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English

Program Transfer Guide
Frostburg State University
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Fall, 2024 - Current
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About the Program

 Use your skills with language to write a vibrant future.


No matter what form your passion for words takes, Frostburg State University’s undergraduate program in English can help you make the most of effective and thoughtful communication. Through a variety of writing and literature courses ranging from postmodern texts to Shakespeare on film, there's something for everyone.

You’ll find dedicated faculty and creative peers who often become lifelong mentors and friends. Become a part of the literary and writing communities in and around Frostburg and explore the many ways you could make English into a fulfilling career!

  • Take your pick of four concentrations in Literature, Creative Writing, Professional Writing and Teaching Secondary English, or boost your degree with an emphasis in Professional Writing or the Teaching of Writing.
  • Pursue your passion by gaining widely applicable and desirable skills that will get you started in a career you’ll love.
  • Develop critical thinking and research skills that you'll be able to use again and again in both your professional and personal endeavors.
  • Polish your work for a final portfolio in the English program’s capstone course, which focuses on revising and improving works you’ve already written to make them the best they can be.
 



PTG Requirements

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Allegany College of Maryland Requirement
Frostburg State University Requirement
  • General Education Program - Core Skills
    9 - 10 credits
    With a grade of C or better
    Introductory Composition - Take 1 course from the following
    No equivalency found. *
    Mathematics - Take 1 course from the following
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
  • General Education Program - Mode of Inquiry, The Fine and Performing Arts Complete 1 course from 1 of the following groups
    3 credits
    With a grade of D or better
    Art
    Dance
    Music
    Theatre
  • General Education Program - Mode of Inquiry, Humanities Take 2 courses, 1 each from a different category below.
    6 credits
    With a grade of D or better
    History
    No equivalency found. *
    Language
    Literature
    No equivalency found. *
    Philosophy
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    Communication
  • General Education Program - Mode of Inquiry, Natural Sciences Take 2 courses, 1 each from a different category below.
    7 - 8 credits
    With a grade of D or better
    Biology
    No equivalency found. *
    Chemistry
    No equivalency found. *
    Geography
    No equivalency found. *
    Environmental Science
    Physics and Physical Science
    Cosmic Concepts - both courses are required to get credit for the category
    No equivalency found. *
    And
    No equivalency found. *
    Astronomy - both are required to get credit for the category
    And
    Physics
    Interdisciplinary
    No equivalency found. *
  • General Education Program - Mode of Inquiry, Social Sciences Take 2 courses, 1 each from a different category below.
    6 credits
    With a grade of D or better
    Economics
    Geography
    No equivalency found. *
    Political Science
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    Psychology
    No equivalency found. *
    Sociology
    No equivalency found. *
  • General Education Program - FSU Colloquia Take 2 courses, 1 each from a different category below.
    6 credits
    With a grade of D or better
    Colloquium
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    Advanced Colloquium - Take the following OR one additional Modes of Inquiry course
    Take the following
  • General Education Program - Identity and Difference Take one of the following courses
    3 credits
    With a grade of D or better
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
  • Core Major Requirements complete the following 3 requirements
    9 - 12 credits
    Minimum grade required: C
    Minimum grade required: C
    Take at least one course from the following two
    Minimum grade required: C
    No equivalency found. *
    Minimum grade required: C
Grand Total Credits
60
* There is no Equivalency at Allegany College of Maryland. Check with your Advisor for an alternate course.