Program Overview

Department of English

The Department of English at Texas Tech University offers a variety of programs and degrees for students interested in pursuing a career in English.

Programs & Degrees

• BA in English
• BA in Writing, Design, and Technical Communication
• MA in English
• MA in Technical Communication
• PhD in Technical Communication & Rhetoric

Bachelor's Degrees

• Literature and Language
• Creative Writing
• English Teaching
• Writing, Design, and Technical Communication
• Minors

Master's Degrees

• Literature
• Creative Writing
• Linguistics
• Technical Communication

PhD Degrees

• Literature
• Creative Writing
• Linguistics
• Technical Communication & Rhetoric

Undergraduate Certificates

• User Experience
• Writing

Graduate Certificates

• Book History and Digital Humanities
• Grants and Proposals
• Linguistics
• Teaching Technical Communication

BA Degree Requirements

The creative writing concentration program requires 120 semester credit hours, consisting of the core curriculum, 33 hours in a major field, and a required minor.

Requirements

1000-Level

• ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric, 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric, 3 Semester Credit Hours

2000-Level

• Two of the following:
  • ENGL 2321 - Global Literature I, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2322 - Global Literature II, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2323 - British Literature I, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2324 - British Literature II, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2325 - American Literature I, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2326 - American Literature II, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2351 - Introduction to Creative Writing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
• One of the following:
  • ENGL 2305 - Introduction to Poetry, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2306 - Introduction to Drama, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2307 - Introduction to Fiction, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2308 - Introduction to Nonfiction, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2381 - Fantasy and Science Fiction, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2382 - Heroes and Anti-Heroes, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2383 - Bible as Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 2388 - Introduction to Film Studies, 3 Semester Credit Hours

3000-Level

• One British Literature Period Course:
  • ENGL 3302 - British Literature Before 1066, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3303 - Medieval Literature in England, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3304 - Medieval and Renaissance Drama, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3305 - British Renaissance Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3307 - Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3308 - British Romantic Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3309 - Modern and Contemporary British Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3311 - British Victorian Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
• One Global or American Literature Period Course:
  • ENGL 3323 - Early American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3324 - Nineteenth Century American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3325 - Modern and Contemporary American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3335 - Ancient and Medieval World Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3336 - Early Modern World Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3337 - Modern and Contemporary World Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3338 - Global South Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3341 - Studies in Translation Practice and Theory, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3342 - Travel, Migration, and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3387 - Multicultural Literatures of America, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3389 - Global Short Story, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3390 - Literatures of the Southwest, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3392 - African American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3393 - U.S. Latina/o Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3394 - Asian American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 3395 - Native American Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Additional Requirements:
  • ENGL 3351 - Creative Writing (fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction), 6 Semester Credit Hours under two separate genres
  • 6 hours of other ENGL courses at the 3000 level

4000-Level

• ENGL 4351 - Advanced Creative Writing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Two of the following:
  • ENGL 4300 - Individual Studies in English, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4301 - Studies in Selected Authors, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4311 - Studies in Poetry, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4312 - Studies in Drama, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4313 - Studies in Fiction, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4314 - Studies in Nonfiction, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4315 - Studies in Film, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4321 - Studies in Literary Topics, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4342 - Studies in Literary Topics, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4351 - Advanced Creative Writing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4371 - Language and Community, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4373 - Advanced Studies in Linguistics, 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ENGL 4390 - Internship in Literature, Creative Writing, and Linguistics, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Communication Literary Requirement

Effective leaders, workers, and citizens must possess the ability to communicate effectively. The department offers a concentration in creative writing that will help students foster a critical understanding of how communication functions in different contexts, gain an appreciation of literature's uniquely transactional nature, and teach the acquisition of language skills toward adapting messages to situations and audiences, communicating in ways that are ethically and socially responsible in a diverse global society. To complete the concentration in creative writing, students need two sections of ENGL 3351 in different genres and one section of ENGL 4351.