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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, B.A. Four-Year Course Plan


The four-year plans presented in this sample plan demonstrate the recommended sequencing and timing  of the required and elective components within each major, the assumption each course listed is worth 4 semester units (unless otherwise noted), and that lower and upper division common course GE requirements are maximized in sharing with your major, concentration, and Intellectual Experience Badges. In many cases, a student’s academic background will require variations in the timing of the coursework listed in the plan. All students are expected to work with their academic advisor to find their best pathway through the degree requirements of their chosen program. 

All General Education course options can be found here.  

First Year

Fall Spring
ENG 010: Foundations of Literary Studies   Lower Division ENG Seminar Course (050-090)
WRI 010: College Reading and Composition   General Education: Quantitative Reasoning
Lower Division ENG Course (017-090) General Education: AREA A–Natural Science
SPRK 001: Spark Seminar  or  SPRK 010: Spark Seminar   General Education: AREA B–Social Science

Second Year

Fall Spring
ENG 103: British and American Literature, 1830-1940   ENG 104: Postwar, Postcolonial, Postmodern Literature and Culture: 1945 to the present  
Lower Division ENG Course (017-090); or can sub course from ENG 105-189 General Education: AREA A–Natural or Engineering Science
General Education: Language Lower or Upper Division Elective
General Education: AREA A–Engineering Science  

Third Year

Fall Spring
ENG 101: Medieval and Renaissance Literature and Culture, 800-1660   ENG 102: Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1660-1830  
Upper Division English Seminar (105-189) (Writing in the Discipline GE) Upper Division English Seminar (105-189) (Crossroads Course GE)
Upper Division Elective Upper Division Elective
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective

Fourth Year

Fall Spring
Upper Division English Seminar (105-189), or ENG 193 if in Honors Program ENG 190: Senior Thesis  or ENG 194 or in Honors Program (Culminating Experience GE)
Upper Division Elective Upper Division Elective
Upper Division Elective Upper Division Elective
Upper Division Elective  

Department Notes:

  • Note: for one survey (ENG 101-104), an approved upper division seminar may be substituted for the survey course.
  • Also note: ENG 101 is offered in Even Numbered Falls, ENG 102 is offered in Odd Numbered Springs, ENG 103 is offered in Odd Numbered Falls; ENG 104 is offered in Even Numbered Springs. So some students will take these courses in a different sequence, e.g. 103 and 104 their second year, and 101 and 102 their third year.