Degree Requirements – English

Foundations

1st Year English or equivalent
Math: PHIL 110, LING 123, MATH 107, 109C, 112 or higher
4th semester second language proficiency

General Education

6 units Tier 1 Individuals & Societies
6 units Tier 1 Traditions & Cultures
6 units Tier 1 Natural Sciences
3 units Tier 2 Individuals & Societies
3 units Tier 2 Natural Sciences
3 units Tier 2 Arts
3 units Diversity

Minor

Required, minimum of 18 units (or double-major)

Skills Track

Complete all three courses (9 units)
Must complete courses in order

Overview

120 total units to complete degree
39 units in the major
42 of upper-division courses
Minor (or dual-major) required

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ENGL 280: Introduction to Literature

ENGL 380: Literary Analysis

ENGL 496A: Studies in Authors, Periods, Genres and Themes

British and American Literature

Complete two courses (6 units)
Courses can be completed in any order

ENGL 373A: British and American Literature: Beowulf to 1660

ENGL 373B: British and American Literature: Restoration to the 19th Century

ENGL 373C: British and American Literature: From the Roots of Modernism to the Present

Shakespeare

Complete 3 units

Choose one course:

ENGL 431A: Shakespeare

ENGL 431B: Shakespeare

Language Emphasis Course

Complete 3 units

Choose one course:

ENGL 255: Introduction to the English Language

ENGL 355: English Sociolinguistics

ENGL 405: History of the English Language

ENGL 421: American English

ENGL 425A: Old English: Introduction to Language and Literature

ENGL 425B: Old English

ENGL 455: Teaching English as a Second Language

ENGL 462: Linguistics and the Study of Literature

Major Electives

Complete six additional courses (18 units)
At least four courses (12 units) must be at the 300/400 level, no more than two courses (6 units) may be 100/200 level
May not use ENGL 201, 209, 210, 301, 304, 309, 401, 404, 409. See your Academic Advisement Report for a list of approved electives for the major.