English, Teaching Emphasis, BA

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English Major Requirements

Lower Division

Upper Division

Subject areas

The remaining NINE courses will be taken from the following five subject areas. Students must take at least ONE course in each subject area.

Historical Surveys

Movements and Eras

Authors and Genres

Theories and Methodologies

The Art of Writing and Other Literacies

Students must also take

Students must also take at least one course that fulfills each of the four following areas (these will be satisfied in the above subject categories):

British literature
American literature
Pre-1800 literature
Diverse literatures

The department recommends the study of foreign languages. Especially those students who plan to do graduate work should consult their advisors about work in other languages (e.g., German, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Latin and Greek).

Teaching Emphasis

The English major provides a broad foundation in the discipline. Students who desire to focus on a specific area of interest may do so by choosing electives within the major that meet the following requirements:

The major in English, with a concentration in the Subject Matter Preparation Program (SMPP), has been approved by the Commission on Teaching Credentialing of the State of California as meeting the subject matter preparation requirements for a teaching credential. Students who successfully complete the major with a SMPP concentration are permitted to enroll in a credentialing program while waiving the CSET examinations required for high school teaching. It is important that those thinking of a teaching career consult both the coordinator of SMPP in English and the director of the Single Subject Credential Program in the Kalmanovitz School of Education to make sure that all the prerequisites for the credential are fulfilled.