120 DEPARTMENT English Language and Literature Chain Dr. Kathleen Herndon Location: Social Science Building, Room 314 Telephone Contact: Kimberly Webb 801-626-6251 Professors: Gordon T. Allred, Shannon Butler, Donna R. Cheney, Merlin G. Cheney, M. Diane Krantz, Gary Dohrer, Judith Elsley, Kathleen Herndon, Robert Hogge, Mark LeTourneau, Karen Marguerite Moloney, John Schwiebert, Sally Bishop Shigley, Mahalingam Subbiah, L. Mikel Vause, Michael Wutz, James E. Young; Associate Professors: James Russell Burrows, Timothy R. Conrad, Hal Crimmel, Scott Loughton, Susan McKay, Becky Jo McShane, Vidoria A. Ramirez; Assistant Professors: Scott Rogers, Shdley Thomas; Instructor Specialist Brad Roghaar; Instructors: Laurel Barlow, Giana Curtis, Ronald Deeter, Kyra Hudson, Colleen Elwell Huerta, Brooke Kelly, Sylvia Newman, Mark Peterson, Gail Yngve, Mary Quiroz-Whisler I he Department of English Language and Literature offers a broad spectrum of language, literature and writing courses. English majors and minors, English teaching majors and minors, English majors with professional and technical writing emphasis and professional and technical writing minors, and English majors with creative writing emphasis, in consultation with English department advisors, can sded programs individually designed to satisfy academic requirements. Furthermore, students preparing for careers in law, medicine, business, public relations and government service may find departmental courses highly beneficial. In addition, the Department of English has designed several courses essential to the general student, including programs in Introductory College Writing and English as a Second Language. Students transferring to Weber State as English majors, with most of their junior and senior status completed, are required to take a minimum of 9 upper division credit hours, minors a minimum of 6 upper division credit hours. This requirement also applies to transfer graduate students. English Composition Requirement Students seeking the Assodate of Applied Sdence degree must pass English EN1010 with a "C" grade (2.0) or better in order to satisfy the Composition requirement. Students seeking any other degree must pass both English EN1010 and EN2010 with "C" grades. Students placed in devdopmental English courses ND0900 and ND0955 must also pass those courses with "C" grades or higher. Please note that English composition courses, whether developmental or not, are sequential and can not be taken out of numerical order. English Placement Students are placed in the English developmental/composition sequence of courses dther by ACT sub-scores or by Accuplacer scores. ACT Sub-scores* ACT English sub-score 29 or higher Accuplacer Scores ACT English and Reading sub-scoresboth!7or Lowest ACT English or Reading score from 13-16 Lowest ACT English or Reading score 12 or below Not Applicable Reading Comprehension and Sentence Skills scores both 90 or above Lowest Reading Comprehension or Sentence Skill score from 40-89 Lowest Reading Comprehension or Sentence Skill score 39 or below Course Placement ENGL EN2010 ENGL EN1010 ENGL ND0955 or referred to the ESL office for non- native English speakers ENGL ND0900 or referred to the ESL office for non- native English speakers * ACT scores in English and Reading do not expire. ENGL ND0960 does not satisfy the Developmental English Requirement for students admitted to Weber State University after Fall Semester 2005. Students admitted after Fall Semester 2005 who take ENGL ND0960 will still be required to take ENGL ND0900 and/or ENGL ND0955, depending on tfiet English placement. Resident students for whom English is a second language who score 89 or below on the Accuplacer Test are required to take the ESL Placement Test and complete appropriate ESL courses according to the test results. ESL classes fulfill foreign language credit toward a BA and AA degree or elective credit toward a BS and AS deyee. Refer to the ESL section of this catalog following the English course descriptions. ESL English as a Second Language is a separate program within the English Department. See program description and listings following the list of English course descriptions. English Major bachelor's degree (bs or ba) » Program Prerequisite: Not required. » Minor: Required. » Grade Requirements: A 2.0 or better in all courses required for this major in addition to an overall GPA of 2.00 (C) or higher. » Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours is required for graduation - a minimum of 39 of these must be valid English courses. A total of 40 upper division credit hours is required (courses numbered 3000 and above) - a minimum of 36 of these must be English courses. Advisement English majors are required to meet with a faculty advisor at least twice annually for course and program advisement. If this requirement is not met, students may not be allowed to register for classes within thdr major. Call 801-626-6251 for more information or to schedule an appointment. Admission Requirements Dedare your program of study at the English department office, Social Science 314. There are no special admission or application requirements for this program. General Education English majors may eled dther a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree as defined by this University catalog (refer to pages 37-43). The Bachdor of Arts degree is recommended. Consult with a departmental advisorfor detailed general education Course Requirements for BS or BA A minimum of 39 credit hours is required in valid English courses, of which at least 36 credit hours must be upper division. English Courses Required (24 credit hours) The following course (early in major) ENGL 3080 Critical Approaches to Literature (3) Writing (one of the following) ENGL 3100 Professional and Technical Writing (3) ENGL 3210 Advanced College Writing (3) ENGL 3250 Advanced Fiction Writing (3) ENGL 3270 Magazine Artide Writing (3) ENGL 3280 Biographical Writing (3) Language (one of the following) ENGL SI3010 Introduction to Linguistics (3) ENGL 3030 Structure of English (3) ENGL 3040 History of the English Language (3) ENGL 3050 Grammar, Style, and Usage for Advanced Writing (3) Weber State University 2008 - 2009 Catalog