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Oct 31, 2025
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2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
English, BA
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| College |
Arts and Sciences |
| Academic Award |
Bachelor of Arts |
| Credits Required |
125 semester credits |
| Faculty Lead |
Lenae Nofziger |
| CIP Code |
23.0101 |
The English Department invites students to furnish their minds with beauty. English majors participate in the soul-building experience of reading widely, thinking deeply, and writing both creatively and critically. In English courses at Northwest University, students study texts that have shaped Western culture as well as texts that challenge that culture—and they add their voices to this conversation.
Graduates from NU’s English program land teaching jobs at all levels both in the U.S. and abroad; publish poems, essays, and fiction; earn graduate degrees from top programs; serve as pastors and missionaries; and work for high tech companies such as Microsoft, Expedia, and Google.
Outcomes
Graduates with a degree in English will be able to:
- Produce genre-appropriate, college-level writing;
- Analyze literature;
- Practice critical discourse using literary theory;
- Integrate the study of English and the Christian faith.
The English Major Core Requirements consist of 49 credits in specific writing, literature, theory, criticism, and culture courses. English majors are encouraged to use the elective credits to explore a broad range of interdisciplinary experiences or to achieve a minor in TESOL or another humanities field.
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Core Curriculum Requirements: 60
Written and Verbal Communications: 9
Humanities: 9
6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see Course Descriptions for applicability) - ENGL xxx3 Any Literature course 3 credits
- HIST xxx3 Any Course in History 3 credits
- 3 additional credits selected from the following 3 credits
- Art (ARTE), Bible (BIBL), Drama (DRAM), English (ENGL), History (HIST), Language (LANG), Music (MUSI), or Theology (THEO)
Social Sciences: 9
6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see Course Descriptions for applicability) - Select a minimum of two disciplines from the following: 9 credits
- Business Administration (BUSM), Communication (except COMM 1213), Economics, Education (EDUC), Geography (GEOG), Health & Fitness (PEDU), Information Technology (INTC), Management (BMGT), Marketing (BMKT), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSYC), Sociology/Anthropology (SOCI), or User Experience Design (UXDE)
Science and Mathematics: 7
- MATH xxxx - College-level Mathematics 3 credits
- SCIE xxxx - Science course with Lab 4 credits
Professional Readiness: 2
Two Core Curriculum elective credits are required to be Career Readiness credits. These credits can be earned by taking a combination of Career Readiness Courses and introductory internship and/or job shadowing experiences. - This two-credit requirement is waived for students who transfer 60 or more credits to NU
- Students with 47-59 transfer credits are required to take one Career Readiness credit
Core Electives: 6
Select any college-level courses Select 3 credits from the following:
Select 3 credits from the following:
Literature: 15
- ENGL 2xx3 Survey: Literature elective 3 credits
- ENGL 3xx3 Topics: Literature elective 3 credits
- ENGL xxx3 Non-Western or Diverse Literature Elective 3 credits
- ENGL 48x3 Special Topics: in Literature 3 credits
- ENGL 3/4xx3 Topics or Special Topics: in Literature 3 credits
Upper-division English Electives: 9
- ENGL 3/4xx3 Choice Upper-division English 9 credits
- Students cannot use a TA Position or Writing Center to satisfy these credits, but may use an internship for up to 3 credits.
General Electives: 16
Any college-level courses Total: 125 Semester Credits
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