Thomas W. Galbraith, Chair (Bea Wood Hall 216)
Professors: J. Hoggard, L. Hoggard, Johnson, Smith
Associate Professors: Galbraith, Hoffman, Rogers, Stewart, Taylor
Assistant Professors: Barnett, Fields, Henson, Olson
Instructors: Giddings, Green, Henschel, Reynolds
Professors Emeriti: Brown, Campbell, Carpenter, Whitlock

 

English Usage Test

Passing the English usage test or passing English 2113 is required of all students seeking bachelor's degrees after the completion of 60 semester hours. The test consists of a 300-500 word essay written on one of several topics, and passage requires competence in each of three areas: (1) organization and development, (2) clarity, (3) mechanics. (See description of English 2113, page 254, and General Requirements for All Bachelor's Degrees, page 100. Or consult the online Undergraduate Bulletin).

 

Requirements for a Major in English

The requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in English are as follows:

Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum (see page 101)

 

Program
  • Additional General
    At least a C average in lower-level English work
  • Major
    (30 semester hours exclusive of 1113 and 1123)
    Six hours sophomore literature; three hours chosen from language courses 3513, 4513, 4523, 4753, 4763; three hours chosen from 3000 level courses; nine hours chosen from 4000 level courses; and nine hours English electives (excluding 2113)
  • Minor is to be selected from an area of interest approved by the chair of the department involved.
    TEACHER CERTIFICATION IN ENGLISH

    The requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree with Grades 8-12 Certification in English Language Arts and Readingare found on page 150. The requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with Middle School English/Language Arts and Reading (4-8) Certification are found on page 144.

    REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN ENGLISH

    Eighteen semester hours, exclusive of English 1113 and 1123, including six hours of sophomore literature; three hours chosen from language courses 3513, 4513, 4523, 4753, 4763; three hours from 3000 level courses; three hours chosen from 4000 level courses; and three hours English elective (excluding 2113).

    REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN ENGLISH: WRITING EMPHASIS

    Eighteen semester hours, exclusive of 1113 and 1123, including six hours of sophomore literature; three hours of either 4513 or 4523; and nine hours chosen from 3103, 3203, 3523 (3103 and 3523 may be repeated for credit).

    The following list of undergraduate courses outlines the varying emphases offered by the English Department.

    FRESHMAN ENGLISH
    1113, 1123

    SOPHOMORE LITERATURE
    2413, 2423, 2613, 2623, 2813, 2823

    Any of these courses can serve as a literature course in the core curriculum. See page 102.

    WRITING COURSES
    2113, 3103, 3203, 3523

    GENERAL LITERATURE COURSES
    3003, 3253, 3273, 3293, 3303, 3313, 3333, 3343, 3503, 3703, 3713, 3723

    Any of these courses can substitute as a literature course in the core curriculum.

    LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS COURSES
    3513, 4513, 4523, 4753, 4763

    THEORETICAL COURSES
    3533, 4533

    AMERICAN LITERATURE COURSES
    4623, 4633, 4643, 4653

    ENGLISH LITERATURE COURSES
    4753, 4763, 4773, 4783, 4853, 4863, 4873, 4883, 4893

    WORLD LITERATURE COURSES
    4903, 4913, 4923, 4943, 4953

    DIRECTED READING OR RESEARCH
    4993

    The Perkins-Prothro Distinguished Professorship of English was established in 2001 by the Perkins-Prothro Foundation to recognize truly outstanding scholarship in the College of Liberal Arts.

    James M. Hoggard, the professor holding this position, is recognized in the literary arts for his regional and national achievements. Professor Hoggard came to Midwestern in 1966. The author of fifteen books and numerous stories, poems, essays, and translations published nationally and internationally, he has won awards for his teaching and writing. Among his honors are a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship grant, Hardin Professor of the Year award, The McMurtry Distinguished Professorship of English, the Texas Institute of Letters Short Story Award, the Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for literary translation, finalist for the National Poetry Series competition, Texas Poet Laureate, the Stanley Walker Award for newspaper journalism, and citations of distinction in The Best American Short Stories and The Yearbook of American Poetry among others. He has also served two terms as president of The Texas Institute of Letters and is a former president of the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers. He has had seven of his plays produced, including two in New York. Among his books are Medea in Taos & Other Poems, Riding The Wind & Other Tales, Elevator Man, Trotter Ross, Breaking An Indelicate Statue, The Shaper Poems, Two Gulls One Hawk, Eyesigns, and six collections of translations, including The Art of Dying, Love Breaks, Chronicle of My Worst Years, Stolen Verses & Other Poems, Alone Against the Sea: Poems from Cuba, and Splintered Silences.