LINGUISTICS AND RHETORIC
CONCENTRATION CHECKLIST
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MAJOR REQUIREMENTS - 30 CREDITS/10
COURSES (All 300-level and above)
Required before taking any 300-level English course:
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
ENGL 220
(For students entering Fall 2001 and after)
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CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (30 CREDITS)
CORE REQUIREMENTS
STAGE 1: Academic Foundations (9 crs.)
ENGL 120
Composition
MATH _______ Quantitative Reasoning
HIST151/2 or
POLSC110
U.S. History
Introduction to Literature
or approved equivalent
Linguistics and Rhetoric Courses (18 credits)
3______
3______
3______
ENGL 301
ENGL 331
Theory and Practice
of Expository Writing
3______
Structures of Modern English
3______
Two linguistics courses chosen from the following:
STAGE 2: Broad Exposure (22 crs.)
ENGL 220
Intro. To Literature
Social Sciences (6 crs.)
Humanities (3 crs.)
Visual & Performing Arts (3 crs.)
Natural Science [with lab] (7 crs.)
3______
3______
3______
3______
3______
7______
ENGL 330
ENGL 332
ENGL 333*
ENGL 346
ENGL 347
ENGL 348
STAGE 3: Focused Exposure (6 crs.)
ENGL 342*
3______
3______
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS (12 crs.)
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3______
3______
3______
3______
PLURALISM & DIVERSITY REQUIREMENT (12 crs.)
One course from each group, dealing primarily with:
A. Non-European societies, particularly
those of Africa, Asia, Latin America,
or those indigenous to the Americas
3______
B. One or more of the following groups
in the United States: African Americans,
Asian Americans, Latino Americans,
and Native Americans
3______
C. Women and/or issues of gender or
sexual orientation
3______
SIGNIFICANT WRITING REQUIREMENT (9 crs.)
All students must take three “W” designated courses. For transfer
students, the number of “W” courses depends on the number of credits
at time of admission to Hunter. (ENGL 120 does not count as “W”
designation.)
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3______
3______
3______
History of Rhetoric
Rhetorical Principles of
Expository Writing
Topics in Rhetoric*
3______
3______
3______
Literature Courses (9 credits)
ENGL 338
Survey of British Literature I:
Early Texts to the 18th Century
3______
One literature course chosen from the following:
ENGL 395
ENGL 396
ENGL 397
Survey of American Literature:
From Origins to the Civil War
American Prose from
Reconstruction to World War I
Pre-Twentieth Century
American Prose
3______
3______
3______
One literature course chosen from the following:
ENGL 317
ENGL 318
D. Europe, including the ways in which
Pluralism and diversity have been
addressed
3______
(Courses from the Major, Minor & GER may be used for P&D.)
3______
3______
3______
3______
3______
3______
Two rhetoric courses chosen from the following:
ENGL 340
ENGL 341
Humanities and/or Visual or Performing
Arts (beyond introductory Level)
Social Sci. or Natural Sci./Math
Sociolinguistics
History of the English Language
Topics in Language and Linguistics*
Discourse Analysis
Language and Ethnicity
English Across the World
ENGL 320
ENGL 321
ENGL 323
ENGL 324
ENGL 325
ENGL 326
ENGL 327
ENGL 329
Topics in Non-European
Literary Traditions
Topics in Literature of
Non-European Americans
Multi-Ethnic American Literature
Topics in African American Literature
Topics in Asian American Literature
Topics in Native American Literature
Post-Colonial Literature in English
Topics in US Latino/a Literature
Topics in Caribbean Literature
Topics in Cross-Cultural
Literature in English
3______
3______
3______
3______
3______
3______
3______
3______
3______
3______
Elective Course (3 credits)
Students may select an elective from any 300- or 400-level English
courses (ENGL 306 Literary Theory is strongly recommended); or from
courses related to linguistics or rhetoric offered in other departments,
such as Anthropology (e.g., ANTH 151 Introduction to Linguistics;
ANTH 320 Language, Sex, and Gender; ANTH 351 Language in
Culture and Society), Classics (e.g., CLA 110 Greek and Latin Roots of
English), and Philosophy (e.g., PHILO 103 Introduction to Logic and
Critical Thinking); or from courses in foreign language study that are
beyond those taken in fulfillment of the foreign language requirement
(e.g., advanced courses in a second language, beginning courses in a
third language).
*ENGL 333 and ENGL 342 may be taken multiple times in different
topics to fulfill both required and elective courses.