English 3+2 Program, Joint Bachelor of Arts/Master of Arts
One feature of the English MA program is the 3+2 plan, which is designed to give the opportunity to qualified advanced-level undergraduate students to simultaneously pursue both the Baccalaureate (BS) and Master of Arts (MA) degrees. With this plan, students move quickly toward expanding their scholarly/creative horizons based on the student’s abilities and personal motivation.
Admission Requirements
The BA/MA program is unique. It allows qualified students to earn both a BA degree in English and an MA concurrently. With this plan, students move quickly toward expanding their scholarly/creative horizons based on the student’s abilities and personal motivation. Students in the 3+2 plan are expected to successfully complete the requirements for both the BA and MA degrees in five years, thus shortening the normal time to receive both degrees from six years to five years. They must apply and be admitted into the English MA program by the Spring semester of their junior year (preferred) or by the start of the fall semester of the fall semester of their senior year and meet the course requirements listed below. Students applying to the 3+2 plan must have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA and a minimum 3.5 in their English coursework
The application for admission to the 3+2 plan must include:
- A CSU-Pueblo transcript.
- Three letters of recommendation from CSU-Pueblo faculty.
- A statement of scholarly/creative interests.
- A ten-page writing sample which demonstrates the candidate’s ability to conduct literary research and apply literary theory, or a ten-page creative writing sample accompanied by a self-analysis demonstrating the candidate’s ability to analyze his or her own work critically.
Before being admitted to the 3+2 program in English, students are expected to have completed 75 credits, including at least twelve upper-level credits in English.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Upon completion of the B.A. in English program, students will:
- Demonstrate and apply traditional and contemporary knowledge in cultural contexts.
- Conduct, analyze, evaluate, and integrate academic research and theory.
- Construct and deconstruct arguments using a range of rhetorical strategies.
- Utilize innovative creative, technological, and literacy skills to foster career and community growth.
Outcomes Assessment Activities
Assessment of the English program is the responsibility of all English Program faculty. The English Program’s annual reports evaluating the program and proposing any needed changes are compiled from the following information:
- A central file of course syllabi with representative assignments is maintained by the department for inspection by the committee and other qualified persons.
- Faculty advisors monitor each student's progress toward completing major requirements listed in the catalog.
- All English majors take a senior-year seminar (ENG 493 Senior Seminar (3 c.h.)) emphasizing professional standards and synthesizing the writing and analytical skills students have acquired in other English classes. All students in ENG 493 Senior Seminar (3 c.h.) write a senior research paper, one copy of which is submitted to the department chairperson for dissemination for review. In order to pass ENG 493 Senior Seminar (3 c.h.), students must demonstrate satisfactory levels of achievement in meeting the program goals.
- English Program faculty review the papers from ENG 493 Senior Seminar (3 c.h.) on an annual basis and prepare an analysis of what they reveal about the program's success.
- The English Program administers a student-satisfaction questionnaire to all senior English majors each year. Similar questionnaires are sent to recent graduates and representative employers on a periodic basis.
- The English Program faculty consider the English curricula at leading comparable institutions and apprise the department of innovations worthy of consideration.
General Requirements
Students in the joint BA/MA program must complete:
- The requirements for the BA in English.
- The requirements for the MA in English.
- Students may take up to 12 graduate credits in “stacked” (400/500) courses, with the permission of the English Graduate Studies Coordinator and the instructor in the course.
The joint degree has the following requirements:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education (including world language) | 41 | |
| English Major | 46 | |
| Minor | 18-24 | |
| Elective Courses | 3 | |
| MA Requirements | 30 | |
| Total Credits | 138-144 | |
Students who complete part of the joint degree plan but decide to opt out of the MA program and continue towards earning only the BA are granted credit towards the BA for the following 500-level courses:
| 500-Level Course Taken | 300- and 400-Level Course Credit |
|---|---|
| ENG 502 | ENG 492 |
| ENG 503 | ENG 485 |
| ENG 511 | ENG 484 |
| ENG 512 | 300-400 Lit. in Historical Perspective |
| ENG 527 | ENG 414 |
| ENG 528 | ENG 317 |
The following graduate linguistics courses could be used to satisfy the undergraduate linguistics elective requirement: ENG 521 ( c.h.), ENG 522 PHONOLOGY & MORPHOLOGY FOR ESL/EFL (3.00 c.h.), ENG 523 SYNTAX FOR TESL/TEFL (3.00 c.h.), ENG 524 ( c.h.), ENG 553 LANGUAGE IN THE USA (3.00 c.h.), ENG 560 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION & LINGUISTICS (3.00 c.h.).
BA Required Courses
A total of 46 credits in English beyond ENG 101 RHETORIC & WRITING I (3.0 c.h.) and ENG 102 RHETORIC & WRITING II (3.0 c.h.) (WL 100 INTRO TO COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS (3.00 c.h.) and ENG 106 LANGUAGE, THOUGHT AND CULTURE (3.0 c.h.) may be counted, but not double counted for World Language), distributed as follows:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THEORY (to be taken at or near the start of the program) | 3 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC | 3.00 | |
| LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY | 3.00 | |
| SENIOR SEMINAR (to be taken at or near the end of the program) | 3 | |
| Select two courses for Development and Impact (one must be COMR 350) | 6 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING | 3.0 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS WRITING | 3.0 | |
| INTRO. SCIENTIFIC/MEDICAL WRITING | 3.0 | |
| COMMUNICATING IN PROFESSIONS | 3.00 | |
| RESEARCH | 3.00 | |
| FIELD EXPERIENCE | 1.00 | |
| Select at least three courses in Writing & Practice 2 | 9 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING | 3.00 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO USER EXPERIENCE | 3.00 | |
| ADVANCED COMPOSITION | 3.00 | |
| ADVANCED RHETORICAL STUDY | 3.00 | |
| TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC REPORT WRITING | 3.00 | |
| VISUAL RHETORIC | 3.00 | |
| ADVANCED LITERARY FORMS & GENRES | 3.0 | |
| CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY | 3.00 | |
| CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION | 3.00 | |
| CREATIVE NONFICTION | 3.00 | |
| CREATIVE WRITING: DRAMA | 3.00 | |
| PROFESSIONAL EDITING | ||
| ENGLISH SYNTAX AND USAGE | 3.00 | |
| USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN | 3.00 | |
| USABILITY AND USER EXPERIENCE | 3.00 | |
| YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE | 3.00 | |
| ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP | 3.0 | |
| MAGAZINE EDITING AND PRODUCTION | 3.00 | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS | 1.00 | |
| Select at least three courses in Literature in Historical Perspective 1 | 9 | |
| AMERICAN LITERATURE I | 3.00 | |
| AMERICAN LITERATURE II | 3.00 | |
| MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE I | 3.00 | |
| MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE II | 3.00 | |
| LITERATURE OF ENGLAND I | 3.00 | |
| LITERATURE OF ENGLAND II | 3.00 | |
| CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIT | 3.0 | |
| HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 | |
| HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES IN WESTERN LITERATURE | 3 | |
| HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES IN NON-WESTERN LITERATURE | 3 | |
| Select at least two courses in Major Writers (at least one of which must be in Shakespeare) | 6 | |
| CHAUCER AND HIS AGE | 3.00 | |
| SHAKESPEARE | 3.00 | |
| STUDIES IN MAJOR WRITERS | 3.00 | |
| Select two courses for Diversity and Inclusion. | 6 | |
| LANGUAGE, THOUGHT AND CULTURE | 3.00 | |
| MULTI-ETHNIC AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3.0 | |
| WOMEN IN LITERATURE | 3.00 | |
| GENDER AND COMMUNICATION | 3.00 | |
| CHICANA WRITERS | 3.00 | |
| CHICANA WRITERS | 3.00 | |
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 3.00 | |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select at least 12 credits of English electives 4 | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 48 | |
| 1 | Selected with the approval of the major adviser, two of which are recommended to comprise of a sequence of American or British literature at the 200 level (i.e., ENG 210 AMERICAN LITERATURE I (3.00 c.h.) and ENG 212 AMERICAN LITERATURE II (3.00 c.h.) or ENG 221 MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE I (3.00 c.h.) and ENG 222 MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE II (3.00 c.h.) or ENG 231 LITERATURE OF ENGLAND I (3.00 c.h.) and ENG 232 LITERATURE OF ENGLAND II (3.00 c.h.)), while the third must be at the 300 level or above. |
| 2 | Beyond ENG 101 RHETORIC & WRITING I (3.0 c.h.) and ENG 102 RHETORIC & WRITING II (3.0 c.h.). |
| 3 | WL 100 INTRO TO COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS (3.00 c.h.) and ENG 106 LANGUAGE, THOUGHT AND CULTURE (3.0 c.h.) may be counted, but not double counted for World Language. |
| 4 | Selected with the approval of the major adviser (General Education and World Language requirements may not be double counted). |
MA Required Courses
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 501 | THEORIES OF WRITING | 3 |
| ENG 502 | RESEARCH METHODS | 3 |
| ENG 503 | LITERARY THEORY | 3 |
| ENG 5xx | Electives | 15 |
| ENG 599 | THESIS RESEARCH | 6 |
| Total Credits | 30 | |