The Bachelor of Arts in English

Total Course Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree: 120 units

See "Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree" in the University Catalog for complete details on general degree requirements. A minimum of 40 units, including those required for the major, must be upper division.

A suggested Major Academic Plan (MAP) has been prepared to help students meet all graduation requirements within four years. Please request a plan from your major advisor.

General Education Requirements: 48 units

See General Education Requirements in the University Catalog and the Class Schedule for the most current information on General Education Requirements and course offerings.

Diversity Course Requirements: 6 units

See "Diversity Requirement" in the University Catalog. Most courses taken to satisfy these requirements may also apply to General Education Requirements.

U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals: 6 units

See "U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals" under "Bachelor's Degree Requirements". This requirement is normally fulfilled by completing HIST 130 and POLS 155 or approved equivalents. Courses used to satisfy this requirement do not apply to General Education.

Literacy Requirement:

See Math and Writing Requirements in the University Catalog. Writing proficiency in the major is a graduation requirement and may be demonstrated through satisfactory completion of a course in your major which has been designated as the Writing Proficiency (WP) course for the semester in which you take the course. Students who earn below a C- are required to repeat the course and earn a C- or higher to receive WP credit. See the Class Schedule for the designated WP courses for each semester. You must pass ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a C- or higher before you may register for a WP course.

Course Requirements for the Major: 42-60 units

Completion of the following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, is required of all candidates for this degree. Additional required courses, depending upon the selected option or advising pattern, are outlined following the major core program requirements.

Major Core Program: 9 units

3 courses required:

Major Option Course Requirements: 33-51 units

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required dependent upon the option chosen. Students must select one of the following options for completion of the major course requirements.

Note: Students pursuing the Option in English Education must take the following 2 GE courses:

Area A1:

Area C1:

The Option in English Education: 47-49 units

The program below fulfills all requirements for the Single Subject Matter Preparation Program in English, which will lead to a California teaching credential. See the Single Subject Matter Teaching Credential section for additional information.

Teacher Preparation Option Core: 35 units

11 courses required:

1 course selected from:

Areas of Study: 12-14 units

The following courses, or their approved equivalents, are required of all candidates in this option depending on the chosen Area of Study. Students must select one of the following areas for completion of the English Education Option course requirements.

Creative Writing

3 courses required:

Or the following group of course requirements may be substituted for the above:

Two 300-level creative writing courses and one 400-level creative writing course in the same genre as one of the 300-level courses taken.

General Studies

Creative Writing:

1 course selected from:

Literature:

2 courses selected from:

Any 400-level courses, in addition to those taken to satisfy core requirements.

Language and Literacy:

1 course selected from:

Language and Literacy

2 courses required:

2 courses selected from:

Literature

4 courses selected from:

Any 400-level literature courses.

Theatre Arts

4 courses required:

1 course selected from:

The Option in English Studies: 33-34 units

Comparative, Continental European, World, and Multicultural Literatures

1 course selected from:

British Literature: Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Sustainable	Units	Semester Offered	Course Flags
ENGL 440	Chaucer and His Age		3.0	FS	GW
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; ENGL 276, ENGL 340. Study of the Canterbury Tales and other works by the major poet of the English Middle Ages. The study of Middle English and of medieval society, its values and beliefs as mirrored in Chaucer's works. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. (003503)
ENGL 441	Shakespeare		3.0	FS	GW
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; ENGL 276, ENGL 340. An introduction to Shakespeare's principal plays, his art, his age, and his critics; designed especially for English majors. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. (003507)
ENGL 442	Milton and His Age		3.0	FS	GW
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; ENGL 276, ENGL 340. A study of Paradise Lost and other works of Milton in the context of the English Revolution. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. (003509)
ENGL 445	Early British Literature		3.0	FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. Study of British art and culture as revealed in its literature, such as battle poems, morality plays, and Arthurian romances. 3 hours seminar. (003506)
ENGL 446	British Renaissance Literature:		3.0	INQ
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. A study of the literature and culture of Tudor England, emphasizing the prose and poetry of such figures as More, Skelton, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser and Marlowe. 3 hours seminar. (003511)
ENGL 447	Seventeenth-Century Literature		3.0	INQ
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. A study of the literature and culture of seventeenth-century England, emphasizing the drama, poetry, and prose of such authors as Webster, Jonson, Herrick, Donne, Herbert, Taylor, Bunyan, and Milton. 3 hours lecture. (003513)
ENGL 448	The Long Eighteenth Century		3.0	INQ
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. The literature and intellectual currents of Restoration and eighteenth-century Britain, including works by such authors as Dryden, Addison, Steele, Pope, Swift, Hume, Sterne, Goldsmith, and Johnson. 3 hours seminar. (003514)
ENGL 452	Development of British Drama		3.0	INQ
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. The development of British drama from its beginnings to the nineteenth century. Specific topics vary from semester to semester. 3 hours seminar. (003545)
ENGL 455	The 18th-Century British Novel		3.0	FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. A study of eighteenth-century and Romantic-period novels, including such authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Burney, Austen, and Scott. 3 hours seminar. (003554)

British Literature: Romanticism to the Present

1 course selected from:

American Literature: Beginnings to the 1850's

1 course required:

American Literature: 1850's to Present

1 course selected from:

Linguistics

1 course selected from:

Creative Writing, Editing and Publishing

1 course selected from:

Rhetoric, Composition, Literacy

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Sustainable	Units	Semester Offered	Course Flags
ENGL 332	Introduction to Literacy Studies		3.0	FS
An introduction to the study of public and scholarly literacy, and its applications in economic systems, schooling, religion, and technology. Required of English majors by the end of the junior year in preparation for upper-division work in English. 3 hours lecture. (003439)
ENGL 333	Advanced Composition for Future Teachers		3.0	FS	GW
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; ENGL 375 recommended. Advanced practice in writing and in using writing in the classroom for single- and multiple-subject credential candidates. 3 hours discussion. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. (003436)
ENGL 338	Environmental Rhetoric		3.0	FA	GE
Prerequisite: Engl 130, ENGL 335 recommended. Through a variety of readings, documentary films, discussions, lectures and writing activities, students will learn about current arguments about the environment and, specifically, contemporary discourse on global climate change, sustainability, environmental activism, and social movements. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved General Education course. (020597)
ENGL 431	Theory and Practice in Tutoring Composition		4.0	FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 333 and ENGL 335 are strongly recommended. Training and experience in the tutoring of students in composition. With permission of instructor, course may be repeated once for credit, but credit will not count toward major. 3 hours seminar, 3 hours laboratory. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. (003539)

9 units selected from:

Any upper-division English (ENGL) course except ENGL 499.

The Option in Literature: 33 units

3 courses required:

1 course selected from:

English Literary Figures

1 course selected from:

Early Literature

For this category, you must not use the same course you used to satisfy the English Literary Figures requirement.

2 courses selected from:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Sustainable	Units	Semester Offered	Course Flags
ENGL 354	Classical Literature		3.0	FS	GE
An introduction to the literature of ancient Greece and Rome. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved General Education course. (003411)
ENGL 355	The Bible as Literature		3.0	INQ
Study of the literary types and qualities of the English Bible and their impact upon British and American literature and language. 3 hours seminar. (003471)
ENGL 440	Chaucer and His Age		3.0	FS	GW
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; ENGL 276, ENGL 340. Study of the Canterbury Tales and other works by the major poet of the English Middle Ages. The study of Middle English and of medieval society, its values and beliefs as mirrored in Chaucer's works. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. (003503)
ENGL 441	Shakespeare		3.0	FS	GW
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; ENGL 276, ENGL 340. An introduction to Shakespeare's principal plays, his art, his age, and his critics; designed especially for English majors. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. (003507)
ENGL 442	Milton and His Age		3.0	FS	GW
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; ENGL 276, ENGL 340. A study of Paradise Lost and other works of Milton in the context of the English Revolution. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. (003509)
ENGL 445	Early British Literature		3.0	FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. Study of British art and culture as revealed in its literature, such as battle poems, morality plays, and Arthurian romances. 3 hours seminar. (003506)
ENGL 446	British Renaissance Literature:		3.0	INQ
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. A study of the literature and culture of Tudor England, emphasizing the prose and poetry of such figures as More, Skelton, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser and Marlowe. 3 hours seminar. (003511)
ENGL 447	Seventeenth-Century Literature		3.0	INQ
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. A study of the literature and culture of seventeenth-century England, emphasizing the drama, poetry, and prose of such authors as Webster, Jonson, Herrick, Donne, Herbert, Taylor, Bunyan, and Milton. 3 hours lecture. (003513)
ENGL 448	The Long Eighteenth Century		3.0	INQ
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. The literature and intellectual currents of Restoration and eighteenth-century Britain, including works by such authors as Dryden, Addison, Steele, Pope, Swift, Hume, Sterne, Goldsmith, and Johnson. 3 hours seminar. (003514)
ENGL 452	Development of British Drama		3.0	INQ
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. The development of British drama from its beginnings to the nineteenth century. Specific topics vary from semester to semester. 3 hours seminar. (003545)
ENGL 454	Comparative Literature		3.0	FS
Comparative study of major genres, themes, and literary figures in literature. Topics vary from semester to semester. 3 hours seminar. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units. (003552)
ENGL 455	The 18th-Century British Novel		3.0	FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340. A study of eighteenth-century and Romantic-period novels, including such authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Burney, Austen, and Scott. 3 hours seminar. (003554)
ENGL 458	American Literature: Beginning to 1850s		3.0	FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 278, ENGL 340. An in-depth study of major themes, authors, and works from the beginnings of American literature through Romanticism. Topics vary from semester to semester. 3 hours seminar. (003558)
ENGL 465	American Literary Topics		3.0	FS
Seminar examination of writers and themes in American literature. Topics vary by semester. 3 hours seminar. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units. (003583)
ENGL 466	British Literary Topics		3.0	FS
Seminar examination of writers or themes in British literature. Topics vary by semester. 3 hours seminar. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units. (003585)

Later Literature

At least one of the courses you choose for this category must be in American literature. At least one other course must be in world literature or American multicultural literature.

4 courses selected from:

Electives Requirement:

To complete the total units required for the bachelor's degree, select additional elective courses from the total University offerings. You should consult with an advisor regarding the selection of courses which will provide breadth to your University experience and possibly apply to a supportive second major or minor.

Grading Requirement:

All courses taken to fulfill major course requirements must be taken for a letter grade except those courses specified by the department as Credit/No Credit grading only.

Advising Requirement:

Advising is mandatory for all majors in this degree program. Consult your undergraduate advisor for specific information.

Honors in the Major:

Honors in the Major is a program of independent work in your major. It requires 6 units of honors course work completed over two semesters.

The Honors in the Major program allows you to work closely with a faculty mentor in your area of interest on an original performance or research project. This year-long collaboration allows you to work in your field at a professional level and culminates in a public presentation of your work. Students sometimes take their projects beyond the University for submission in professional journals, presentation at conferences, or academic competition. Such experience is valuable for graduate school and professional life. Your honors work will be recognized at your graduation, on your permanent transcripts, and on your diploma. It is often accompanied by letters of commendation from your mentor in the department or the department chair.

Some common features of Honors in the Major program are:

1. You must take 6 units of Honors in the Major course work. All 6 units are honors classes (marked by a suffix of H), and at least 3 of these units are independent study (399H, 499H, 599H) as specified by your department. You must complete each class with a minimum grade of B.
2. You must have completed 9 units of upper-division course work or 21 overall units in your major before you can be admitted to Honors in the Major. Check the requirements for your major carefully, as there may be specific courses that must be included in these units.
3. Your cumulative GPA should be at least 3.5 or within the top 5% of majors in your department.
4. Your GPA in your major should be at least 3.5 or within the top 5% of majors in your department.
5. Most students apply for or are invited to participate in Honors in the Major during the second semester of their junior year. Then they complete the 6 units of course work over the two semesters of their senior year.
6. Your honors work culminates with a public presentation of your honors project.

While Honors in the Major is part of the Honors Program, each department administers its own program. Please contact your major department or major advisor to apply.

Honors in English

To be eligible for Honors in English, students must have completed the following courses with grades that place them in the top 5% of English majors:

2 courses required:

1 course selected from:

1 course selected from:

Any 400-level genre or period courses.

Upon recommendation by a faculty member and after an interview, the student will take 6 units of ENGL 599H, Senior Honors Thesis. Grades of B or better in ENGL 599H and in all other courses taken in the major are required to graduate with Honors in English.