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2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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English and Business Communication Major (EBCO), BA

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The B.A. in English and Business Communication equips graduates with a robust set of skills in writing, empathy, critical thinking, aesthetics, deep understanding, and creative problem solving–along with key training in entrepreneurship, economics, management, business ethics, and media. This degree is ideal for students aiming to apply excellent writing and research skills, creativity, and a deep understanding of others in business or corporate settings. It also equips students well for pursuing advanced study in law school or other graduate or professional schooling.

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 44 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete the 47-hour Liberal Arts program. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

ECON 2010 satisfies 3 hours of Self and Society.

Recommended:

MATH 1200 or higher is recommended to satisfy 3 hours of Inquiry, Investigation, and Reasoning.

Note:

A modern foreign language would satisfy an additional 3 hours of Self and Society.

Major: 62 Hours

English and Business Core: 11 Hours

ENG 2310 - Introduction to Literary Studies Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3100 - Business and Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3670 - Cooperative Education and Internship Credit Hours: 1-6
(1 credit hour fulfills program requirements.)
ENG 4510 - Senior Project I Credit Hours: 0
ENG 4520 - Senior Project II Credit Hours: 1
ECON 2010 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3

Literature Survey: 6 hours

Choose 6 hours from:

ENG 3251 - British Literature I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3252 - British Literature II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3271 - American Literature I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3272 - American Literature II Credit Hours: 3

Upper-Level Literature: 6 Hours

Choose 6 Hours from:

ENG 3060 - Documentary Film Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3160 - Film Genres Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3300 - Studies in English and the Medical Humanities Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3400 - Literature of the Biblical World Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3600 - Seminar in Poetry Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3650 - Seminar in the Novel Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3700 - Old and Middle English Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3710 - Shakespeare Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3850 - Early Modern Studies: Renaissance to the Enlightenment Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3900 - Film as Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4030 - Study in Literature or Composition Credit Hours: 1-3
(with chair approval of special topic)
ENG 4050 - Victorian Studies Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4060 - Redemptive Cinema Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4070 - British Romantic Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4080 - Studies in Short Fiction Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4100 - Studies in C.S. Lewis Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4150 - Mythology and Folk Tales Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4250 - Literary Theory Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4300 - African American Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4310 - Seminar in Global Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4330 - Studies in Women’s Literature Credit Hours: 3

Professional and Writing Electives: 12 hours

Choose 12 hours from:

COMM 2000 - Media Software Tools Credit Hours: 3
or ART 2200 - Design Software & Production I Credit Hours: 3
COMM 2200 - Photography Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2610 - Script Writing for Television and Film Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2700 - Introduction to Creative Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3000 - Advanced Composition Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3120-3123 - Writing Poetry Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3130-3133 - Writing Fiction Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3220 - Foundations of English Grammar Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3510 - Introduction to Publishing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3550-3553 - Advanced Screenwriting for Film Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3910-3913 - Writing Nonfiction Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3950 - Professional Editing Credit Hours: 3

Foreign Language: 9 Hours

9 hours of the same foreign language.

Business and Communication Core: 18 hours

BUS 3170 - Legal Environment of Business Credit Hours: 3
BUS 4350 - Christian Business Ethics Credit Hours: 2, 3
MGT 4400 - Business Leadership Credit Hours: 3
or IB 4010 - Intercultural Business Leadership Credit Hours: 3
MGT 3680 - Management and Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
or ENTR 3650 - Entrepreneurial Management Credit Hours: 3

Choose 6 hours from:

COMM 1950 - Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communication Credit Hours: 3
COMM 3030 - Multimedia Advertising Credit Hours: 3
COMM 3620 - Small Group and Organizational Communication Credit Hours: 3
COMM 3650 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3
FIN 3380 - Money and Capital Markets Credit Hours: 3
HRM 3320 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 2400 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3

Remaining Bible/Electives: 14 Hours

BUS 4350 , included in the Business and Communication Core above, satisfies the Bible requirement in the semester it is taken.

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here.

Total Hours: 120

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