Program: English, B.A.: Creative Writing Concentration - CSU East Bay

English, B.A. Program (120 units)

Program Description

The university offers the B.A. degree in English with three distinct concentrations: literature, creative writing, and English language and literacies. The student seeking a degree must observe the general university requirements stated elsewhere in this catalog as well as the specific departmental requirements stated here.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students graduating with a B.A. in English from Cal State East Bay will be able to:

analyze and interpret literary genres represented by a range of texts;
write in clear and cogent prose;
demonstrate knowledge of key English language texts, including multicultural works;
use critical theory to examine literary texts;
conduct research relevant to the discipline of English studies and analyze connections among literary works and social issues.

Program Roadmaps

These program roadmaps represent recommended pathways through the program. Please see an advisor to create an education plan that is customized to meet your needs.

4-Year Freshmen Roadmaps

2-Year ADT Roadmaps

Career Opportunities

Advertising Copy Writer • Author/Critic • Bookstore Manager • Continuity Writer • Corporate Communications Director • Foreign Service Office • Freelance Journalist/Writer • Greeting Card Editor/Writer • Lawyer • Librarian • Media Specialist • Newspaper Reporter • Public Information Officer • Publication Editor • Publicity Director • Publishing Agent • Radio/TV Agent • Script Writer • Teacher/Professor • Writer

Degree Requirements

The B.A. degree requires a total of 120 units.
- The major consists of 52 units (students must complete with a grade point average of 3.0 or better);
- General Education (GE) & Graduation Requirements (GR) consists of 57 units;
- Free electives may consist of 11 units (actual number of free elective units may depend on GE/GR units).

Note: It may be possible to double count units within the graduation requirement. It may also be possible that a course satisfies both a graduation requirement and a major requirement. Students should contact their program advisors for information.

English Major Requirements (52 units)

Note: All courses must be completed with grade C- or better to be counted toward the major.

Lower Division Core

The following 12 units are required:

ENGL 204 - Writing About Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
Take one (1) additional lower- or upper-division English major elective course for 4 units.
Choose one (1) course in creative writing for 4 units:
ENGL 205 - Beginning Workshop in Fiction Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
ENGL 206 - Beginning Workshop in Poetry Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1

Upper-Division Core

The following 12 units are required:

Choose one (1) course in writing or theory for 4 units:
ENGL 303W - Advanced Expository Writing Units: 4; UWR
ENGL 304 - Introduction to Technical and Professional Writing Units: 4
ENGL 307 - Intermediate Workshop in Creative Nonfiction Units: 4
ENGL 340 - Critical Theory of Literature Units: 4
Choose one (1) course in linguistics for 4 units:
ENGL 350 - Study of Language Units: 4
ENGL 351 - Modern English Grammar Units: 4
Choose one (1) course in Shakespeare for 4 units:
ENGL 411 - Early Shakespeare Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
ENGL 412 - Late Shakespeare Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C

Concentrations

The Department of Writing, Languages and Literatures offers three concentrations for degree candidates. Students must choose one (1) of the following concentrations for 24 units as a major requirement:

Senior Capstone Requirement

The following senior capstone for 4 units is required to complete the major:

ENGL 499 - Senior Seminar Units: 4

Creative Writing Concentration

English majors with a concentration in creative writing must complete six (6) additional courses for 24 units as described below:

One (1) beginning workshop for 4 units, whichever course was not taken in the core curriculum:
ENGL 205 - Beginning Workshop in Fiction Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
ENGL 206 - Beginning Workshop in Poetry Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
One (1) intermediate or advanced workshop course for 4 units:

ENGL 305 Intermediate Workshop in Fiction

ENGL 406 Advanced Workshop in Poetry
Take an additional two (2) workshop courses for 8 units:

Note: ENGL 305, 405 & 406 may be taken a second time for a total of 8 units for this section only
ENGL 305 - Intermediate Workshop in Fiction Units: 4
ENGL 307 - Intermediate Workshop in Creative Nonfiction Units: 4
ENGL 405 - Advanced Workshop in Fiction Units: 4
ENGL 406 - Advanced Workshop in Poetry Units: 4
Take two elective courses for an additional 8 units: one (1) upper division course in 20th or 21st century literature and one (1) elective, from the following English Course Types:
- American/Global Literature
- American Literature
- British Literature (except ENGL 309)
- Foundation (ENGL 204 only)
- Global Literature (except ENGL 330, 342, 343, 446)
- Language/Grammar (except ENGL 354, 450, 451)
- Literary Theory
- World Literature

Other Undergraduate Degree Requirements

In addition to major requirements, every student must also complete the University’s baccalaureate requirements for graduation, which are described in the Undergrad Baccalaureate & Program Requirements chapter of this catalog.

Department Courses Listed by Course Type

Writing, Language, and Literatures Courses

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Courses

Writing, Languages, and Literatures

• MLL 111 - Speaking of Love: Oral Communication in Multicultural Setting Units: 3
• MLL 112 - Writing Horror: Written Communication in Multicultural Setting Units: 3
• MLL 171 - Elementary Korean I: Language & Humanities Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 172 - Elementary Korean II: Language & Arts Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• MLL 211 - Multicultural Cinema Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• MLL 216 - Asian Horror Films Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1; Social Justice
• MLL 225 - Transcultural Franco-Phone Cinema Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 334 - Deaf View Image Art (De’VIA) and Deaf Artists Units: 4; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
• MLL 372 - Korean Folktale and Culture Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
• MLL 398 - Internship Units: 1-3
• MLL 472 - Modern Korean Short Stories in English Translation Units: 4
• MLL 490 - Independent Study Units: 1-4
• MLL 497 - Issues in Modern World Languages and Literatures Units: 3
• MLL 498 - Internship Units: 1-3

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: American Literature

• ENGL 220 - Immigration and Migration in American Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2; Diversity
• ENGL 319 - Moby Dick and Literatures of the Ocean Units: 4; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
• ENGL 320 - Major Works of American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 322 - African-American Literature Before 1945 Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
• ENGL 323 - African-American Literature After 1945 Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
• ENGL 324 - Women’s Literature and Feminist Theory Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
• ENGL 325 - Asian-American Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
• ENGL 421 - 19th-Century American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 423 - Ethnic American Women’s Literature After 1900 Units: 4 ;Breadth Area GE-UD-C; Diversity
• ENGL 425 - American Novel After 1900 Units: 4
• ENGL 444 - Short Story Units: 4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: American/Global Literature

• ENGL 210 - Banned Books and Contested Narratives Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2; Social Justice
• ENGL 328 - Latinx Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
• ENGL 343 - Crime Fiction Units: 4; Breadth Area GE-UD-C
• ENGL 344 - Literatures of Environmental Justice Units: 4;Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Sustainability
• ENGL 361 - Science Fiction: Speculative Fiction Units: 4; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: American Sign Language

• MLL 131 - Elementary American Sign Language I: Language and Humanities Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 132 - Elementary American Sign Language II: Language and Arts Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• MLL 231 - American Sign Language III: American Sign Language and Deaf Cultures Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 232 - American Sign Language IV: American Deaf Sociocultural Issues Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
• MLL 331 - Advanced American Sign Language I Units: 4
• MLL 332 - Advanced American Sign Language II Units: 4
• MLL 333 - American Deaf Culture Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Diversity
• MLL 335 - Classifiers in American Sign Language Units: 3
• MLL 431 - Linguistics in American Sign Language Units: 3
• MLL 432 - Sociolinguistics of Black American Sign Language Units: 4;Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Diversity

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: British Literature

• ENGL 309 - Major Works of British Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 411 - Early Shakespeare Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
• ENGL 412 - Late Shakespeare Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
• ENGL 415 - 19th-Century British Literature Units: 4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Chinese

• MLL 161 - Elementary Mandarin Chinese I: Language and Humanities Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 162 - Elementary Mandarin Chinese II: Language and Arts Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• MLL 163 - Intensive Elementary Mandarin Chinese Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• MLL 261 - Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I: Hanzi Logographic Cultures Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 262 - Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II: Chinese American Sociocultural Issues Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
• MLL 362 - Chinese Folktales and Culture Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
• MLL 366 - New Chinese Cinema in English Translation Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice
• MLL 462 - Modern Chinese Short Stories in English Translation Units: 4; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
• MLL 465 - Chinese Wisdom and Ink-wash Animation in English Translation Units: 3

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Education

• ENGL 398 - Internship Units: 1-3
• ENGL 460 - Seminar in English Education Units: 4
• ENGL 498 - Internship Units: 1-3

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Film

• ENGL 240 - Introduction to American Film Units: 4
• ENGL 447 - Film Criticism Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Foundation

• ENGL 100 - College Writing: Stretch I Units: 3
• ENGL 101 - College Writing: Stretch II Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-A2
• ENGL 102 - Accelerated College Writing Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-A2
• ENGL 103 - College Writing: Stretch I (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Units: 3
• ENGL 104 - College Writing: Stretch II (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-A2
• ENGL 105 - College Reading for Fluency Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• ENGL 106 - Academic Vocabulary Development Units: 3
• ENGL 109 - College Writing Lab Units: 1
• ENGL 200 - College Writing II Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: Second Composition
• ENGL 201 - College Writing II (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Units: 3
• ENGL 204 - Writing About Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• ENGL 490 - Independent Study Units: 1-4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: French

• MLL 121 - Elementary French I: Language and Humanities Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 122 - Elementary French II: Language and Arts Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• MLL 221 - Intermediate French I: Francophone Cultures Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 222 - Intermediate French II: Francophone American Sociocultural Issues Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
• MLL 311F - Studies in Modern Languages and Literatures Francophones Units: 1
• MLL 323 - Francophone Culture and Civilization through Cinema Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
• MLL 324 - Francophone Literature in Translation Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
• MLL 326W - Sexuality and Feminism in Francophone Literature and Cinema Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C ; Social Justice; UWR
• MLL 421 - French-English Translation Units: 3
• MLL 422W - LGBTQ Francophone Cinema Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice; UWR
• MLL 425 - Postcolonial Francophone Rap/Hip-Hop Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
• MLL 428 - French for the Professions Units: 4
• MLL 429 - French for Reading Knowledge Units: 4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Global Literature

• ENGL 310 - Medieval Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 311 - Dante’s Worlds Units: 4
• ENGL 327 - LGBT Literature and Queer Theory Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
• ENGL 341 - The Gothic Units: 4
• ENGL 342 - Environmental Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Sustainability
• ENGL 345 - Comics and Graphic Novels Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
• ENGL 430 - Bible as Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 431 - World Mythology Units: 4
• ENGL 436 - Contemporary Global Novel Units: 4
• ENGL 446 - Modern and Contemporary Poetry Units: 4
• ENGL 462 - Children’s Literature before 1900 Units: 4
• ENGL 463 - Children’s Literature after 1900 Units: 4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Graduate

• ENGL 600 - Introduction to Graduate Studies Units: 4
• ENGL 602 - Graduate Workshop in Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 612 - Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 620 - American Literature to 1900 Units: 4
• ENGL 621 - African-American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 623 - Ethnic American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 630 - Women’s Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 633 - Environmental Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 651 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Oral Skills to Adults Units: 4
• ENGL 652 - Phonology, Morphology and Lexical Semantics Units: 4
• ENGL 653 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Reading to Adults Units: 4
• ENGL 654 - Supervised Tutoring and Teaching Units: 2
• ENGL 655 - Multilingualism and Second Language Acquisition Units: 4
• ENGL 656 - Pedagogical Grammar Units: 4
• ENGL 657 - Curriculum Design and Assessment in ESOL for Adult Learners Units: 4
• ENGL 660 - Introduction to Composition Studies Theory and Methods Units: 4
• ENGL 690 - Independent Study Units: 1-4
• ENGL 691 - University Thesis Units: 4
• ENGL 698 - Internship Units: 1-3
• ENGL 699 - Departmental Thesis Units: 2-4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Japanese

• MLL 151 - Elementary Japanese I: Language and Humanities Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 152 - Elementary Japanese II: Language and Arts Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• MLL 153 - Intensive Elementary Japanese Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• MLL 251 - Intermediate Japanese I: Kanji Logographic Cultures Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• MLL 252 - Intermediate Japanese II: Japanese American Sociocultural Issues Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
• MLL 351 - Japan Headline News: A Japanese-English Bilingual Study Units: 4
• MLL 352 - Japanese Folktales and Culture Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
• MLL 358 - Experiencing Japanese Culture in English Translation Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice
• MLL 452 - Modern Japanese Short Stories in English Translation Units: 4; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
• MLL 455 - Japanese Manga and Anime Masterpieces in English Translation Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Language/Grammar

• ENGL 350 - Study of Language Units: 4
• ENGL 351 - Modern English Grammar Units: 4
• ENGL 353 - Linguistic History of the English Language Units: 4
• ENGL 355W - Language, Gender, and Social Change Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice; UWR
• ENGL 450 - Current Theories in Formal Grammar Units: 4
• ENGL 451 - Language in the U.S.A. Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Diversity
• ENGL 497 - Topics in the Study of the English Language Units: 4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Literary Theory

• ENGL 340 - Critical Theory of Literature Units: 4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Other

• ENGL 346 - Literature and Health Care Units: 4; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
• ENGL 390 - Occam’s Razor Literary Magazine Intensive Units: 4
• ENGL 441 - Queer Early Modern Literature Units: 4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Rhetoric and Composition

• ENGL 251 - Grammar for Writers Units: 4
• ENGL 300W - Writing for Inquiry Units: 3; UWR
• ENGL 301W - Writing for Inquiry (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Units: 3; UWR
• ENGL 302 - Discursive Writing Units: 3
• ENGL 303W - Advanced Expository Writing Units: 4; UWR
• ENGL 304 - Introduction to Technical and Professional Writing Units: 4
• ENGL 499 - Senior Seminar Units: 4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Spanish

• SPAN 141 - Elementary Spanish I: Language and Humanities Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• SPAN 142 - Elementary Spanish II: Language and Arts Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• SPAN 146 - Beginning Spanish Language and Culture for Healthcare Professionals Units: 4 ; Breadth Area GE-C2
• SPAN 241 - Intermediate Spanish I: Hispanophone Cultures Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• SPAN 242 - Intermediate Spanish II: Hispanophone American Sociocultural Issues Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
• SPAN 246 - Intermediate Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Units: 4
• SPAN 341 - Spanish Conversation Units: 4
• SPAN 343 - Spanish Composition and Syntax Units: 4
• SPAN 344 - Spanish Linguistics and Phonetics Units: 4
• SPAN 345 - Spanish Textual Analysis in a Multicultural Context Units: 4
• SPAN 440 - Latin American Pop Culture: Narratives Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice
• SPAN 443 - Food Cultures in the Latinx Communities Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
• SPAN 447 - Latin American Global and Cultural Studies Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
• SPAN 448 - Spanish Global and Cultural Studies Units: 3
• SPAN 449 - Selected Topics in Hispanic Studies Units: 3

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Spanish-American Literature and Culture

• SPAN 441 - Introduction to Spanish American Literature: 1492 to 1900 Units: 3
• SPAN 442 - Introduction to Spanish American Literature: 1900 to the Present Units: 3
• SPAN 445 - Cultures of Spanish America Units: 3

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture

• SPAN 444 - Survey Spanish Literature II: 18th Century to Present Units: 3
• SPAN 446 - Cultures of Spain Units: 3

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: World Literature

• ENGL 203 - Introduction to Dramatic Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
• ENGL 312 - Renaissance Humanism Units: 4

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Writing Workshop

• ENGL 205 - Beginning Workshop in Fiction Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• ENGL 206 - Beginning Workshop in Poetry Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
• ENGL 305 - Intermediate Workshop in Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 307 - Intermediate Workshop in Creative Nonfiction Units: 4
• ENGL 308W - Writing Bad Bodies Units: 3; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice; UWR
• ENGL 405 - Advanced Workshop in Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 406 - Advanced Workshop in Poetry Units: 4

Writing, Languages and Literatures Courses