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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

English, Writing Concentration, B.A. - 4-Year Degree Map


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First Year

Fall Credit   Spring Credit
LITR 1050 - Introduction to Literary Studies   3   COMP 2050 - Introduction to Creative Writing   3
COMP 1000 - Composition   3   Beginnings-Medieval Period Elective* 3
Gen Ed Quantitative Reasoning 3   Elective   3
Gen Ed Elective 3   Gen Ed Elective 3
Gen Ed Elective 3   Gen Ed Elective 3
TOTAL 15   TOTAL 15

Second Year

Fall Credit   Spring Credit
COMP 2000  OR COMP 2045   3   COMP 2039 - Technical and Professional Writing   3
Renaissance to 1800 Period Elective 3   1800 to Present Period Elective 3
Gen Ed Elective 3   Identity and Difference Elective 3
Upper Division 3   Upper Division Elective 3
Elective 3   Elective 3
TOTAL 15   TOTAL 15

Third Year

Fall Credit   Spring Credit
LING 3010 - Traditional Grammar: English   3   Additional Period Elective 3
COMP Writing/Language Elective 3   Writing/Language/Composition Elective 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3   Liberal Arts Elective 3
Upper Division Elective 3   Upper Division Elective 3
Upper Division Elective 3   Upper Division Elective 3
TOTAL 15   TOTAL 15

Fourth Year

Fall Credit   Spring Credit
4000-level Writing/Language Elective** 3   Capstone Experience Elective 3
Upper Division Liberal Arts Elective 3   Upper Division Liberal Arts Elective 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3   Upper Division Elective 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3   Liberal Arts Elective 3
Upper Division Elective 3   Liberal Arts Elective 3
TOTAL 15   TOTAL 15

 

Notes:


*Two period electives must be upper-division.  Among the four period electives, students must take an ALIT, and ELIT, and WLIT.  The four period electives may be taken in any sequence.

**Composition course if the minimum COMP requirement in writing electives has not been fulfilled.

Elective Key


Dragon Academy Elective: a course carrying one or more General Education area attribute(s): Oral Communication (OCOM), Written Communication (WCOM), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice (DESJ), Quantitative Reasoning (MAT), Scientific Reasoning (NSCI), Humanities (HUMA), Social Sciences (SOSC), Arts (ARTS), US History & Civic Engagement (UHCE), World History & Global Awareness (WHGA), World Languages (WLAN), Critical Thinking and Reasoning (CTR), Information Literacy (IL), and Global Literacy (GL). Elective courses and major courses carrying Gen Ed attributes apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s Gen Ed requirements .

Liberal Arts Elective: any course that carries a Liberal Arts (LA) attribute. SUNY Oneonta’s minimum LA requirements  vary by degree award.

Upper Division Elective: any elective course numbered 3000 and above. All courses (required and elective) at this level apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s upper division requirement .

Upper Division Liberal Arts Elective: any course numbered 3000 and above that carries an LA attribute.

Elective: any course outside the major. Electives apply toward the total credits required by a degree program. Electives may also be needed to satisfy other degree requirements , including the minimum number of credits outside the department of the major.

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