UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements.

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 258 or ENGL 259 or ENGL 275 (meets GE C2 Humanities) 3
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity 1
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 208 (meets GE C1 Arts) 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
GE E Lifelong Learning 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 355 3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government 3
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 436 3
Creative Writing course selected from: ENGL 308, ENGL 309, ENGL 310, ENGL 408, ENGL 409, ENGL 410, ENGL 457A-Z
(ENGL 308, ENGL 309, ENGL 310 recommended)		 3
Literatures of Cultural Diversity course selected from: AIS 318/ENGL 318, ENGL 311, ENGL 368, ENGL 369, ENGL 371, ENGL 431, ENGL 433, ENGL 434, ENGL 487 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 464 or ENGL 465 3
British Literature course selected from: ENGL 414, ENGL 416, ENGL 417, ENGL 418, ENGL 419, ENGL 420, ENGL 443, ENGL 449, ENGL 452, ENGL 456, ENGL 458, ENGL 460, ENGL 466, ENGL 467 3
Creative Writing course selected from: ENGL 308, ENGL 309, ENGL 310, ENGL 408, ENGL 409, ENGL 410, ENGL 457A-Z 3
Upper Division GE Section D1 Social Sciences 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 473 or ENGL 474 or ENGL 477 3
Creative Writing course selected from: ENGL 308, ENGL 309, ENGL 310, ENGL 408, ENGL 409, ENGL 410, ENGL 457A-Z 3
Upper Division English Elective* 3
Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 457A-Z or ENGL 490 or ENGL 491 or ENGL 512 3
20th Century Literature course selected from: ENGL 427, ENGL 461, ENGL 462, ENGL 463A, ENGL 463B, ENGL 468, ENGL 475, ENGL 476, ENGL 478 3
Upper Division English Elective* 3
Electives 6
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.

*Select any upper division courses except for ENGL 305.