SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS ACADEMIC AFFAIRS FORMS Substantive Program Modification Form Use this form to request minor changes in existing programs (majors, minors, certificates, or specializations). UNIVERSITY: NSU CURRENT PROGRAM TITLE: English (BA, BSEd) CIP CODE: BA: 23.0101 BSEd: 13.1305 UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT: Languages, Literature, and Communication Studies UNIVERSITY DIVISION: College of Arts and Sciences University Approval To the Board of Regents and the Executive Director: I certify that I have read this proposal, that I believe it to be accurate, and that it has been evaluated and approved as provided by university policy. Vice President of Academic Affairs or President of the University 9/19/2017 Date 1. This modification addresses a change in (place an X in the appropriate box): Total credits required within the discipline Total credits of supportive course work Total credits of elective course work Total credits required for program Program name Existing specialization CIP Code Other (explain below) 2. Effective date of change: 8/13/2018 3. Program Degree Level (place an X in the appropriate box): Associate Bachelor s Master s Doctoral 4. Category (place an X in the appropriate box): Certificate Specialization Minor Major 5. If a name change is proposed, the change will occur (place an X in the appropriate box): Page 1 of 5
On the effective date for all students On the effective date for students new to the program (enrolled students will graduate from existing program) Proposed new name: Reminder: Name changes may require updating related articulation agreements, site approvals, etc. 6. Primary Aspects of the Modification (add lines or adjust cell size as needed): Existing Curriculum Proposed Curriculum (highlight changes) Pref. Num. Title Cr. Hrs. Pref. Num. Title Cr. Hrs. IDL 190 Freshman Seminar 2 IDL 190 Freshman Seminar 2 (Approved for fall 2018) ENGL 284 Introduction to Criticism 3 ENGL 284 Introduction to Criticism 3 ENGL 488 Literary Studies Review 1 ENGL 488 Literary Studies Review 1 (Co-requisite for the Senior Seminar) (Co-requisite for the Senior Seminar) ENGL 494 Internship in English 3 ENGL 494 Internship in English 3 British Literature survey British Literature survey American Literature survey American Literature survey Shakespeare course Shakespeare course ENGL 431 Shakespeare I ENGL 431 Shakespeare I ENGL 432 Shakespeare II ENGL 432 Shakespeare II Writing elective Writing elective ENGL 301 Advanced Composition ENGL 301 Advanced Composition ENGL 302 Hypertext Writing ENGL 302 Hypertext Writing ENGL 475 Creative Writing: Non- Fiction ENGL 475 Creative Writing: Non- Fiction ENGL 476 Creative Writing: Fiction ENGL 476 Creative Writing: Fiction ENGL 478 Creative Writing: Poetry ENGL 478 Creative Writing: Poetry MCOM 210 Basic Newswriting MCOM 210 Basic Newswriting Linguistics elective Linguistics elective LING 403 Introduction to Linguistics LING 403 Introduction to Linguistics LING 425 Modern Grammar LING 425 Modern Grammar LING 443 History of the English Language LING 443 History of the English Language Page 2 of 5
Literature elective Literature elective ENGL 213 Backgrounds to Literature ENGL 213 Backgrounds to Literature ENGL 215 Literature in Global Contexts ENGL 215 Literature in Global Contexts ENGL 230 Literature for Younger Readers (recommended for BSEd majors) ENGL 230 Literature for Younger Readers (recommended for BSEd majors) ENGL 363 Literary Genres ENGL 363 Literary Genres ENGL 413 Literature of the Ancient World ENGL 413 Literature of the Ancient World Senior Seminar Senior Seminar ENGL 422 Age of Chaucer ENGL 422 Age of Chaucer ENGL 425 Age of Milton ENGL 425 Age of Milton ENGL 490 Seminar ENGL 490 Seminar Theory course Choose one not used to satisfy an English Emphasis requirement: 3 ENGL 484 Literary Criticism English Emphasis Choose one Emphasis 12 English Emphasis Choose one Emphasis 12 Creative Writing Emphasis Creative Writing Emphasis ENGL 484 Literary Criticism (3) ENGL 484 Literary Criticism (3) Creative Writing Electives Creative Writing Electives ENGL 475 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction ENGL 475 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction ENGL 476 Creative Writing: Fiction ENGL 476 Creative Writing: Fiction ENGL 478 Creative Writing: Poetry ENGL 478 Creative Writing: Poetry Page 3 of 5 Desktop Publishing Emphasis Media Studies Emphasis ARTD 231 Graphic Design (3) ARTD 113 Introduction to Digital Media (3) MCOM 311 News Editing (3) SPCM 223 Mass Communications (3) Rhetoric Elective Rhetoric Elective ENGL 480 Contemporary Rhetoric ENGL 480 Contemporary Rhetoric requirement requirement ENGL 301 Advanced Composition ENGL 302 Hypertext Writing ENGL 302 Hypertext Writing MCOM 210 Basic Newswriting ENGL 475 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction MCOM 311 News Editing ENGL 476 Creative Writing: Fiction ARTH 312 History of Graphic Design ENGL 478 Creative Writing: Poetry SOC 260 Popular Culture and Society MCOM 210 Basic Newswriting BADM 370 Marketing
Literature Emphasis Literature Emphasis ENGL 484 Literary Criticism (3) ENGL 484 Literary Criticism (3) (choose one) (3) (choose one) (3) Additional literature course not used to satisfy any requirement (3) other requirement (3) Professional Writing Emphasis Professional Writing Emphasis ARTD 231 Graphic Design (3) ARTD 113 Introduction to Digital Media (3) Additional Professional Writing Electives Additional Professional Writing Electives ENGL 301 Advanced Composition ENGL 301 Advanced Composition ENGL 302 Hypertext Writing ENGL 302 Hypertext Writing MCOM 210 Basic Newswriting MCOM 210 Basic Newswriting Rhetoric elective Rhetoric elective (3) Choose one: ENGL 480 Contemporary Rhetoric ENGL 480 Contemporary Rhetoric Teaching Emphasis Teaching Emphasis (3) (3) LING 425 Modern Grammar (3) LING 425 Modern Grammar (3) Page 4 of 5 Teaching English as a Second Language Emphasis Teaching English as a Second Language Emphasis ANTH 210 Cultural Anthropology (3) ANTH 210 Cultural Anthropology (3) LING 425 Modern Grammar (3) LING 425 Modern Grammar (3) LING 435 Second Language Development (3) LING 435 Second Language Development (3) LING 436 Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language (3) LING 436 Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language (3) System GE 30 System GE 30 Support/unspecified electives All English majors are required to take three semesters of a foreign language as part of their B.A. 48 Support/unspecified electives All English majors are required to take three semesters of a foreign language as part of their B.A. 45
degree or two semesters of foreign language as part of their BSEd degree preferably with all/both semesters in the same language but in no more than two different languages. BSEd majors must complete the teaching specialization and the professional education coursework in Secondary Education, including the secondary methods course, SEED 424, 7-12 Language Arts Methods. Total number of hours required for major, minor, or specialization Total number of hours required for degree 7. Explanation of the Change: degree or two semesters of a foreign language as part of their BSEd degree preferably with all/both semesters in the same language but in no more than two different languages. BSEd majors must complete the teaching specialization and the professional education coursework in Secondary Education, including the secondary methods course, SEED 424, 7-12 Language Arts Methods. 42 Total number of hours required for major, minor, or specialization 120 Total number of hours required for degree 45 120 The total number of credit hours required for completing the English major (B.A. and BSEd) increases by three. This increase insures that every student will have taken at least one theory course and that some majors (depending on which 12-credit Emphasis they choose) will have taken both theory courses. The existing curriculum, by contrast, makes it possible for a student to have taken none. Evidence the English faculty have gathered from the assessment process, along with anecdotal evidence from students who have gone on to pursue a graduate degree in English, points to the importance that every graduating English major have at least one theory course, preferably two. These theory courses entail mastery of the best recent thinking about the transaction between writer and reader. A new 12-credit Emphasis Media Studies will supplant the 12-credit Desktop Publishing Emphasis. Media Studies is an interdisciplinary emphasis that focuses on the forms and effects of media: radio, film, newsprint, art, television, digital, electronic, web design, and speech communication. As defined by this emphasis, media includes all forms of representational media (oral/aural, written, visual), mass media (newsprint, television, radio, film), and new media (digital multimedia, networked media). This emphasis reaches across various media forms, theoretical domains, and cultural and historical contexts. Technological changes over the past fifteen years have reduced the practical applications of the Desktop Publishing Emphasis to the point where no English major now chooses it. The design for the proposed Media Studies Emphasis is based on a thoughtful survey of Media Studies majors at other colleges and universities. In the 12-credit Professional Writing Emphasis, the substitution of ARTD 113 (Introduction to Digital Media) for ARTD 231 (Graphic Design) is based on advice from the NSU Art faculty. Substantial changes to the Graphic Design course have rendered it unworkable for the purposes of English majors. In the 12-credit Literature Emphasis, specifying that the additional 3-credit course be a literature course keeps the emphasis where it belongs on literature. Page 5 of 5