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

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Freshman Year: 30-32 Units

Fall Semester (15-16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A2: Written Communication ENGL 101 - Expository Writing and Analytical Reading Unit(s): 3
Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities ENGL 160A - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area B4: Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15-16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A3: Critical Thinking ENGL 160B - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area B1: Physical Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3

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
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B2: Life Sciences
+ Lab Credits / Units: 4

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 236 - Later British & American Lit. Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
**Additional Major or University Elective
University Elective

Junior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 385 - Junior Seminar Unit(s): 4
ENGL 350 - Survey in a Distinct Ethnic Tradition Unit(s): 4
Upper Division GE Area C: Arts and Humanities
Credits / Units: 3
GE Area B3: Lab Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (15 units)

ENGL 439 - Studies in Shakespeare Unit(s): 4
ENGL 400 - English Lecture Series Unit(s): 1-4
ENGL 339 - Introduction to Shakespeare Unit(s): 3-4
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Science Credits / Units: 3
**Major or University Electives

Senior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 400 - English Lecture Series Unit(s): 1-4
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
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Credits / Units: 3
University Elective

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 485 - Senior Seminar Unit(s): 4
Additional Major or General Electives
Experiential course in major ****
University Electives

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.