English B.A. Degree

Required Courses

Preparation for English Major:

ENG 1A	Freshman English	3
	and
ENG 1B	Freshman English	3
	or
ENG 5H	Freshman Honors English	3
HIS 1A	Western Civilization	3
HIS 1B	Western Civilization	3

English Major Requirements

42 units in English, at least 36 of which are upper division

One of the following

ENG 105	Advanced Composition	3
ENG 106	Introduction to Creative Writing	3
ENG 107	Professional Writing	3
ENG 109	Writing: Voice and View	3
ENG 192	Special Studies	1-3

Two sequential upper-division courses in American Literature

ENG 145	American Literature: Beginnings to 1914	3
ENG 146	American Literature: 1914 to Present	3

Two courses in English literature before 1700

ENG 143	English Literature: Beowulf to 1500	3
	or
ENG 172	Chaucer	3
	and
ENG 144	English Literature: 1500 to 1700	3

Two courses in English literature after 1700

ENG 147	English Literature: 1700 to 1900	3
	and
ENG 148	Twentieth Century English and European Literature	3
	or
ENG 156H	The Modern Temper	3

One genre course

ENG 161	Study of the Novel	3
ENG 162	Study of Poetry	3
ENG 163	Study of Drama	3

One course in World Literature

ENG 18	Great Works in World Literature	3
ENG 28	Contemporary Issues in World Literature	3
ENG 131	Russian Literature	3
ENG 118	Great Works in World Literature	3
ENG 128	Contemporary Issues in World Literature	3

One Shakespeare course

ENG 73	Shakespeare	3
ENG 173	Shakespeare	3

Theory and Criticism

ENG 181

Theory and Criticism

3

English Seminar

ENG 195	English Seminar	3
	Six units chosen from English offerings	6

Strongly Recommended but not Required

ENG 170	Western Literary Heritage	3
	or
ENG 70	Western Literary Heritage	3
Total Credit Hours:		42

Any English course completed with a grade of D or below is not acceptable toward a major in English.

Plus General Education requirements and electives totaling 124 semester units, including the Language requirement.

*ENG 195 fulfills the capstone requirement for English.

At least 15 upper division units must be completed in the MSMU English Program.