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AN OPEN LETTER FROM ENGLISH ADVISING
Welcome to the English major, minor and the English Teacher Preparation Program (ETPP). We are delighted to have you in the department. To help you proceed through your program of study as smoothly as possible, we have some advice for you. Please take it to heart!
1) KNOW YOUR CATALOG YEAR. Course requirements change, and you want to be sure that you are taking the courses you need to graduate. Your catalogue year usually corresponds to the year you entered CSUB, but not if you are a transfer student, and there are other exceptions. Soon you will be able to check your catalogue year on MyCSUB. You can always contact your evaluator at (see below) with any questions about this. NOTE: The English major requirements outlined in the 2005-2007 catalog are INCORRECT. If this is your catalog year, follow the requirements for 2005-07 listed on the English department webpage: http://www.csub.edu/english/BA_in_English_2005_2007.htx
Evaluators:
Katie Schneider A-Chin x3390
Lynn Simpson Chio-Gome x2518
Vacant Gomf-Lemu [Try Denise Tucker]
Jane Shook Lemv-Osbo x3391
Denise Tucker Osbp-Shav x3384 (Lead Evaluator)
Natasha Harris Shaw-Z x2035
2) TAKE ENGL 200: The English Major and Career Opportunities AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, as early as your freshman or sophomore year, as soon as you are certain the English major is right for you. The course is offered every quarter on a 1 unit, Credit/No Credit basis. It will help you to navigate the different requirements for lower and upper division general education (including Theme courses), as well as the major and ETPP, and it will also help you consider your professional future. As well, take full advantages of career counseling and help with job searches at the Career Development Center (www.csub.edu/cdc).
3) MEET WITH AN ENGLISH ADVISOR (in Faculty Towers 202) EVERY QUARTER, before registration for the next quarter, as you plan your course of study. Students who come to advising regularly find out when the courses they are most interested in will be offered, well before course schedules are available. AND THEY GRADUATE SOONER, because they are more aware of requirements and get help navigating the more complicated ones. DON’T ASSUME that the courses you are interested in will be offered frequently. Some courses are only offered once every two or three years, so you want to plan ahead, with advice from your advisor.
4) EMAIL US at englishadvising@csub.edu to ask questions, request an up-to-date copy of your major outline (with courses completed and indications of which requirements are unmet), or to make an appointment.
5) Complete your lower-division general education requirements and the English major pre-requisites before you focus on the upper-division courses for the English major. Thee intellectual discipline and breadth of knowledge necessary for successful upper-division work is achieved by taking courses in all disciplines, even those remote from the major. (Note also that students who avoid taking dreaded classes usually regret the procrastination. So, don’t drop out of that math or art class!)
6) DO NOT PUT OFF your
Theme courses, or the GRE & GWAR requirements, but keep in mind that
you must have 90 units before you
can receive credit for the Theme & GWAR courses. Note: Since 2005, English
majors must take a course for the major that automatically satisfies the GWAR.
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