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English Major
Language & Literature Emphasis
To complete a major in English with a Credential Emphasis, 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.
Lower Division Major Coursework (3 courses)
ENGL 101 English Composition & Literature (to be completed at COC)
ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295 (to be completed at CSUB)
ENGL 200 The English Major (to be completed through CSUB)
Upper Division Major Coursework
Upper Division Core (2 courses)
ENGL 300 Critical Approaches to Literature
ENGL 311 Writing Literary Analysis (fulfills GWAR requirement)
Language (choose 1 of the following 2 courses)
ENGL 319 Structure of English or
ENGL 414 History of the English Language
Major Writers (choose 1 of the following 2 courses)
ENGL 335 Shakespear I or
ENGL 325 Chaucer
Literary Periods (choose 2 of the following 3 courses)
ENGL 320 Medieval English Literature: 450-1500 or
ENGL 330 Renaissance English Literature: 1500-1660 or
ENGL 340 Restoration & Eighteenth Century English Literature
Literary Periods (choose 2 courses from the 3 categories below, one of which must be ENGL 380, 381, or 382)
a. ENGL 350 Romantic English Literature: 1785-1837 or
ENGL 380 Major American Authors: Beginnings to the Civil War or
b. ENGL 351 Victorian English Literature: 1837-1901 or
ENGL 381 Major American Authors: The Late 19th Century
c. ENGL 360 Modern English Literature; 1901-1945 or
ENGL 361 Contemporary English Literature: 1945 to the present or
ENGL 382 Major American Authors: Twentieth Century to the Present
Upper Division General Education (four courses)
Theme I: Natural Sciences and Technology
Theme II: Arts and Humanities
Theme III: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Gender, Race, & Ethnicity
Culminating Activity
Area of Specialization - Children's Literature (4 courses)
ENGL 470 Studies in Nineteenth Century Children's Literature
ENGL 471 Studies in Twentieth Century Children's Lit
ENGL 472 Young Adult Novel
ENGL 473 Children's Literature & International Myth, Folk Tale, and Film
Minor Requirement (4 courses)
Students can complete a minor in Communications or Sociology through CSUB at COC. The minor is comprised of four courses from the Communications or Sociology offerings.
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