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2024-2025, 2nd ed. General Catalog

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2024-2025, 2nd ed. General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English with a Concentration in English Education, BA, Sample Four-Year Plan

Freshman Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 101 - Expository Writing and Analytical Reading Unit(s): 3 OR (Meets Lower Division GE Area A2: Written Communication)
ENGL 100A - First-Year Composition Unit(s): 3
ENGL 160A - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4 (Meets Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities)
ENGL 200 - Teaching CA Histories of Schooling & Education Unit(s): 3 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication)
Lower Division GE Area B4: Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
University Electives Credits / Units: 2

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 100B - First-Year Composition Unit(s): 3 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A2: Written Communication)
ENGL 160B - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A3: Critical Thinking)
Lower Division GE Area B2: Life Sciences
+ Lab Credits / Units: 4
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
Credits / Units: 3
University Electives Credits / Units: 1

Sophomore Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

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

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 236 - Later British & American Lit. Unit(s): 4
Choose one of the following for Lower Division GE Area D:
HIST 242 - History of the Americas Since Independence Unit(s): 3 OR
HIST 251 - History of the United States to 1877 Unit(s): 3 OR
HIST 252 - History of the United States Since 1865 Unit(s): 3
ENGL 214 - Literature of the World Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
OR
Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities
Credits / Units: 3
University Electives Credits / Units: 1

Junior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 341 - Explorations in Language Unit(s): 4 OR
ENGL 350 - Survey in a Distinct Ethnic Tradition Unit(s): 4
Upper Division GE Area B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
One Extended Studies Strand class Credits / Units: 4
University Electives Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 339 - Introduction to Shakespeare Unit(s): 4 OR
ENGL 439 - Studies in Shakespeare Unit(s): 4
ENGL 379 - Structure of English: Pedagogical Grammar Unit(s): 4
One Extended Studies Strand class Credits / Units: 4
Lower Division GE Area F: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3

Senior Year: 30 units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 343 - Youth and Literature Unit(s): 4
ENGL 491 - Seminar in Teaching Composition Unit(s): 4
EDSS 417 - School and Society Unit(s): 3 (Meets Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences)
University Electives Credits / Units: 4

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 492 - Reading and Responding to Literature Unit(s): 4
ENGL 496 - English Education Capstone Seminar Unit(s): 4
EDSS 418 - Development in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood Unit(s): 3
Upper Division GE Area C: Arts and Humanities
Credits / Units: 3

Total Units: 120