BA ENGLISH  – 2005-07 Catalog
English Department
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   o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

   o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

   * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES 

 

ENGL/HNRS 251 Great Books of World Literature: Classical and Ancient World (C1)*

4

ENGL 203 Core I: Old English/Medieval

4

ENGL 204 Core II: Renaissance

4

ENGL 205 Core III: 1660-1798

4

ENGL 290 Introduction to Linguistics

4

ENGL 303 Core IV: 1798–1865

4

ENGL 304 Core V: 1865–1914

4

ENGL 305 Core VI: 1914–Present

4

ENGL 461 Senior Project (in conjunction with a designated 400–level ENGL course)

1

ENGL electives (300 level)

8

ENGL 400 level electives (minimum 12 units in literature)

20

Students may select a creative writing emphasis
with their 28 upper division ENGL units:

 

Fiction Writing Emphasis:
ENGL 387 Fiction Writing (4)
ENGL 487 Adv. Creative Writing: Fiction (4) (4)
One 400-level modern or contemporary
  ENGL literature course in fiction (4)
ENGL 300-level elective (4)
ENGL 400-level literature electives (8)
Senior project in a work or works of fiction

 

Poetry Writing Emphasis:
ENGL 388 Poetry Writing (4)
ENGL 488 Adv. Creative Writing: Poetry (4) (4)
One 400-level modern or contemporary
  ENGL literature course in poetry (4)
ENGL 300-level elective (4)
ENGL 400-level literature electives (8)
Senior project in a work or works of poetry

 

 

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SUPPORT COURSES

 

Foreign language (121 or 122) or demonstration of a comparable level of proficiency

4

 

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4

GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 4 units are in Major.

 

®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing

4

Area B  Science and Mathematics (20 units)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics 

8

B2 Life Science

4

B3 Physical Science

4

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 

B5 elective

 

Area B elective (select one course from B1-B5)

4


Area C  Arts and Humanities (12 units)

 

C1 Literature *4 units in Major

0

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

C4 Upper-division elective (not ENGL)

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (20 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)

4

D5 Upper-division elective

4

Area F  Technology Elective (upper division)
(4 units)

4

 

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ELECTIVES

47

(minimum 7 units must be 300-400 level)

 

 

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