This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):
- 2025 English, B.A./Subject Matter Program for the Single Subject Credential Option
- 2026 English, B.A./Subject Matter Program for the Single Subject Credential Option
YEAR 1: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) | 3 |
| GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| Elective* | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 1: 2nd Semester
YEAR 2: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| ENGL 259 | 3 |
| GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) | 3 |
| GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity | 1 |
| CARQ American History Campus Requirement | 3 |
| CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement | 3 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 2: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| ENGL 275 | 3 |
| Literatures of Cultural Diversity course selected from: AAS 321, AFRS 344, AFRS 346, AIS 318/ENGL 318, CHS 380, CHS 381, ENGL 311, ENGL 368, ENGL 369, ENGL 371, ENGL 431, ENGL 433, ENGL 434, ENGL 487 | 3 |
| One course selected from: AAS 347, AFRS 161, CHS 260, POLS 155 or POLS 355 (meets GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government) | 3 |
| GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 3: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| ENGL 301 | 3 |
| ENGL 355 | 3 |
| TH 473/L (meets GE Area 3A Arts) | 3 |
| Extended Study** | 3 |
| GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 3: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| COMS 309 | 3 |
| ENGL 302 or ENGL 400 or ENGL 405 | 3 |
| ENGL 406 | 3 |
| ENGL 436 | 3 |
| Extended Study** | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 4: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| ENGL 416 or ENGL 417 | 3 |
| ENGL 429 | 3 |
| Extended Study** | 3 |
| GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 4: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| ENGL 495ESM | 3 |
| Extended Study** | 3 |
| Electives | 9 |
| Total | 15 |
| OVERALL TOTAL UNITS | 120 |
One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.
*Enroll in ENGL 208 for the Creative Writing Extended Study. Enroll in TH 111 for the Theatre Extended Study.
**See catalog for Extended Study areas. Courses taken for the core program may not be double-counted in the chosen Extended Study.