Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: English with a Concentration in Cultural Studies

English with a Concentration in Cultural Studies

(Requirements for the English major with a concentration in cultural studies are listed below. Follow this link for the English Minor requirements.)

Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

Degree Requirements 

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Division Requirements:

Literature and Languages 

Students are required to fulfill the division requirements for their major.

Total divisional units: 3

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 13

Eight Units of Literature:

Three units of 200-level English courses

  • A minimum of one unit of poetry (ENG 211, ENG 212, ENG 213)

A minimum of five units of 300- or 400-level English courses (excluding 470)

  • A maximum of one in creative writing
  • Students should inquire with the English department about appropriate substitutions, including study abroad

A minimum of two units in literature prior to 1900

  • A minimum of one in literature prior to 1700

A minimum of two units in literature in translation

Two Units in 200-level Humanities

  • Students wishing to substitute two units more closely allied to their area of interest should consult with their adviser and submit a proposal to the English department

One Unit of Junior Year Requirements:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
ENG 301 - Junior Seminar in English Literary History

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and two 200-level ENG courses

  • Junior qualifying examination
  • Two units of Thesis

    Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
    ENG 470 - Thesis

    Recommended, but Not Required:

    Fiction/narrative are recommended for the remaining 200-level English courses.

    Notes: