Program Overview

School of Arts and Humanities

The School of Arts and Humanities offers a Bachelor of Arts in Literary Studies, providing students with a thorough grounding in literary ideas and methods, as well as a broad acquaintance with literatures of different periods and cultures.

Bachelor of Arts in Literary Studies

The Bachelor of Arts in Literary Studies degree requires 120 semester credit hours. The program is divided into several components, including core curriculum requirements, major requirements, and elective requirements.

Core Curriculum Requirements

The core curriculum requirements consist of 42 semester credit hours, including:

• Communication: 6 semester credit hours
  • COMM 1311 Survey of Oral and Technology-based Communication
  • RHET 1302 Rhetoric
• Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours
  • Choose one course from the following:
    • MATH 1306 College Algebra for the Non-Scientist
    • MATH 1314 College Algebra
  • Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics core courses
• Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours
  • Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences core courses
• Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours
  • Choose one course from the following:
    • HUMA 1301 Exploration of the Humanities
    • LIT 2331 Masterpieces of World Literature
    • PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy
    • PHIL 2316 History of Philosophy I
    • PHIL 2317 History of Philosophy II
  • Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture core courses
• Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours
  • Choose one course from the following:
    • ARTS 1301 Exploration of the Arts
    • AHST 1303 Survey of Western Art History: Ancient to Medieval
    • AHST 1304 Survey of Western Art History: Renaissance to Modern
    • AHST 2331 Understanding Art
    • DANC 1310 Understanding Dance
    • DRAM 1310 Understanding Theater
    • FILM 2332 Understanding Film
    • MUSI 1306 Understanding Music
    • MUSI 2322 Music in Western Civilization
• American History: 6 semester credit hours
  • Choose two courses from the following:
    • HIST 1301 U.S. History Survey to Civil War
    • HIST 1302 U.S. History Survey from Civil War
    • HIST 2301 History of Texas
    • HIST 2330 Themes and Ideas in American History
    • HIST 2332 Civil War and Reconstruction
• Government / Political Science: 6 semester credit hours
  • GOVT 2305 American National Government
  • GOVT 2306 State and Local Government
• Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours
  • Select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences core courses
• Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours
  • Choose two courses from the following or other Component Area Option courses:
    • ARHM 2340 Creativity
    • ARHM 2341 Global Media
    • ARHM 2342 Connections in the Arts and Humanities
    • ARHM 2343 Science and the Humanities
    • ARHM 2344 World Cultures

Major Requirements

The major requirements consist of 45 semester credit hours, including:

• Lower-Division: 3-4 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum
  • LIT 2341 Literary Analysis
  • ARHM 1100 Freshman Seminar
  • UNIV 1010 Freshman Seminar
• Upper-Division: 42 semester credit hours
  • Major Core Courses: 9 semester credit hours
    • ARHM 3342 Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts and Humanities
    • LIT 3300 Western Literary Tradition
    • LIT 3339 Writing in Literary Studies
  • Major Distribution and Elective Courses: 24 semester credit hours
    • Select any 3 semester credit hours of upper-division courses from each of the following groups:
      • Literary genres
      • Literature before 1850
      • Translated Literature
    • 15 semester credit hours of upper-division Literary Studies electives
  • Major-Related Courses: 9 semester credit hours
    • Students may select any combination of upper-division courses from Arts and Humanities, Art and Performance, Art History, Visual Arts, Communications, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Film Studies, Historical Studies, Humanities, Music and/or Philosophy.

Elective Requirements

The elective requirements consist of 32-33 semester credit hours, including:

• Free Electives: 32-33 semester credit hours
  • Both upper-division and lower-division courses may be used as electives, but students must complete at least 51 semester credit hours of upper-division courses to qualify for graduation.

Faculty

The faculty for the Bachelor of Arts in Literary Studies program includes:

• Professors:
  • Charles R. Bambach
  • Richard Brettell
  • David F. Channell
  • Milton A. Cohen
  • Fred I. Curchack
  • Pamela Gossin
  • Ming Dong Gu
  • Dennis M. Kratz
  • Enric Madriguera
  • Adrienne L. McLean
  • Zsuzsanna Ozsváth
  • David A. Patterson
  • John J. Pomara
  • Rene Prieto
  • Stephen G. Rabe
  • Timothy (Tim) Redman
  • R. Clay Reynolds
  • Thomas P. Riccio
  • Robert Xavier Rodríguez
  • Nils Roemer
  • Rainer Schulte
  • Theresa M. Towner
  • Frederick Turner
  • Marilyn Waligore
• Professors Emeritus:
  • Joan Chandler
  • R. David Edmunds
  • Michael S. Simpson
• Clinical Professors:
  • Catherine Parsoneault
  • Marvin Stone
  • Winston Stone
  • Dennis Walsh
• Associate Professors:
  • Matt Brown
  • Sean J. Cotter
  • J. Michael Farmer
  • John C. Gooch
  • Charles Hatfield
  • Shelley D. Lane
  • Manuel Luis Martinez
  • Patricia H. Michaelson
  • Jessica C. Murphy
  • Peter Park
  • Monica Rankin
  • Natalie Ring
  • Mark Rosen
  • Eric Schlereth
  • Charissa N. Terranova
  • Daniel B. Wickberg
  • Michael L. Wilson
• Associate Professors Emeritus:
  • Gerald L. Soliday
  • Deborah A. Stott
• Clinical Associate Professors:
  • Michele Hanlon
  • Maribeth (Betsy) Schlobohm
  • Betty H. Wiesepape
• Assistant Professors:
  • Ashley Barnes
  • Annelise Heinz
  • Kimberly Hill
  • Shilyh Warren
  • Benjamin (Ben) Wright
• Clinical Assistant Professors:
  • Kenneth Brewer
  • Shelby Hibbs
  • Peter (Jay) Ingrao
  • Michael McVay
  • Sabrina Starnaman
  • Lorraine Tady
• Visiting Assistant Professor:
  • Patrick Denker
• Senior Lecturers:
  • Lawrence Amato
  • Zafar Anjum
  • Barbara Baker
  • Karen Baynham
  • Lorena Camacho-Guardardo
  • Bei Chen
  • Diane Durant
  • Kelly P. Durbin
  • Kathryn C. Evans
  • Lori Gerard
  • Janece Glauser
  • Dianne Goode
  • Melissa Hernandez-Katz
  • Jennifer Hudson
  • Thomas M. Lambert
  • Kathy Lingo
  • Mary Medrick
  • Greg L. Metz
  • Christopher (Chris) Ryan
  • Monica M. Saba
  • Linda Salisbury
  • Jeffrey Schulze
  • Allison Templeton
  • Noah Zisman