The English Department is comprised of scholar-teachers committed to the promotion of literacy and the cultivation of scholarly and professional competencies in critical thinking and persuasive writing across a wide spectrum of literary, technical, and rhetorical situations. We foster intellectual and cultural diversity, originality of thought, and clarity and cogency of expression through degree programs designed to advance careful, sophisticated reading practices as well as complex analytical and research skills. We aim to cultivate our students' management, organization, and production of knowledge. Our curricula prepare students for a wide array of professional endeavors, including law, teaching, publishing, technical communication, advertising, media, and business, as well as the pursuit of advanced degrees. Students are advised to officially declare a major and to obtain a Program of Study by the end of the sophomore year or at the completion of 42 semester hours.

English Curriculum II, BA requires 128 credit hours.

Two courses (6 semester hours) at the 400 level.

No more than three sophomore literature courses (9 semester hours).

No more than three courses (9 semester hours) in creative writing.

Minimum of 39 credit hours must be taken at 300 levels or higher.

Must have a 2.0 GPA in major, minor, and overall.

Minimum GPA for teacher education candidates 2.5 overall, 2.5 in major, and 2.75 in education coursework.

No more than 6 credit hours of HPE may count in degree requirements.

12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH, with an overall 25% of coursework taken at UAH.

No more than 64 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.