Major Required: 15 units

• ENG 5010 - Graduate Literary Research (3) or
• ENG 5100 - Rhetorical History and Methodology (3) or
• ENG 4230 - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (3)

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• ENG 5130 - Teaching Writing (3)
• ENG 5236 - Sociolinguistics (3)
• ENG 5368 - Multicultural Literatures in the U.S. (3)
• ENG 5400 - Professionalization Practicum (3)

Subplan/Option Required: 9 units

Students should make an effort to take courses across all four categories, but are required to take courses across at least two for a total of 9 units.

• Category 1

• ENG 5361 - 19th C. American Literature (3)
• ENG 5362 - 20th/21st C. American Literature (3)
• ENG 5370 - Early American Encounters and Identity (3)
• ENG 5378 - Asian American Literature (3)

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• Category 2

• ENG 5560 - British Literature to 1500 (3)
• ENG 5561 - British Literature: 1500-1660 (3)
• ENG 5562 - British Literature: 1660-1800 (3)
• ENG 5570 - Renaissance Drama (3)
• ENG 5572 - Emerging Issues in 19th Century British Literature (3)

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• Category 3

• ENG 5760 - Exile and Diaspora in World Literature (3)
• ENG 5761 - Studies in Nobel Prize Literature (3)
• ENG 5770 - Postcolonial Literatures and Theories (3)
• ENG 5771 - Comparative World Literatures (3)
• ENG 5779 - Hemispheric American Literature (3)

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• Category 4

• ENG 5011 - Modern Literary Theory (3)
• ENG 5802 - Poetry and Poetics (3)
• ENG 5810 - Early Modern Literature (3)
• ENG 5811 - Contemporary Literature (3)
• ENG 5880 - Emerging Issues in Literature (3)

Subplan/Option Electives: 6 units

Any combination of courses listed below will satisfy the required 6 units. Emphases are listed to provide guidance for helping students to choose courses of interest that best fit your career goals, but there is no requirement for choosing a specific emphasis for fulfilling these units.

Culminating Experience: 1-3 units

• ENG 6960 - Master’s Degree Thesis (3) ** or
• ENG 6970 - Comprehensive Examination (1)

Notes:

**The thesis will substitute for one elective course in consultation with an advisor.

Summer Sponsored Experience: 0 unit

• CPU 5003 - Cal Poly Pomona Graduate Sponsored Summer Experience (0)