Emphasis in Creative Writing - 12 units

The Creative Writing Emphasis gives the English major an opportunity to pursue different forms of creative writing. Generally, the student, in consultation with his or her Capstone professor, will focus on and deepen work in a chosen genre for the final Capstone course. In addition, the Creative Writing Project offers the student experience in editing and producing the CI literary journal. Students taking the Creative Writing Emphasis must choose Sequence B, which includes one upper division Creative Writing genre courses, plus 9 units from at least two other genre courses, giving them a total of 12 upper division Creative Writing course credits:

• ENGL 461 - Fiction Writing Units: 3
• ENGL 462 - Poetry Writing Units: 3
• ENGL 463 - Writing for the Stage (Cross-listed as PATH 463) Units: 3
• ENGL 464 - Creative Nonfiction Units: 3
• ENGL 466 - Screenwriting (Cross-listed as PA 466) Units: 3

• plus

• ENGL 465 - Creative Writing Project Units: 3

Lower Division Requirements - 12 units

Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in English must have fulfilled the lower division writing requirement (at CI, ENGL 103  or ENGL 105 ). In addition, the following 12 units of literature survey courses (or the equivalent) are required in preparation for upper division studies:

• ENGL 120 - American Literature I Units: 3
• ENGL 150 - British and European Literature I Units: 3
• ENGL 220 - American Literature II Units: 3
• ENGL 250 - British and European Literature II Units: 3

Upper Division Requirements - 24 units

The upper division English core is designed to provide students with a broad background in literature, solid foundations in theory and criticism, and experience in writing to learn.

• ENGL 315 - Introduction to Language, Structure and Linguistics Units: 3
• ENGL 330 - Interdisciplinary Writing Units: 3
• ENGL 349 - Perspectives on Multicultural Literature Units: 3
• ENGL 360 - Literary Theory Units: 3
• ENGL 499 - Capstone Project/Senior Seminar Units: 3

Required Sequence - 6 units

The sequence requirement allows students to explore an area of interest in more depth. Students choose one of the following sequences.

Electives - 6 units

(Courses used to meet the major requirements above cannot be selected as electives)

• ENGL 210 - Themes in World Literature Units: 3
• ENGL 251 - Secrets of Academic Writing Units: 3
• ENGL 260 - Perspectives in Creative Writing Units: 3
• ENGL 311 - Bilingual Literary Studies/Estudios Literarios Bilingues (Cross-listed as SPAN 311) Units: 3
• ENGL 325 - Major Non-Western Authors Units: 3
• ENGL 326 - Major British and European Authors Units: 3
• ENGL 327 - Major American Authors Units: 3
• ENGL 328 - Mythology Units: 3
• ENGL 331 - Narratives of the Working Class (Cross-listed as SOC 331, POLS 331, ECON 331, HIST 331) Units: 3
• ENGL 332 - Teaching Dramatic Literature (Cross-listed as PATH 332) Units: 3
• ENGL 333 - Multicultural Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as PATH 333) Units: 3
• ENGL 334 - Narratives of Southern California (Cross-listed as HIST 334) Units: 3
• ENGL 335 - American Ethnic Images in Novels, Film and Art (Cross-listed as ART 335, HIST 335) Units: 3
• ENGL 336 - Multicultural Literature and Communication (Cross-listed as COMM 336) Units: 3
• ENGL 337 - Literature of the Environment Units: 3
• ENGL 338 - Science and Conscience (Cross-listed as PHYS 338) Units: 3
• ENGL 339 - Psychology and Literature (Cross-listed as PSY 339) Units: 3
• ENGL 340 - Business and Economics in Literature (Cross-listed as ECON 340, BUS 340) Units: 3
• ENGL 341 - Modern American Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as PATH 341) Units: 3
• ENGL 342 - Modern British and European Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as PATH 342) Units: 3
• ENGL 344 - World Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as PATH 344) Units: 3
• ENGL 354 - Studies in Cultural Literatures Units: 3 (Repeatable by Topic)
• ENGL 378 - Contemporary Native American Authors: Telecourse Units: 3
• ENGL 400 - Contemporary Literature Units: 3
• ENGL 410 - Shakespeare’s Plays (Cross-listed as PATH 410) Units: 3
• ENGL 412 - Drama of Ancient Greece (Cross-listed as PATH 412) Units: 3
• ENGL 430 - Tradition and Transformation: Literature, History, and Cultural Change (Cross-listed as HIST 430) Units: 3
• ENGL 431 - European Renaissance Literature and Art (Cross-listed as ART 431) Units: 3
• ENGL 432 - Arts of the Harlem Renaissance (Cross-listed as ART 432, PAMU 432) Units: 3
• ENGL 433 - Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Studies (Cross-listed as GEND 433) Units: 3
• ENGL 444 - Original Practice in Renaissance Drama (Cross-listed as PATH 444) Units: 3
• ENGL 456 - Women’s Fiction Units: 3
• ENGL 461 - Fiction Writing Units: 3
• ENGL 462 - Poetry Writing Units: 3
• ENGL 463 - Writing for the Stage (Cross-listed as PATH 463) Units: 3
• ENGL 464 - Creative Nonfiction Units: 3
• ENGL 466 - Screenwriting (Cross-listed as PA 466) Units: 3
• ENGL 474 - Approaches to English Grammar Units: 3
• ENGL 475 - Language in Social Context Units: 3
• ENGL 477 - Adolescent Literature Units: 3
• ENGL 478 - Writing as Reflective Practice Units: 3
• ENGL 482 - Technical and Business Writing Units: 3
• ENGL 483 - Technical Visual Communication Units: 3

Required Supporting and Other GE Courses - 72 units

6 units of UDIGE can be double counted in the major
3 units must be outside the major and outside any optional emphasis.