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2026-2027 General Catalog

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2026-2027 General Catalog

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

First Year: 29 Units

Fall Semester (14 Units)

ENGL 101 - Expository Writing and Analytical Reading Unit(s): 3
ENGL 160A - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 200 - Teaching CA Histories of Schooling & Education Unit(s): 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 160B - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area 5B: Life Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 3A: Arts
Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 2
American Institutions: U.S. History
Credits / Units: 3

Second Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 201 - Literary Analysis: Seminar Unit(s): 4
ENGL 235 - Early British & American Literature Unit(s): 4
American Institutions: U.S. Constitution
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 5A: Physical Sciences
+ Lab Credits / Units: 4

Spring Semester (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area 3A: Arts
OR
Lower Division GE Area 3B: Humanities
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 6: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3
University Electives Credits / Units: 2
ENGL 236 - Later British & American Lit. Unit(s): 4
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

Third 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 3: 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 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 8

Fourth Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

Choose one from the ENGL courses below:
ENGL 401 - Introduction to Modern Critical Theory Unit(s): 4
ENGL 402 - Introduction to Digital Humanities Unit(s): 4
ENGL 403 - Contemporary World Literature: Form and Practice Unit(s): 4
ENGL 487 - Studies in Rhetoric Unit(s): 4
ENGL 491 - Seminar in Teaching Composition Unit(s): 4
ENGL Literature Course (American or British)_ Credits / Units: 4
Upper Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
University Electives Credits / Units: 4

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