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2025-2026 Catalog

Literatures in English, Literature and the Environment Emphasis, B.A. Four-Year Course Plan


All General Education course options can be found here.   

Please Note: This four-year plan serves as a general guide and assumes that all prerequisite requirements have been met prior to each course. Students may need to complete additional prerequisite coursework (WRI 001 ) based on placement results or prior preparation. Be sure to consult with your academic advisor to create a personalized plan that aligns with your individual progress and goals.

First Year

Fall Spring
ENG 010: Foundations of Literary Studies   Major Lower Division ENG Seminar Course 
WRI 010: College Reading and Composition   General Education: Lower Division Quantitative Reasoning
Major Lower Division ENG Course (050-090) General Education: Area A–Life and Physical Science
SPRK 001: Spark Seminar  or  SPRK 010: Spark Seminar   General Education: Area B–Approaches to Knowledge Social Science, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past

Second Year

Fall Spring
ENG 103: Literature in the Age of Transformation, 1830-1945   ENG 104: Reimagining Worlds: Literature since 1945  
Major Lower Division ENG Course (011-090); or can sub course from ENG 105-189, or WRI 025  or GASP 041A   General Education: Area B–Approaches to Knowledge Social Science, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past
General Education: Lower Division Language General Education: Area A–Life and Physical Science
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective

Third Year

Fall Spring
ENG 101: Medieval and Renaissance Literature and Culture, 800-1660   ENG 102: Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1660-1830  
Major Upper Division English Emphasis Seminar  Major Upper Division English Seminar
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective

Fourth Year

Fall Spring
Major Upper Division English Seminar ENG 190: Senior Thesis , or ENG 194H  if in Honors Program
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective

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.

Completing the 120 units necessary for graduation; should your plan not have a minimum of 120 units planned to be completed, you must add the necessary courses to ensure you complete a minimum of 120 units.

Completing the 120 units necessary for graduation; should your plan not have a minimum of 120 units planned to be completed, you must add the necessary courses to ensure you complete a minimum of 120 units.

All students are expected to work with their academic advisor to find their best pathway through the degree requirements of their chosen program. 

Students must complete three courses in Approaches to Knowledge Area B: Social Science, Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past GE. One course must be Approaches to Knowledge Area B: Social Science GE. Students must complete the remaining two courses from at least two of the other three Approaches to Knowledge Area B areas: Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, & Societies and Cultures of the Past.

 Department Note:

  • 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 offeredin 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.