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 2A	Civilizations, Empires, and Trading Networks	3
HIS 2B	Trade, Empires, Wars, and Revolutions	3

English Major Requirements

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

Once course in Advanced Writing

ENG 103	Writing Histories	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 156	The History of the Book: Manuscript to Digital	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 118	Great Works in World Literature	3
ENG 128	Contemporary Issues in World Literature	3
ENG 131	Russian Literature	3

One Shakespeare course

ENG 173

Shakespeare

3

Theory and Criticism

ENG 181

Theory and Criticism

3

Western Literary Heritage

ENG 170

Western Literary Heritage

3

English Seminar

ENG 195	English Seminar	3
	One elective chosen from English offerings	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.