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

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Freshman Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (16 Units)

ENGL 100A - First-Year Composition Unit(s): 3
Lower Division GE Area A2: Written Communication ENGL 101 - Expository Writing and Analytical Reading Unit(s): 3 OR
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
Lower Division GE Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (14 units)

ENGL 100B - First-Year Composition Unit(s): 3 (if ENGL 100A taken in fall semester)
Lower Division GE Area A3: Critical Thinking ENGL 160B - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication ENGL 200 - Teaching CA Histories of Schooling & Education Unit(s): 3
Lower Division GE Area B1: Physical Sciences
OR
Lower Division GE Area B2: Life Sciences
+ B3: Lab Credits / Units: 4
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
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
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 207 - Introduction to Creative Writing Unit(s): 3
ENGL 236 - Later British & American Lit. Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
**Additional Major or General Elective Credits / Units: 3

Junior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 350 - Survey in a Distinct Ethnic Tradition Unit(s): 4
Upper Division GE Area C: Arts and Humanities
Credits / Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
300/400 Level CW Class Credits / Units: 4

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 439 - Studies in Shakespeare Unit(s): 4
ENGL 339 - Introduction to Shakespeare Unit(s): 3-4
300/400 Level CW Class Credits / Units: 4
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
**Major or University Electives Credits / Units: 3

Senior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

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
300/400 Level CW Class Credits / Units: 4
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3-4

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 435 - Directed Writing Unit(s): 2-8
ENGL 368 - Small Press Editing: ZAUM Unit(s): 4
Additional Major or General Electives Credits / Units: 3-4
****Experiential course in major Credits / Units: 3-4
University Elective Credits / Units: 3-4

Total Units: 120

**Be sure to take 4 additional English major elective units if took neither ENGL 160B as a freshman or a C1 or C2 course in the English Department (ENGL 207, ENGL 273, ENGL 314, ENGL 315, ENGL 345). (see concentration plan in catalog)

****See list in Catalog of accepted experiential courses for CW concentration

For 300/400 level CW courses, see catalog description for upper division CW courses.