English and Design, BA (Boston)

Source: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/social-sciences-humanities/english/english-design-ba/ Parent: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/arts-media-design/art-design/

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

BA Language Requirements

All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

English Requirements

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Foundational Courses | | | | ENGL 1400 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 | | ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | 4 | | or ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | | | ENGL 1700 | Global Literatures 1 | 4 | | or ENGL 1701 | Global Literatures 2 | |

English Electives

Two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Diversity | | | | Complete one course from the following. You may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below: | | 4 | | ENGL 2296 | Early African-American Literature | | | ENGL 2450 | Postcolonial Literature | | | ENGL 2455 | American Women Writers | | | ENGL 2470 | Asian-American Literature | | | ENGL 2760 | Writing in Global Contexts | | | ENGL 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | | | Literary Periods | | | | Pre-1850 | | | | Complete one course from the following: | | 4 | | ENGL 1502 | American Literature to 1865 | | | ENGL 1600 | Introduction to Shakespeare | | | ENGL 2296 | Early African-American Literature | | | ENGL 2330 | The American Renaissance | | | ENGL 3101 | Early Literatures | | | ENGL 3120 | 17th- and 18th-Century Literatures | | | ENGL 3160 | Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures | | | ENGL 3619 | Emerson and Thoreau | | | ENGL 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | | | or JWSS 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | | | ENGL 4010 | Topics in Shakespeare | | | Post-1850 | | | | Complete one of the following courses: | | 4 | | ENGL 2301 | The Graphic Novel | | | ENGL 2420 | Contemporary Poetry | | | ENGL 2430 | Contemporary Fiction | | | ENGL 2440 | The Modern Bestseller | | | ENGL 2450 | Postcolonial Literature | | | ENGL 2451 | Postcolonial Women Writers | | | ENGL 2455 | American Women Writers | | | ENGL 2470 | Asian-American Literature | | | ENGL 2600 | Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | | | ENGL 3161 | 20th- and 21st-Century Literatures | | | Theories and Methods | | | | Complete one of the following: | | 4 | | ENGL 1140 | Grammar: The Architecture of English | | | ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | | | ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | | | ENGL 1450 | Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | | | ENGL 2520 | Science Fiction | | | ENGL 2620 | What Is Nature? | | | ENGL 3070 | Literary Genres | | | ENGL 3325 | Rhetoric of Law | | | ENGL 3381 | The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing | | | ENGL 3400 | Opening the Archive | | | ENGL 3487 | Film and Text (Abroad) | | | ENGL 3700 | Narrative Medicine | | | LING 1150 | Introduction to Linguistics | | | LING 2350 | Linguistic Analysis | | | LING 3450 | Syntax | | | LING 3452 | Semantics | | | LING 3454 | History of English | | | LING 3456 | Language and Gender | | | Major Seminar | | | | ENGL 3710 | Major Seminar | 4 | | Writing | | | | Complete one of the following: | | 4 | | ENGL 2700 | Creative Writing | | | ENGL 2710 | Style and Editing | | | ENGL 2730 | Digital Writing | | | ENGL 2760 | Writing in Global Contexts | | | ENGL 2770 | Writing to Heal | | | ENGL 2850 | Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice | | | ENGL 3375 | Writing Boston | | | ENGL 3376 | Creative Nonfiction | | | ENGL 3377 | Poetry Workshop | | | ENGL 3378 | Fiction Workshop | | | ENGL 3380 | Writing Seminar | | | English Electives | | | | Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement. | | 8 |

Capstone

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | English Capstone Requirement | | | | ENGL 4710 | Capstone Seminar | 4 |

Design Requirements

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Art + Design Fundamentals Required | | | | ARTF 1220 | Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 | | Art + Design Fundamentals Electives | | | | Complete three of the following: | | 6 | | ARTF 1200 | Representational Drawing | | | ARTF 1210 | Abstract Drawing | | | ARTF 1230 and ARTF 1231 | Making with Form and Materials and Making with Form and Materials Tools | | | ARTF 1240 and ARTF 1241 | Making with Video, Sound, and Animation and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools | | | ARTF 1250 and ARTF 1251 | Designing Interactive Experiences and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools | | | Design Required | | | | ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World and Seminar for Design Perspectives | 4 | | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | Design: Process + Practices and Studio for Design: Process + Practices | 4 | | ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | Typographic Systems and Studio for Typographic Systems | 4 | | Design Elective | | | | Complete any one ARTG design course not already required, as long as prerequisites have been met. 1 | | 4 | | Art + Design History Elective | | | | Complete any one ARTH course. | | 4 | | Art + Design Elective | | | | Complete any one ARTD, ARTE, ARTF (4SH), ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME course as long as prerequisites have been met. | | 4 | | If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives. | | | | Degree Capstone Project | | | | ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |

Design Option

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Complete one of the following options: | | 8 | | Experience Design Option | | | | ARTG 3462 | Experience Design Principles | | | ARTG 3464 | Topics In Experience Design Inquiry | | | Graphic Design Option | | | | ARTG 2252 | Graphic Design Principles | | | ARTG 3452 | Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry | | | Information Design Option | | | | ARTG 2242 | Information Design Principles | | | ARTG 3444 | Topics in Information Design Inquiry | | | Interaction Design Option | | | | ARTG 2400 and ARTG 2401 | Interaction Design Principles and Interaction Design Principles Tools | | | ARTG 3400 | Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry | |

1 : For students interested in the PlusOne in Information Design and Data Visualization, speak with an advisor about an alternative course option to Prototyping with Code (ARTG 2262) and Lab for ARTG 2262 (ARTG 2263).

Integrative Requirement

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Integrative Course | | | | Complete one of the following: | | 4 | | ENGL 2301 | The Graphic Novel | | | ENGL 2780 | Visual Writing | | | ENGL 3340 | Technologies of Text | | | The following course is already required in major: | | | | ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | |

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops  in Summer 2/Fall

Sample Plan of Study: Five Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall