English B.A.
Requirements
(73 units)
Total units required for graduation: 180
Requirements for the B.A. in English:
To be recommended for a single subject teaching credential program in English, students must include the courses under the English Teacher Preparation Program requirements.
Lower-division requirements: (8 units)
1. Four units chosen from:
ENG 210. English Literature I (4)
ENG 211. English Literature II (4)
2. Four units chosen from:
ENG 212. English Literature III (4)
ENG 213. English Literature IV (4)
Upper-division requirements (29 units)
1. Four units chosen from:
ENG 301A. Analysis of Poetry (4)
ENG 301B. Analysis and Writing of Poetry (4)
Note: Students who are seeking to be recommended for a single subject teaching credential program in English must take ENG 301B.
2. Four units chosen from:
ENG 302A. Analysis of Drama (4)
ENG 302B. Analysis and Writing of Drama (4)
ENG 303A. Analysis of Prose Fiction (4)
ENG 303B. Analysis and Writing of Prose Fiction (4)
ENG 304A. Analysis of Nonfiction Prose (4)
ENG 304B. Analysis and Writing of Nonfiction Prose (4)
Note: Students who are seeking to be recommended for a single subject teaching credential program in English must take four units from ENG 302B, 303B, 304B.
3. ENG 311. The English Language (4)
4. Four units chosen from:
ENG 325. American Literature I (4)
ENG 326. American Literature II (4)
5. Four units chosen from:
ENG 314. American Indian Literature (4)
ENG 319. Studies in Literary Diversity (4)
ENG 323. Chicano Literature (4)
ENG 336. Women Writers (4)
ENG 339. African American Literature (4)
6. ENG 385. Literary Theory and Criticism (4)
Note: Students in the Creative Writing or Linguistics Track who are NOT seeking to be recommended for the single subject teaching credential program in English may substitute another upper-division English course for ENG 385.
7. Four units chosen from:
ENG 475. Shakespeare I (4)
ENG 476. Shakespeare II (4)
8. ENG 516. Senior Project (1)
Track requirements (36 units)
1. Students must take thirty-six units chosen from one of the following tracks:
Literature Track
Note: Of the five courses taken in categories 1 and 2 below, at least one must be designated British-centered, at least one must be designated American-centered, and at least one must be designated pre-1800. Students should consult an English advisor for a list of courses with these designations.
1. Sixteen units from any of the following courses, at least 12 units of which must be from 400-level courses.
Studies in a Literary Topic
ENG 324. Studies in Literary Topics (4)
ENG 463. Advanced Studies in Literary Topics (4)
Studies in a Literary Genre
ENG 315. Studies in a Literary Genre (4)
ENG 333. Myth and Epic (4)
ENG 335. Studies in the Novel (4)
Studies in a Literary Period or Movement
ENG 401. English Literature of the Middle Ages (4)
ENG 403. English Literature of the Renaissance (4)
ENG 406. Seventeenth Century Literature (4)
ENG 409. English Literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (4)
ENG 412. Romantic Prose and Poetry (4)
ENG 415. Victorian Literature (4)
ENG 440. Studies in a Literary Period or Movement (4)
ENG 442. Modern Poetry (4)
ENG 443. Contemporary Poetry (4)
ENG 447. Modern Fiction (4)
ENG 448. Contemporary Fiction (4)
Studies in a Major Author or Authors
ENG 441. Studies in a Major Author or Authors (4)
Studies in a Literary Theme
ENG 423. Studies in a Literary Theme (4)
2. ENG 515. Senior Seminar in Literature (4)
3. Sixteen units of electives in English. At least eight of these units must be upper-division and may include up to eight units of upper-division foreign literature or upper-division literature in translation. The only lower-division courses that may be used as electives are ENG 210, 211, 212 and 213, as long as these courses have not been used to satisfy other requirements in the English major. Students seeking to be recommended for a single subject teaching credential program in English can use their elective units to take some of the required English coursework specified under category 1 in the English Teacher Preparation Program below.
Creative Writing Track
1. ENG 317. Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry (4)
2. ENG 318. Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction (4)
3. Four units chosen from:
ENG 417. Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry (4)
ENG 418. Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction (4)
4. Four units chosen from:
ENG 507. Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry (4)
ENG 508. Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction (4)
5. Four units chosen from:
ENG 316. Introduction to Creative Writing: Specialized Genres (4)
ENG 347. Playwriting (4)
ENG 511. Creative Writing in the Classroom (4)
ENG 513. Advanced Creative Writing in Specialized Genres (4)
ENG 522. Independent Study in Writing (4)
TA 347. Playwriting (4)
Any of ENG 417, 418, 507 or 508 that is not used to satisfy one of the foregoing requirements.
6. Sixteen units of electives in English. At least eight of these units must be upper-division and may include up to eight units of upper-division foreign literature or upper-division literature in translation. The only lower-division elective courses that may be used as electives are ENG 210, 211, 212 and 213, as long as these courses have not been used to satisfy other requirements in the English major. Students seeking to be recommended for a single subject teaching credential program in English can use their elective units to take some of the required English coursework specified under category 1 in the English Teacher Preparation Program below.
Linguistics Track
1. ENG 312. Theories of Language Acquisition and Learning (4)
2. ENG 420. English Grammar I (4)
3. ENG 422. History of the English Language (4)
4. ENG 523. English Grammar II (4)
5. ENG 524. Sociolinguistics (4)
6. Sixteen units of electives in English. At least eight of these units must be upper-division and may include up to eight units of upper-division foreign literature or upper-division literature in translation. The only lower-division elective courses that may be used as electives are ENG 210, 211, 212 and 213, as long as these courses have not been used to satisfy other requirements in the English major. Students seeking to be recommended for a single subject teaching credential program in English can use their elective units to take some of the required English coursework specified under category 1 in the English Teacher Preparation Program below.
It is strongly recommended that students majoring in English take ENG 306 to satisfy the upper-division writing requirement of the university; however, ENG 306 is not applicable toward the English major.
Students planning to do graduate work in English literature are strongly advised to acquire a reading knowledge of at least one foreign language.
Please refer to the University catalog at http://catalog.csusb.edu for official information.