Jul 29, 2024

2024-2025 Cal State East Bay Catalog

English Minor

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Minor Requirements (24 units)

English Coursework

Students minoring in English must take 20 units of English courses. A maximum of 9 of these units may be in lower-division courses. The following courses are excluded and may not be used in the minor: ENGL 100-level courses, ENGL 200, ENGL 201, ENGL 300, ENGL 301, ENGL 302.

Writing Coursework

Students minoring in English must take at least one (1) course in writing for 4 units from the list below:

ENGL 204 - Writing About Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
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 303W - Advanced Expository Writing Units: 4; UWR
ENGL 304 - Introduction to Technical and Professional Writing Units: 4
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

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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

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