENGL 210
Breadth Course 1 (A)
SSI1= Seminar in Scholarly Inquiry1
SSI2= Seminar in Scholarly Inquiry2
FN= Fine Arts Approaches
HM= Humanistic Approaches
KEY
MA= Mathematical Approaches
NS= Natural Scientific Approaches
SL= Social Scientific Approaches
CN= Connections
FL= Foreign Language
Breadth Course 2 (A)
Breadth Course 3 (A)
Lit, Cult, Identity (B)
ENGL Elective (C)
Genre, Language, Theory (D)
Non-Expository Writing (E)
Advanced Rhetoric Seminar (F)
Advanced Rhetoric Seminar (F)
Foreign Language Requirement (circle one)
1) Two semesters at 101/102 level or One semester at 200+ level
2) Proficiency exam (3rd year high school level or 1st year college level)
3) AP foreign language score of 4 or 5
4) IB higher level foreign language score of 5, 6, or 7
THIS FORM IS
NOT AN
OFFICIAL GRADUATION ANALYSIS
Upper Division Level Requirement
Three units at the upper division level outside the first major.
NOTES
A. Three courses from ENGL 221- 226, 340–349.
B. One course from ENGL 380, 391, 474, 475, 478, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486 (360, 470 or 471 when appropriate: see Bulletin).
C. One course in English at 300–level or above (excluding 301 and those that count for core).
D. One unit from ENGL 307, 344, 345, 346, 492.
E. One unit from ENGL 202, 203, 205, 300, 306.
F. Two units from ENGL 405-410, 471, 493, 495-497. Students may use only one course from 493, 495, or 496, and then only when that course focuses on writing, rhetoric, and culture. Please consult instructor or department co-chairs.
* Of the three units of upper division coursework required outside the first major, the Connections course will count for one unless it is used to meet a major requirement.
Students must have 2.0 in all courses applied to the major, with no grade below C-.
ENGL 440-489 require relevant survey (ENGL 221-226) or permission of instructor as prerequisite. At least one of the ten units taken for the
English major must be a course in literature before 1800 (ENGL 221, 222, 224, 350, 351, 440, 441, 443, 446, 473, 476, 483, [360, 470,
471 when the majority of course content is pre-1800; please check the department website to see which courses in a given semester fulfill this requirement]). The English Department strongly encourages its majors to obtain speaking and writing competence in a foreign language.