A grade of C- or better must be earned in all courses fulfilling major requirements, and English majors must attain a minimum GPA of 2.000 among all courses attempted for the major.
The department strongly recommends 12 credit hours of world language for all English majors. Students expecting to undertake graduate study in English should be advised that graduate schools require knowledge of at least one world language.
Secondary-school certification candidates must fulfill the departmental requirements described above. They should consult the departmental advisers on teacher training about further nondepartmental requirements for certification. (Revisions of these requirements may be mandated by the State of Texas; candidates should be alert to the possibilities of changes.)
The major requires a minimum of 33 credit hours of English courses, including no more than 12 hours at the 2000 level and below (of these hours, no more than three hours at the 1000 level) and at least 12 hours of 4000 level literature courses.
Students pursuing an English major with a specialization in creative writing must fulfill all requirements for the English major. All 12 elective hours within the regular major will be devoted to creative writing courses: namely, ENGL 2390 followed by three sections of ENGL 3390 .
SMU Degree Requirements
An SMU undergraduate degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours and must include completion of the University’s Common Curriculum , one major and a combination of electives and/or other majors or minors. Completion of certain majors requires more than 120 hours to finish the degree. The credit hours within this curriculum are distributed as follows: