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2025-2026 General Catalog

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2025-2026 General Catalog

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

Freshman Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (14 Units)

ENGL 101 - Expository Writing and Analytical Reading Unit(s): 3 OR
ENGL 100A First-Year Composition
ENGL 160A - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4
(Meets Lower Division GE Area 3B: Humanities)
ENGL 200 - Teaching CA Histories of Schooling & Education Unit(s): 3 (Meets Lower Division GE Area 1C: Oral Communication)
Lower Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
University OR Major Elective Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (16 Units)

ENGL 100B - First-Year Composition Unit(s): 3 OR University Elective
ENGL 160B - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4
HIST 242 History of the Americas Since Independence

OR
HIST 251 History of the United States to 1877

OR
HIST 252 History of the United States Since 1865
   Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 6: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 5A: Physical Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

Sophomore Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 201 - Literary Analysis: Seminar Unit(s): 4
ENGL 235 - Early British & American Literature Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area 5B: Life Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 5C: Lab
Credits / Units: 1
POLS 200 - American Political System Unit(s): 3

Spring Semester (16 Units)

ENGL 236 - Later British & American Lit. Unit(s): 4
ENGL 314 - Modern World Literature in English Unit(s): 3
University OR Major Elective Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 3A: Arts
(Recommended
ENGL 207 Introduction to Creative Writing
) Credits / Units: 3
University OR Major Elective Credits / Units: 3

Junior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 350 - Survey in a Distinct Ethnic Tradition Unit(s): 4
ENGL 341 - Explorations in Language Unit(s): 4
One Extended Studies Strand class Credits / Units: 4
University OR Major Elective Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 339 - Introduction to Shakespeare Unit(s): 4
OR
ENGL 439 Studies in Shakespeare
ENGL 379 - Structure of English: Pedagogical Grammar Unit(s): 4
One Extended Studies Strand class Credits / Units: 4
University Elective
(Recommended for Bilingual Authorization:
EDMS 465
OR
SPAN 427
)
Credits / Units: 3

Senior Year: 29 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 343 - Youth and Literature Unit(s): 4
ENGL 491 - Seminar in Teaching Composition Unit(s): 4
Upper Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences

(Recommened
EDSS 417 School and Society
) Credits / Units: 3
University Elective
(Recommended for Bilingual Authorization:
CALS 456 Sociology of Education/Latinos and Education
) Credits / Units: 4

Spring Semester (14 Units)

ENGL 492 - Reading and Responding to Literature Unit(s): 4
ENGL 496 - English Education Capstone Seminar Unit(s): 4
University Elective (Recommended Credential Prg. Prereq:
EDSS 418
) Credits / Units: 3
University Elective (Recommended for Bilingual Authorization:
EDMS 465
OR
SPAN 427
) Credits / Units: 3
University Elective
(take 1-2 units if total unit count of both Extended Studies Strand courses taken equal less than 8 units)

Total Units: 120