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4-Year Plan: English / Creative Writing option

College of Humanities


This is a registration planning tool. If you follow the outline of courses for each semester, you will complete your degree program in four years. Students should consult with an academic advisor on a regular basis and note that these plans serve only as a guide to graduation.

To apply for admission at CSUN, go to www.csumentor.edu and select major code 671554B.

Key

Contact

English Department
www.csun.edu/english
Sierra Tower 706
(818) 677-3431

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course

Units

GE Basic Skills: Written Communication

GE Basic Skills: Mathematics

GE Social Science

Elective                

Elective

3

3

3

3

3

Total

15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course

Units

Lower Division Literature Requirement (will also meet GE Arts and Humanities)

GE Basic Skills: Oral Communication

GE Basic Skills: Critical Thinking           

GE Natural Science (with lab requirement)                   

Elective

3

3

3

4

2

Total

15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course

Units

English 208

Title 5 Requirement

GE Natural Science (with lab requirement)

GE Lifelong Learning

Elective

3

3

4

3

2

Total

15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course

Units

English 355

Title 5 Requirement

GE Comparative Cultures

Electives

3

3

3

6

Total

15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course

Units

English 436

Literatures of Culture Diversity Requirement

Creative Writing Requirement (Engl 308/309/310 recommended)

GE Upper Division Arts and Humanities (select course to complete IC part 2 requirement)

Elective

3

3

3

3

 

3

Total

15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course

Units

English 464 or 465

Creative Writing Requirement

British Literature Before 1900 Requirement

GE Upper Division Social Sciences

Elective

3

3

3

3

3

Total

15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course

Units

Creative Writing Requirement

American Literature Requirement

Upper Division English Electives

GE Upper Division Comparative Cultures

3

3

6

3

Total

15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course

Units

English 490 or 491

Twentieth Century Literature Requirement

Upper Division English Elective

Electives

3

3

3

6

Total

15

OVERALL TOTAL UNITS

120