Language & Literature Program Requirements
To complete a major in English with an emphasis in Language & Literature, students will take a combination of core and program area courses, as well as completing the Senior Seminar and all upper division General Education requirements.
Courses will be offered both face-to-face and online.
Lower Division General Education
All lower division General Education coursework will be completed at an accredited college prior to entry into the English program. Students should request a CSU General Education Certification when requesting transcripts.
2 years of High School foreign language or 1 semester of College level foreign language is required for graduation. CSUB will not deliver foreign language classes. If the requirement was not met in High School, students will fulfill the requirement at an institution such as COC.
Prerequisites
1. ENGL 102 Introduction to Literature (completed at COC)
2. ENGL 260, 261, 262, 264, 273, or 274 (completed at COC)
4. ENGL 200 The English Major (completed at CSUB)
Major Coursework
Upper Division Core (14 units)
1. ENGL 300 Critical Approaches to Literature
2. ENGL 311 Writing Literary Analysis (fulfills GWAR)
3. ENGL 490 Senior Seminar
Language (5 units) -- choose 1 of the following 2 courses
1. ENGL 319 Structure of English or
2. ENGL 414 History of the English Language
Major Writers (5 units)
1. ENGL 335 or 336 Shakespeare I or II
Literary Periods (10 units) Choose 2 of the following 3 courses
1. ENGL 320 Medieval English Literature or
2. ENGL 330 Renaissance English Literature or
3. ENGL 340 Restoration & Eighteenth Century English Literature
Literary Periods (10 units) Choose 2 courses from the 3 categories below, one of which must be ENGL 380, 381, or 382
1. ENGL 350 Romantic English Literature: 1785 - 1837 or
ENGL 380 Major American Authors: Beginnings to the Civil War
2. ENGL 351 Victorian English Literature: 1837 - 1901 or
ENGL 381 Major American Authors: The Late Nineteenth Century
3. ENGL 360 Modern English Literature: 1901 - 1945
ENGL 361 Contemporary English Literature: 1945 to the Present
ENGL 382 Major American Authors: Twentieth Century To the Present
Area of Specialization - Children’s Literature (20 units)
1. ENGL 470 Studies in Nineteenth Century Children’s Literature
2. ENGL 471 Studies in Twentieth Century Children’s Literature
3. ENGL 472 Young Adult Novel
4. ENGL 473 Children’s Literature & International Myth, Folk Tale, and Film
Minor Coursework (4 courses)
Students can complete a minor in Communications through CSUB at COC. The minor is comprised of four courses from the Communications offerings.
Upper Division General Education (15 units)
1. Theme I: Natural Sciences and Technology
SCI 360A Nature of Science and Technology in a Modern Society
2. Theme II: Arts and Humanities
ENGL 366 Ethnic Literatures (also satisfies degree requirement)
3. Theme III: Social and Behavioral Sciences
PPA 340 A Policy Network: Science, Technology, and Health
Gender, Race, & Ethnicity (5 units)
1. ENGL 370 Literature by Women of Color
