Mailing Address
English Department
Midwestern State University
3410 Taft Blvd
Wichita Falls, Texas 76308

Bachelor's Degree Requirements

with Grades 8-12 Certification



Required

  • ENGL 3503 Advanced Survey of Literature
  • ENGL 3513 Advanced Grammar
  • ENGL 3533 Theory of Composition

  • 3 hours from 3000 level

  • 3 hours from:
    • ENGL 4773 Shakespeare
    • ENGL 4783 English Renaissance Period
    • ENGL 4853 Eighteenth Century English Literature
    • ENGL 4863 The English Romantic Period
    • ENGL 4873 The Victorian Period
    • ENGL 4883 Twentieth Century English Literature
  • 6 hours from 4000 level

  • 3 hours from any level excluding
    • ENGL 2113 Composition Skills

Minor: Communication

  • SPCH 2133 Oral Interpretation
  • SPCH 3013 Arguementation and Debate
  • JOUR 1233 Introduction to Mass Communications
  • JOUR 1243 News Writing I
  • JOUR 3633 Editorial Writing or JOUR 3653 Feature Writing
  • READ 4223 Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties
  • READ 4253 Secondary Reading and Language Arts
  • READ 4273 Content Reading

Professional Studies

  • EDUC 2013 School and Society
  • COUN 3143 Human Diversity
  • EDUC 3153 Education Psychology
  • EDUC 3163 Classroom Management
  • SPED 3613 Exceptional Individuals
  • EDUC 4113
  • EDUC 4466 Student Teaching in the Secondary School

Academic Foundations

  • ENGL 1113 Rhetoric and Composition
  • ENGL 1123 Rhetoric and Composition
  • SPCH 1133 Fundamentals of Speech Communications
  • MATH 1233 College Algebra
  • Science: 6+ hours
  • Sophomore Literature: 6+ hours
  • Art: 3 hours
  • HIST 1133 Survey of American History to 1865
  • HIST 1233 Survey of American History since 1865
  • POLS 1333 American Government
  • POLS 1433 American Government
  • ECON 1333 General Economics or ECON 2333 Macroeconomic principles
  • PSYC 1103 General Psychology or SOCL 1133 Introductory Sociology
  • Kinesiology 3-4 hours

Additional Requirements

  • Computer Literacy: Credit by exam or completion of
    • CMPS 1023 Introduction to Computing or EDUC 1023 Computer Applications for Education
  • Writing Proficiency Requirement: between 60-90 hours by
    • Writing Proficiency Exam or ENGL 2113 Composition Skills

Additional B.A. Requirement

Two years of a foreign language


Total Advanced Hours:  57-60
Total Hours:  minimum 137