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CREDENTIAL INFORMATION: The Department of Theatre, in cooperation with the Department of English, offers an Extended Studies in Theatre that can be chosen as part of obtaining an English Credential. Students interested in securing a teaching credential in English should first consult with the English Credential Advisor in the English Department.

THE SINGLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL
The English Subject Matter Option is designed for prospective secondary school English teachers and is a state-approved waiver program. Students receive a BA in English and a single-subject competency waiver by completing the approved coursework with no grade below a C and maintaining a GPA of 2.99 or better; students must also complete the Subject Matter Exit Interview, the English Department’s exit evaluation of single-subject competence. In compliance with state requirements, students must complete 20 hours of daytime Early Field Experience in schools (completed in English 406 and 429).

To be eligible for the credential program in the School of Education, students must also pass the CBEST and complete 45 hours of classroom observation at a school site. Upon completion of coursework adhering to the above requirements and successful completion of the English Subject Matter Exit Interview, students are eligible to enter a traditional credential program in the School of Education. For further information about the single-subject credential in English, consult the Credential Office.
298 English

The English Subject Matter Option combines a 42-unit core with a specified emphasis of 12 units in one of six Extended Study areas. Students should consult with the Subject Matter Advisor before they achieve their junior standing to review their coursework and to choose an emphasis. Transfer students should also see the Subject Matter Advisor as soon as possible for academic advising. Transfer students should review the lower- division GE courses required for this Option.

CORE PROGRAM (42 UNITS)
LOWER-DIVISION REQUIRED COURSES (9 Units)

Complete the following (one of which may be double-counted for a lower-division GE):
ENGL 258 Major English Writers I...............................3
ENGL 259 Major English Writers II..............................3
ENGL 275 Major American Writers..............................3

UPPER-DIVISON REQUIRED COURSES (33 units)

Upper-Division GE Courses (6-units double-counted):
COMS 309 Advanced Public Speaking .........................3
TH 473/L Dramatic Performance in the Secondary
Language-Arts Curriculum .........................3
Take all five of the following:
ENGL 355 Writing About Literature...............................3
ENGL 406 Advanced Expository Writing for
Teachers.........................................................3
ENGL 429 Adolescent Literature....................................3
ENGL 436 Major Critical Theories.................................3
ENGL 495ESM Senior Seminar in Literature: English
Subject Matter...............................................3
Shakespeare (3 units)
Select one course from the following:
ENGL 416 Shakespeare: Selected Plays.........................3
ENGL 417 Shakespeare: A Survey..................................3

Literatures of Cultural Diversity (3 units)
Select one course from the following:

ENGL 311 History of African-American Writing...........3
ENGL 314 North American Indian Literature.................3
ENGL 368 Gay Male Writers..........................................3
ENGL 369 Lesbian Writers.............................................3
ENGL 371 Issues in Jewish-American Writing..............3
ENGL 431 Images of Women in Writing........................3
ENGL 433 Women Authors.............................................3
ENGL 434 19th Century Women Novelists....................3
ENGL 487 Latino/a Literature.........................................3
AAS 321 Asian American Fiction................................3
CHS 380 Chicana/o Literature......................................3
CHS 381 Contemporary Chicana Literature.................3
PAS 344 Literature of Caribbean and African
Experience.....................................................3
PAS 346 Contemporary Black Female Writers............3
Linguistics and Language Study (6 units)

Take the following:

ENGL 301 Language and Linguistics.............................3

Select one course from the following:

ENGL 302 Introduction to Modern Grammar.................3
ENGL 405 Language Differences & Language
Change...........................................................3

Verification of Early Field Experience: Students must supply verification of completed early field experience.
Verification of Successful Basic Syntax, Grammar, and Written Usage Diagnostic: Students must successfully complete exercises assessing their mechanics and written usage skills.

EXTENDED STUDY (12 UNITS)
Theatre Extended Study:
Perspective and Focus (12 units):
Please see the Subject Matter Advisor in Theater for specific information concerning course sequencing and requirements for Production Participation, Independent Study, and Internship in the Arts:
TH 111 Actors and Acting .....................................3
TH 315 World Drama ............................................3
TH 371/L Creative Drama ........................................3
TH 490A Production Participation ...........................1
TH 599 Independent Study ....................................1
TH 594 Internship in the Arts ................................1
TOTAL UNITS IN THE MAJOR, OPTION III: 54 (9 units double counted)
GENERAL EDUCATION AND TITLE 5 (39 UNITS)
To meet the 48-unit GE requirement, students may double count 3 units from the Lower-Division major requirements (258, 259, 275), and students may double count Communication Studies 309 and Theatre 473/473L for both GE-Humanities and for the major.