Language Degrees Online

Core curriculum
Required of all students majoring in English

Required:

16 units from
ENGL 210 Survey of British Literature I: To 1600 (4)
ENGL 211 Survey of British Literature II: 1600-1800 (4)
ENGL 212 Survey of British Literature III: 1800-1890 (4)
ENGL 213 Survey of British Literature IV: 1890-Present (4)
ENGL 224 Survey of American Literature I: To 1860 (4)
ENGL 225 Survey of American Literature II: 1860 to Present (4)
ENGL 246 – Literary Forms and Ideas (4)
ENGL 414 World Literature (4)
ENGL 487A Classical Rhetoric and Criticism (4)
ENGL 487B Contemporary Literary Criticism (4)

8 units from
ENGL 238 Introduction of Writing for the Print Media (4)
ENGL 304 Advanced Expository Writing (4)
ENGL 338 Advanced Writing for Print Media (4)
ENGL 339 – Writing for the Digital Media (4)
ENGL 405 Creative Writing (4)
ENGL 405A, 405B, 405C, 405D – Creative Writing: short story, poetry, playwriting, and screenwriting (4)
ENGL 406 – Writing for Publication (4)

4 units from
ENGL 457 Chaucer (4)
ENGL 458 Shakespeare (4)
ENGL 459 Milton (4)

ENGL 484 Language and Linguistics (4)

ENGL 285/485 English Colloquium (Four years of residence requires 1 unit of 285 and 1 unit of 485)

Required cognates: Modern foreign language through level 201

The student chooses one of the following areas of concentration:

Literature
58 total units (28 upper division) in English, including the core curriculum; 16 remaining units from (not taken in core)
Remaining units to be selected in consultation with advisor:
ENGL 210 Survey of British Literature I: To 1600 (4)
ENGL 211 Survey of British Literature II: 1600-1800 (4)
ENGL 212 Survey of British Literature III: 1800-1890 (4)
ENGL 213 Survey of British Literature IV: 1890-Present (4)
ENGL 224 Survey of American Literature I: To 1860 (4)
ENGL 225 Survey of American Literature II: 1860-Present (4)
ENGL 246 Literary Forms and Ideas (4)
ENGL 414 World Literature (4)
ENGL 487A Classical Rhetoric and Criticism (4)
ENGL 487B Contemporary Literary Criticism (4)

Remaining units to be selected in consultation with advisor

Writing
58 units (28 upper division) in English including the core curriculum; 16 units from (if not taken in core):
ENGL 238 – Introduction of Writing for the Print Media (4)
ENGL 304 – Advanced Expository Writing (4)
ENGL 338 – Advanced Writing for Print Media (4)
ENGL 339 – Writing for the Digital Media (4)
ENGL 405 Creative Writing (4)
ENGL 405A, 405B, 405C, 405D – Creative Writing: short story, Poetry, playwriting, and screenwriting (4)
ENGL 406 – Writing for Publication (4)
If not taken in core

Remaining units to be selected in consultation with advisor

Teaching Credentials
The California Teaching Credential requires the following courses. These may be taken as electives toward the major, to be selected in consultation with advisor.
ENGL 415A Literature for Children (4) or 415B Literature for Children (4), for K-6
ENGL 416 Young Adult Literature (4), for 7-9

The Seventh-day Adventist Secondary Teaching Credential requires: ENGL 445 Biblical Literature (4).

Students desiring the single subject waiver in English should work closely with advisors in both the English and Communication Department and the School of Education.