2017-2018 Catalog 
    
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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, Literature Concentration, Major


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Program Learning Outcomes


  • acquire a basic understanding of the literary, historical, social, or cultural influences that inform literary works
  • articulate in writing and discussion responses to literary texts, regardless of the language of the texts or instruction
  • develop a basic critical ability to identify, interpret, and evaluate ideas and formal features of an integrated body of literary texts
  • develop a sensitivity to the plurality of meanings within a literary text

Major Requirements


Level One (8 Units)


Level Two (16 Units)


  • ENGL 310 -ENGL 329 - Literature Area A (4 Units)
  • ENGL 330 -ENGL 349 - Literature Area B (4 Units)
  • ENGL 350-ENGL 369 - Literature Area C (4 Units)
  • ENGL 3xx - Literature Elective (4 Units)

Level Three (20 Units)


  • Five 400 level Literature Courses (4 units each)

Note:


One course at the 300 or 400 level must be a Minority Literature course.

Curriculum Sample


Freshmen Year


Fall


  • 4 Units
  • Rhetoric and Composition 4 Units
  • Language 4 Units
  • Public Speaking 4 Units
Total Semester Units 16

Spring


Total Semester Units 16

Sophomore Year


Fall


  • Language 4 Units
  • Literature Period Course 1 4 Units
  • Core courses 1 Units
Total Semester Units 9

Spring


  • Literature Period Course 2 4 Units
  • Literature Period Course 3 2 Units
  • Core courses 8 Units
Total Semester Units 14

Junior Year


Fall


Total Semester Units 16

Spring


  • Literature Electives 8 Units
  • Core course 4 Units
  • Elective 4 Units
Total Semester Units 16

Senior Year


Fall


  • Literature elective 4 Units
  • Core course: Ethics 4 Units
  • Elective 4 Units
  • Course Title 4 Units
Total Semester Units 16

Spring


  • Electives 4 Units
  • Course Title 4 Units
Total Semester Units 16

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