English, B.A. - English Education Subplan/Option: 180 units

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Offered by: College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, English and Foreign Languages Department

Required Core Courses for Major
Required Subplan/Option Courses
Required Support Courses

Unrestricted Electives
General Education Requirements

Required Core Courses for Major: 16 units

Required Subplan/Option Courses: 76 units

A through K Categories:

All students are required to demonstrate coverage of the A through K categories listed below by taking at least one course from each category. ENG 207 , ENG 208 , ENG 305 , or ENG 306 for English Literature and ENG 211 or ENG 360 for American Literature can be used to satisfy coverage of more than one period, but each course only counts as four units toward the 16 units required for English Literature (Categories A-E) and the 12 units required American Literature (Categories F-H):

4 English Literature courses (Categories A-E) *
3 American Literature courses (Categories F-H) **
3 World Literature courses (Category I)
2 Literature/Language courses (Category J)
1 Linguistics course (Category K)

Students must also ensure that the entirety of their English Education program (Core and A-K categories) includes 74 units of upper-division (300/400) courses.

*One course in Categories A-E must be a survey course
**One course in Categories F-H must be a survey course

English Literature: 16 units

Take one course from each category. One of them should be ENG 207 , ENG 208 , ENG 305 or ENG 306 for a total of 16 units.

A. Medieval:

B. Renaissance:

ENG 207 - Survey of British Literature I (4)
ENG 403 - Shakespeare Before 1600 (4)
ENG 404 - Shakespeare (4) *
ENG 440 - English Renaissance (4)
*ENG 404 units apply to the core courses requirement and the coverage courses requirement for the Renaissance Period (Category B); students will still need to take 16 units aside from ENG 404 to cover Categories A-E.

C. Eighteenth-Century:

D. Nineteenth-Century:

E. Twentieth-Century:

American Literature: 12 units

Take one course from each category for a total of 12 units.

F. Origins to 1820:

G. Nineteenth-Century American Literature:

H. Twentieth-Century American Literature:

ENG 212 - Survey of American Literature II (4)
ENG 213 - Multicultural Literatures in the U.S. (4) **
ENG 345 - Race and Gender in Modern Literature (4)
ENG 361 - American Poetic Tradition II (4)
ENG 425 - The Literature of Exile (4)
ENG 456 - Twentieth-Century American Literature (4)
**ENG 213 units apply to the core courses requirement and the coverage courses requirement for Twentieth Century American Literature (Category H); students will need to take 12 units aside from ENG 213 to cover Categories F-H.

I. World Literature:

ENG 340 - Myth as Literature (4)

Choose one from the following:

J. Informational Texts and Language or Literature:

Choose one from the following:

K. Linguistics:

Required Support Courses: 24 units

The following major support courses should be used to satisfy the indicated GE requirements. If these courses are not used to satisfy GE, the total units to degree may be more than 180 units.

COM 100 - Public Speaking (4) (A1) or
COM 204 - Advocacy and Argument (4) (A1)
COM 413 - Public Opinion, Propaganda and the Mass Media (4) (D4)
ENG 105 - Freshman English II (4) (A3)
ENG 107 - Stretch Composition III (4) (A2) or
ENG 109 - Advanced Stretch Composition II (4) (A2) or
ENG 110 - First-Year Composition (4) (A2)
TH 203 - Introduction to the Theatre (4) (C1)
FL 2XX - Foreign Language (4) (C3) or
SPN 2XX - Foreign Language (4) (C3)

Unrestricted Electives: 0-20 units

Select a sufficient number of courses so that the total from “Required Support”, “GE”, and “Unrestricted Electives” is at least 88 units.

General Education Requirements: 68 units

Students should consult the Academic Programs website https://www.csupomona.edu/~academic-programs/general-education-course-listings.shtml for current information regarding this requirement. Unless specific courses are stated under Support Courses, please refer to the list of approved courses under General Education Requirements, Areas A through E.

Area A. Communication and Critical Thinking (12 units)

Oral Communication
Written Communication
Critical Thinking

Area B. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (16 units)

Physical Science
Biological Science
Laboratory Activity
Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
Science and Technology Synthesis

Area C. Humanities (16 units)

Visual and Performing Arts
Philosophy and Civilization
Literature and Foreign Languages
Humanities Synthesis

Area D. Social Sciences (20 units)

U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals
History, Economics, and Political Science
Sociology, Anthropology, Ethnic and Gender Studies
Social Science Synthesis

Area E. Lifelong Understanding and Self-development (4 units)