Program: English, BA - Saint Mary’s College of California

Apr 04, 2025

2022-2023 Academic Catalog

English Major Requirements

Lower Division

ENGL 019 - Introduction to Literary Analysis
ENGL 029 - Issues in Literary Study

Upper Division

Take two (2) courses:
One (1) course in pre-1800 Literature and
Capstone course (ENGL 196 )

ENGL 103 - British Literature I
ENGL 115 - Chaucer
ENGL 141 - Studies in Medieval Literature
ENGL 142 - Studies in Renaissance and 17th-Century Literature
ENGL 143 - Studies in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
ENGL 150 - American Literature Before 1800
ENGL 160 - Development of English Fiction I
ENGL 175 - Shakespeare
ENGL 180 - Milton
ENGL 196 - Capstone in English

Subject areas

The remaining EIGHT (8) courses will be taken from the following five subject areas. Students must take at least ONE (1) course in each subject area. Courses taken for pre-1800 course requirement cannot also count toward the area requirements.

English, BA

English Major Requirements

Lower Division

Upper Division

Subject areas

Historical Surveys

Movements and Eras

Authors and Genres

Theories and Methodologies

The Art of Writing and Other Literacies