GUIDELINES FOR TRANSITIONAL STUDENTS IN ENGLISH

Same Requirements

Transitional students are still governed by the requirements in place when they entered UMF. These are: ENG 121 or 123, ENG 181, ENG 249, ENG 250, ENG 270, three 300-level lit (including one British, one American), two lit electives, and ENG 402. Eleven courses, 34 credits. Intermediate proficiency in a foreign language is also required.

Substitutions

The new four-credit curriculum retains many features of the old curriculum, so it will not be difficult to meet old requirements under the new curriculum. However, some substitutions will be necessary. Here is a list of equivalencies:

ENG 181à ENG 181

ENG 249 à ENG 251 or ENG 252

ENG 270 à ENG 272

ENG 250 à ENG 250

ENG 121 or ENG 123 à ENG 121 or ENG 123

300-level British à 300- or 400-level British

300-level American à 300- or 400-level American

add'l 300-level course à add'l 300-or 400-level course

ENG 402 à 400-level course

two elective courses in literature à two elective courses in literature

Notes

(1) The advanced British or American requirement and the seminar requirement may be satisfied with the same course. This creates another elective at the advanced level.

(2) A student must take at least one 300-level course before taking a 400-level course.

(3) A creative writing course may be substituted for one of the open literature electives.

Frequency of Offerings

Under the new curriculum, courses which meet requirement will continue to be available more or less as they have been—that is:

ENG 181: every semester

ENG 121 or ENG 123: every semester

ENG 250: every semester

ENG 251 or ENG 252: every semester

ENG 272: every semester

five or six advanced courses every semester, including three 300-level and two or three 400-level, including both British and American options each semester

Total Credits in the Major

Transitional students will be required to take 33-36 credits to complete the major requirements in English. The total number of credits required will depend on the number of credits completed in the major prior to fall, 2006. (Note: these prior credits will include only English credits applied to the major—not excess elective credits which do not meet requirements.) For example, a student who had taken 19 credits in English prior to fall, 2006, would be required to take four additional courses for 16 credits to graduate with 35 credits. Students will not be required to take more than 36 credits in the major to graduate, and they will not be permitted to graduate with fewer than 33 credits in the major.

Dropping Requirements

Since, under the four-credit system, most transitional students will need fewer than eleven courses to reach the 33-36 credits required for graduation, some of their requirements will have to be dropped. Decisions about which requirements will be dropped will be made by the advisor in consultation with the student and will be recorded on the graduation plan form. Advisors are asked to observe the following guidelines:

(1) Open electives should be dropped first.

(2) The elective 300-level course should be dropped before the 300-level required courses in British and American literature.

(3) In the rare cases where a required course must be dropped, the British or American 300-level requirement or ENG 250 should be dropped when possible.

(4) In all cases, students must have ENG 121 or ENG 123, ENG 181 (or the equivalent in prior experience), ENG 249, ENG 270, and at least three advanced courses, including at least one at the 400 level.

Declaring for the New Requirements

Students enrolled prior to fall, 2006, may choose to be governed by the new degree requirements in English. For students who choose this route, three-credit courses will be counted as fulfilling requirements; however, forty credits in English will be required for graduation, so additional electives may be necessary. See your advisor if you are interested in declaring for the new requirements.