The Bachelor of Arts in English
OPTION IN LITERATURE
TRACKING SHEET
California State University, Chico Department of English
Based on the 2019-2020 Catalog
Course Requirements for the Major: 42-60 units
Completion of the following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, is required of all candidates for this
degree. Additional required courses, depending upon the selected option are outlined following the major core
program requirements.
*PLEASE NOTE* Pr
erequisites are not included on this tracking sheet. Use the University Catalog on the Chico
State Website to view prerequisites.
Major Core Program: 9 units
3 courses required:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 276
Survey of Early British Literature
3.0
ENGL 335
Rhetoric and Writing
3.0
ENGL 340
Approaches to Literary Genres
3.0
The Option in Literature: 36-39 units
2 courses selected from:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 277
Survey of Later British Literature
3.0
ENGL 278
Survey of Early American Literature
3.0
ENGL 279
Survey of Later American Literature
3.0
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 371
Principles of Language
3.0
ENGL 375
Introduction to English Grammar
3.0
ENGL 475
History of the English Language
3.0
English Literary Figures
1 course selected from:
Course # Course Title
Units Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 440W
Chaucer and His Age
3.0
ENGL 441W
Shakespeare
3.0
Early Literature
1 course selected from:
Course # Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 354
Classical Literature
3.0
ENGL 446
British Renaissance Literature
3.0
ENGL 448
The Long Eighteenth Century
3.0
ENGL 458
Early American Literature
3.0
ENGL 465
American Literary Topics
3.0
ENGL 480
Literary Theory and Criticism
3.0
Later Literature
2 courses selected from:
Course # Course Title Units Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 303
Survey of American Film
3.0
ENGL 404
Fiction and the Supernatural
3.0
ENGL 449
The Romantic Period
3.0
ENGL 450
The Victorian Period
3.0
ENGL 454
Comparative Literature
3.0
ENGL 459
Later American Literature
3.0
ENGL 462
Studies in Major American Authors
3.0
ENGL 468
20
th
-Cent. & Contemp. British Lit.
3.0
Literature and Diversity
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 350W
Sci., Tech., Lit. of Culture Change
3.0
ENGL 364W
Amer. Ethnic and Reg. Lit. in Focus
3.0
ENGL 464
Modern World Literature
3.0
ENGL 467
Teaching Multicultural Literature
3.0
Language, Form, and Genre
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 304
Comics and Graphic Novels
3.0
ENGL 371
Principles of Language
3.0
ENGL 375
Intro to English Grammar
3.0
ENGL 405
The Bildungsroman: Novels of Devel.
3.0
ENGL 451
Modern Poetry
3.0
ENGL 452
Development of British Drama
3.0
ENGL 453
Modern Drama
3.0
ENGL 455
The 18
th
-Century British Novel
3.0
ENGL 456
The 19
th
-Century British Novel
3.0
ENGL 457
The American Novel
3.0
ENGL 461
The Modern Novel
3.0
ENGL 475
History of the English Language
3.0
3 courses selected from:
Any upper-division English (ENGL) course, excluding ENGL 398, 399, 489, 498H, and 499.
English Lit. Advisor: Matt Brown | mdbrown@csuchico.edu | ARTS 242 | 530-898-5165
Revised 4/2019