Program: English BA Semester Guide - University of Southern Mississippi - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 01, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Freshman

1st semester (15 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
Foreign Language 3 hrs.

Select 1:

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
Foreign Language 3 hrs.
MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs. or
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs. or higher level MAT course
General Electives 3 hrs.

Select 1:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (16 hours)

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

Select 1:

ENG 200 - Introduction to Drama 3 hrs.
ENG 201 - Introduction to Fiction 3 hrs.
ENG 202 - Introduction to Poetry 3 hrs.
FLM 170 - Introduction to Film Studies 3 hrs.
HIS 201 - Survey of United States History to 1877 3 hrs.
HIS 202 - Survey of United States History since 1877 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.
WGS 301 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies 3 hrs.

Select 1 (3 hrs.)

Junior

1st semester (15 hours)

Select 1 (not previously used):

Select 1:

CMS 111 - Public Speaking 3 hrs.
CMS 305 - Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs.
CMS 320 - Professional Communication 3 hrs.
CMS 330 - Small-Group Communication 3 hrs.

Select 2 remaining (6 hrs.)

Medieval & Early Modern Literature
OR
Mid-Modern Literature
OR
Modern Literature
OR
Contemporary & Emergent Literatures & Theory
Select any 300/400 level ENG (3 hrs.)

2nd semester (16 hours)

Select 1: Diverse Perspectives in Literature (3 hrs.)
Select 1 remaining (3 hrs.)
Select any 400 level ENG (3 hrs.)
General elective (7 hrs.)

Senior

1st semester (16 hours)

Select any 300/400 level ENG wth WI designation 3 hrs.
Select any 400 level ENG 3 hrs.
General Elective 10 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)