English - Literary Studies Emphasis, BA/BS


Program Description

Our literature courses seek to broaden and deepen students’ understanding of the unique value of literary expression as an aesthetic form that challenges the senses, the intellect, and the imagination. Students also learn to appreciate the complex relationship between the aesthetic and intellectual aspects of literature and the culture and time in which it was produced.


Program Curriculum

120 credits

Utah Tech General Education Requirements

All Utah Tech General Education requirements must be fulfilled. A previously earned degree may fulfill those requirements, but courses must be equivalent to Utah Tech's minimum General Education standards in American Institutions, English, and Mathematics.

General Education Core Requirements
English3-7
Mathematics3-5
American Institutions3-6
Life Sciences3-10
Physical Sciences3-5
Fine Arts3
Literature/Humanities3
Social & Behavioral Sciences3
Exploration 3-5
Bachelor of Arts: Foreign Language Requirement3-16
Complete one of the following:
- Complete 16 credits in a single foreign language, through earned credit (grade C or higher), credit by examination, or vertical credit from the courses listed on the GE Foreign Language Requirement page 1
- Complete a 2020 or higher foreign language course (grade C or higher)
- Complete a 3060 foreign language course listed below (grade C or higher)
- Receive 16 transfer credits for GEFL 1000 (8) and GEFL 2000 (8) in a single foreign language (grade C or higher)
OR
Complete a 1010 course listed below in a second foreign language (grade C or higher) AND one of the following:
1. In a language not taught at Utah Tech, receive 12 FLATS exam credits for FLAT 1000 (8) and FLAT 2000 (4)
or
2. In a language not taught at Utah Tech, receive 12 transfer credits articulated as GEFL 1000 (8) and GEFL 2000 (4) (all grade C or higher)
OR
Available only to students who are nonnative English speakers, complete one of the following:
- Complete 16 credits of ESL courses listed below (grade B or higher)
- Complete ESL 2750 or ESL 2760 (grade B or higher).
- Submit one of the following test scores required for unconditional Utah Tech admission: TOEFL (61 iBT, 173 CBT, or 500 PBT); or Michigan (70); or USU-IELE equivalent score. Other tests may be accepted for admission to Utah Tech but will not fulfill this requirement. Official scores must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office.
Total Hours3-16

English Core Requirements 

ENGL 1410Elements of Grammar3
ENGL 2600Critical Introduction to Literature (HU, GC)3
ENGL 3030Advanced College Writing3
ENGL 3220Multicultural Literature in the United States3
ENGL 3810History and Structure of the English Language3
ENGL 4700Senior Capstone (ALUR)3
ENGL 2400American Lit Before 1865 (HU, GC)3
or ENGL 2410 American Lit After 1865 (HU, GC)
or ENGL 2500 British Literature Before 1800 (HU, GC)
or ENGL 2510 British Literature After 1800 (HU, GC)

Literary Studies Emphasis Requirements 

ENGL 3230Literature and Culture3
ENGL 3400World Literature (ALCI)3
ENGL 3510Shakespeare3
ENGL 3600Literary Theory3
Complete one Literary Survey course:
Students must take one American literature and one British literature course. If an American literature course is used to fulfill the Core Requirement, a British literature course must be used to fulfill the Emphasis requirement, and vice versa.
ENGL 2400American Lit Before 1865 (HU, GC)3
or ENGL 2410 American Lit After 1865 (HU, GC)
or ENGL 2500 British Literature Before 1800 (HU, GC)
or ENGL 2510 British Literature After 1800 (HU, GC)
Complete one Genre Studies course:
ENGL 3201Genre Studies: Folklore3
or ENGL 3202 Genre Studies: Poetry
or ENGL 3203 Genre Studies: Novels
or ENGL 3204 Genre Studies: Short Fiction
Complete one Period/Topic Studies course:
ENGL 3210Special Topics in Literature3
or ENGL 3211 Period Studies: Victorian Lit
or ENGL 3212 Period/Topic: Crime Fiction & Film Noir
or ENGL 3213 Period/Topic Western Amer Lit
or ENGL 3214 Period/Topic Studies: Realism/Modernism
or ENGL 3215 Period/Topic Studies: Gender in Literature
or ENGL 3216 Depictions of the Holocaust in Literature & Film
or ENGL 3217 Climate Catastrophes in Literature and Fiction
Complete one Major Authors course:3
Major American Authors
Major American Authors
Major Authors: Major American Women Authors
Major Authors: Major African American Authors
Indigenous/First Peoples' Literatures
Major British Authors
Major British Authors
Major British Authors: Milton
Major World Authors
Major World Authors
Major World Authors: Postcolonial

Graduation Requirements

  1. Complete a minimum of 120 college-level credits (1000 and above).
  2. Complete at least 40 upper-division credits (3000 and above).
  3. Complete at least 30 upper-division credits at Utah Tech for institutional residency.
  4. Cumulative GPA 2.0 or higher.
  5. Grade C or higher in each Core Discipline and Emphasis course.