The Bachelor of Arts in English
OPTION IN ENGLISH STUDIES
TRACKING SHEET
California State University, Chico – Department of English
Based on the 2019-2020 Catalog
Course Requirements for the Major: 43-60 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* Prerequisites 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 335W
Rhetoric and Writing
3.0
ENGL 340
Approaches to Literary Genres
3.0
The Option in English Studies: 34-35 units
Comparative, Continental European, World, and Multicultural Literatures
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 354
Classical Literature
3.0
ENGL 355
Bible, Literature, and Culture
3.0
ENGL 451
Modern Poetry
3.0
ENGL 453
Modern Drama
3.0
ENGL 454
Comparative Literature
3.0
ENGL 461
The Modern Novel
3.0
ENGL 464
Modern World Literature
3.0
ENGL 467
Teaching Multicultural Literature
3.0
ENGL 480
Literary Theory and Criticism
3.0
British Literature: Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 440W
Chaucer and His Age
3.0
ENGL 441W
Shakespeare
3.0
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 446
British Renaissance Literature
3.0
ENGL 448
The Long Eighteenth Century
3.0
ENGL 452
Development of British Drama
3.0
ENGL 455
The 18
th
-Century British Novel
3.0
British Literature: Romanticism to the Present
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 277
Survey of Later British Literature
3.0
ENGL 449
The Romantic Period
3.0
ENGL 450
The Victorian Period
3.0
ENGL 456
The 19
th
-Century British Novel
3.0
ENGL 468
20
th
-Cent. & Contemp. British Lit.
3.0
Early American Literature
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 278
Survey of Early American Literature
3.0
ENGL 458
Early American Literature
3.0
ENGL 465
American Literary Topics
3.0
Late American Literature
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 279
Survey of Later American Literature
3.0
ENGL 303
Survey of American Film
3.0
ENGL 457
The American Novel
3.0
ENGL 459
Later American Literature
3.0
ENGL 462
Studies in Major American Authors
3.0
Linguistics
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 472
Pedagogical Grammar
3.0
ENGL 475
History of the English Language
3.0
ENGL 477
Semantics: Language and Meaning
3.0
Creative Writing, Editing and Publishing
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 320W
Poetry Writing
4.0
ENGL 321W
Fiction Writing
4.0
ENGL 327W
Creative Nonfiction
4.0
ENGL 415
Editing Literary Magazines
4.0
Rhetoric, Composition, Literacy
1 course selected from:
Course #
Course Title
Units
Semester Taken
Grade
ENGL 332
Introduction to Literacy Studies
3.0
ENGL 333W
Adv. Composition for Future
Teachers
3.0
ENGL 338W
Environmental Rhetoric – Capstone
3.0
ENGL 431
Theory & Practice in Tutoring Comp.
4.0
9 units selected from:
Any upper-division English (ENGL) course except ENGL 499.
English Studies Advisor: Matt Brown | mdbrown@csuchico.edu | ARTS 242 | 530-898-5165
Revised 4/2019