Bachelor of Arts
ENGLISH

Contrary to popular opinion, most people who major in English do not become public school teachers, although many do choose a career in teaching. Rather, English majors go into all areas of business, government, and wherever else the ability to read and write the English language effectively leads to opportunities for advancement and success. The English major is a widely recognized and respected preparation for graduate degrees in law, medicine, social services, and business. It also provides an excellent foundation for free-lance and broadcast journalism. The major in English includes broad, extensive study in literature written in English and translated into English; a selection of intensive study of particular parts of the literature; study of the history of the language, or of its structure, or both; and practical instruction in critical, evaluative and expository writing.

SCHEDULING
The English major is an evening program. Courses are scheduled to allow a student to complete the upper division portion of the English major in a two year period. Some day courses are also scheduled and may be taken to supplement the evening program.

APPLICATION
The Contra Costa Campus operates on the quarter system with four quarters a year of approximately ten weeks each. Applications are accepted every quarter. Applicants who want to enroll at the Contra Costa Campus must be eligible for admission as an upper division student. (Upper division and graduate courses only are offered at the Contra Costa Campus.)

COMPUTER LAB
The Computer Labs are equipped with over 100 Windows and Macintosh platform computers. Access to all instructional mainframe computers, the Internet, and email is provided.

SCHEDULES & CATALOGS
University catalogs and Contra Costa Campus/Hayward schedules may be purchased at the Academic Services lobby, as well as at the Campus Bookstore.

ACADEMIC ADVISING
Academic Advising is available by appointment or on a drop-in basis. Call (925) 602-6770 for days and times.

LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS
Course	Description
Engl 2030	Introduction to Critical Writing on Prose Fiction
Engl 2040	Introduction to Critical Writing on Poetry
Engl 2050	Introduction to Critical Writing on Drama
Students must demonstrate a reading knowledge of a foreign language by: 1. Completing the second semester of a Foreign Language OR 2. Completing the third quarter of Foreign Language Reading OR 3. Passing a foreign language exam administered by CSUH's English Department.
UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS
Core Courses
Course	Description
Engl 3010	Modern English Grammar
Engl 3020	Advanced Expository Writing
Engl 4251	Introduction to Shakespeare
British Literature before 1900
American Literature before 1900
Option Requirements (choose one) (32 units)
The options currently available at the Contra Costa Campus are:
I. British and American Literature Option:
Course	Description
Engl 3080	Theory/Practice of Literary Criticism
Engl 4151	Introduction to Chaucer
One course from each of the following areas:
a)	Medieval or Renaissance Literature
b)	Restoration or 18th Century Literature
c)	19th Century British Literature
d)	20th Century American Literature
e)	Literature of Ethnic or Cultural Minority
One upper division English Elective
II. New Voices in English Literature Option:
Course	Description
Engl 3080	Theory/Practice of Literary Criticism
Engl 3691	Black Literature I
Engl 3692	Black Literature II
Engl 4650	American Women's Literature OR
Engl 4450	British Women's Literature
One upper division Literature of the 20th Century
One upper division English elective
Two upper division Literature of Ethnic/Cultural Minority
Please Note: Students planning to pursue a Single Credential in English should consult with an advisor for additional course selections.