English Degree
This degree has a Required General Education Core (GEC) totaling 44-47 hours.
The GEC includes courses in:
Area I: Foundation Skills (18-21 hours)
Area II: A Liberal Arts Education (26 hours)
Degree Requirements
Area I - Foundation Skills - 2 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
* FSL 101 is required for first-year students. Transfer students who have earned 24 credit hours or more prior to enrolling at Cumberland are not required to take the course.
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours
Area I - Mathematics (choose one) - 3 or 4 hours
Area II - Arts and Humanities (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - The Social Sciences (choose two) - 6 hours
Area II - History (choose one of two sequences) - 6 hours
| HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
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| HIS 192 | World Civilization since 1500 | 3 |
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| HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
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| HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Area II - The Natural Sciences: Biology - 4 hours
Choose one from the following:
Area II - The Natural Sciences: Physical Sciences - 4 hours
Choose one from the following:
English Core Requirements - 34 hours
English Elective - 3 hours
* Choose three hours of English at the 300 level or higher.
General Electives - 36 to 39 hours
* Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.
Total GEC Credit Hours (44-47 hours)
Total Required English Core Courses (34 hours)
Total English Electives (3 hours)
Total General Electives (36-39 hours)
* FSL 101 and all English courses require a "C" or higher.
120 minimum hours required for graduation.