Program: English with a Concentration in Literature, BA, Sample Four-Year Plan - Sonoma State University

Apr 01, 2025

2024-2025, 2nd ed. General Catalog

Freshman Year: 29 Units

Fall Semester (14 Units)

ENGL 101 - Expository Writing and Analytical Reading Unit(s): 3 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A2: Written Communication)
ENGL 160A - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4 (Meets Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities)
Lower Division GE Area B4: Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 200 - Teaching CA Histories of Schooling & Education Unit(s): 3 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication)
University Elective Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 160B - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A3: Critical Thinking)
Lower Division GE Area B2: Life Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 5

Sophomore Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (14 Units)

ENGL 201 - Literary Analysis: Seminar Unit(s): 4
ENGL 235 - Early British & American Literature Unit(s): 4

Spring Semester (16 Units)

ENGL 236 - Later British & American Lit. Unit(s): 4
HIST 242
,
HIST 251
, OR
HIST 252
(Meets Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences) Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
OR
Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities
Credits/Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area F: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3

Junior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 350 - Survey in a Distinct Ethnic Tradition Unit(s): 4
ENGL 385 - Junior Seminar Unit(s): 4
Upper Division GE Area C: Arts and Humanities
(Recommended:
ENGL 314
) , Credits/Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 4

Spring Semester (15 units)

ENGL 339 - Introduction to Shakespeare Unit(s): 4 OR
ENGL 439 - Studies in Shakespeare Unit(s): 4
Upper Division GE Area B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning , Credits/Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 8

Senior Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 401
,
ENGL 402
,
ENGL 403
, OR
ENGL 487
(Theory Course) Credits/Units: 4
ENGL Literature Course (American or British) Credits/Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
, Credits/Units: 3
University Electives , Credits/Units: 5

Spring Semester (16 Units)

ENGL 485 - Senior Seminar Unit(s): 4
ENGL Literature Course (American or British) Credits / Units: 4
ENGL Experiential Course , Credits/Units: 4
University Electives, Credits / Units: 4

Total Units: 120

**Be sure to take 4 additional English major elective units if you took neither ENGL 160B as a freshman or a C2 course in the English Department (ENGL 273, ENGL 314, ENGL 315, ENGL 345). (see concentration plan in catalog)

****See list in Catalog of accepted experiential courses for literature concentration For 300/400 level CW courses, see catalog description for upper division CW courses.