IMPORTANT NOTE

The requirements below apply to those students with a 2023-2024 catalog year. Students are required by college policy to follow the major (and minor) requirements found in the catalog in effect at the time they declared their first major. To find your catalog year, please visit your Grades and Academic Records found in myOxy and access the catalog that matches your catalog year.

Placement Information

No placement exams are specifically required for the English major.

Sample 4-Year Plan

Major no concentration


Fall

Spring

Year 1

  • Fall FYS course

  • Foreign Language (4 or 5 units)

  • Core Requirement (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • Spring FYS course

  • ENGL 287(CPRF & CPPE)

  • Core Requirement (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 2

  • ENGL 290

  • Core Requirement

  • Core Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • (CPGC)ENGL 288

  • Core Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 3

  • ENGL 390

  • Group Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • (CPUD)ENGL 289

  • Group Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 4

  • (Senior Seminar)ENGL 490

  • Group Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • Group Requirement

  • English Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Major with a concentration in Creative Writing


Fall

Spring

Year 1

  • Fall FYS course

  • Foreign Language (4 or 5 units)

  • Core Requirement (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • Spring FYS course

  • ENGL 287 (CPRF & CPPE)

  • Core Requirement (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 2

  • ENGL 290

  • Core Requirement

  • Core Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • ENGL 288 (CPGC)

  • Creative Writing Elective

  • Core Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 3

  • ENGL 390

  • Group Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • ENGL 289 (CPUD)

  • Creative Writing Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 4

  • ENGL 490 (Senior Seminar)

  • Group Requirement

  • Creative Writing Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • Group Requirement

  • Creative Writing Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Curricular Notes:

  • Only one of the Group requirements may be at the 200-level
  • Two of the Creative Writing electives must be within the ENGL department

Transfer Credit Policies

The English Department policy on transfer credit conforms to College policy. Students should reference the Transfer Credit section for details. English majors who have completed the AP examination in English with a score of 4 or 5 may petition the department chair to be allowed to complete the major with 10 courses (including all required courses and Group I-IV categories) rather than the 11 specified above.

Contact English
Swan Hall 233