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Bachelor's

English BA

University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science 95 courses

About This Program

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree in English are expected to meet with the undergraduate counselors and undergraduate faculty adviser to plan and follow a course of study that incorporates their interests and goals with the fulfillment of requirements for the degree. The English major is a designated capstone program. Students have the option of completing a capstone seminar or other culminating work that enables them to use knowledge and skills acquired through previous coursework to engage, under the guidance of a faculty member, in literary research or other creative projects that result in a final paper or other product.

Degree Requirements

Preparation for the Major

Complete five courses and a foreign language requirement as follows:

Preparation for the Major: English Composition 3

Complete the following course:

Code Course Title Credits
ENGCOMP 3 English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language 5

Preparation for the Major: English 4W series

Select one course from:

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 4W Critical Reading and Writing 5
ENGL 4HW Critical Reading and Writing (Honors) 5
ENGL 4WX Critical Reading and Writing (Community-Engaged Learning) 5

Preparation for the Major: English 10 series

Complete the following three courses in the stated sequence (each course is a requisite for the next course):

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 10A Literatures in English to 1700 5
ENGL 10B Literatures in English, 1700 to 1850 5
ENGL 10C Literatures in English, 1850 to Present 5

Preparation for the Major: Foreign Language

Complete either (1) level five or equivalent in any one foreign language or (2) level three or equivalent in one foreign language and two additional courses in foreign language or literature in translation.

The Major

Complete 10 4- or 5-unit upper-division English courses as follows:

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses

Select four historical period courses, one from each of the following four periods:

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (a) Literatures in English to 1500

Select from English 140A through 148 or indicated sections of 149:

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (a) Literatures in English to 1500: Indicated Sections of English 149

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 149 Medievalisms 5

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (b) Literatures in English, 1500 to 1700

Select from English 150A through 157, 166A, or indicated sections of 159 or 159R:

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (b) Literatures in English, 1500 to 1700: English 166A

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 166A Colonial Beginnings of American Literature 5

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (b) Literatures in English, 1500 to 1700: Indicated Sections of English 159 or 159R

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 159 Topics in Literature, circa 1500 to 1700 5
ENGL 159R Topics in Literature, circa 1500 to 1700: Research Component 5

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (c) Literatures in English, 1700 to 1850

Select from English 160A through 165C, 166B through 168, or indicated sections of 169 or 169R or 176:

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (c) Literatures in English, 1700 to 1850: English 166B through 168

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 166B American Literature, 1776 to 1832 5
ENGL 166C American Literature, 1832 to 1865 5
ENGL 167A American Poetry to 1900 5
ENGL 167B American Fiction to 1900 5
ENGL 168 Major American Writers 5

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (c) Literatures in English, 1700 to 1850: Indicated Sections of English 169, 169R, or 176

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 169 Topics in Literature, circa 1700 to 1850 5
ENGL 169R Topics in Literature, circa 1700 to 1850: Research Component 5
ENGL 176 Hemispheric American Literature 5

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (d) Literatures in English, 1850 to present

Select courses from:

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL M101B Queer Literatures and Cultures, 1850 to 1970 5
ENGL M101C Queer Literatures and Cultures after 1970 5
ENGL M102A Historical Survey of Asian American Literature 5
ENGL M102B Contemporary Asian American Literary Issues and Criticism 5
ENGL M104A Early African American Literature 5
ENGL M104B African American Literature from Harlem Renaissance to 1960s 5
ENGL M104C African American Literature of 1960s and 1970s 5
ENGL M104D Contemporary African American Literature 5
ENGL M105B Chicana/Chicano Literature from Mexican Revolution to el Movimiento, 1920 to 1970s 5
ENGL M105C Chicana/Chicano Literature since el Movimiento, 1970s to Present 5
ENGL M105D Introduction to Latina/Latino Literature 5
ENGL M105E Studies in Chicana/Chicano and/or Latina/Latino Literature 5
ENGL 116B Introduction to Electronic Literature 5
ENGL 130 Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures 5
ENGL 131 Studies in Postcolonial Literatures 5
ENGL 164B 19th-Century Critical Prose 5
ENGL 164C 19th-Century Novel 5
ENGL 164D Global 19th Century 5
ENGL 167A American Poetry to 1900 5
ENGL 167B American Fiction to 1900 5
ENGL 168 Major American Writers 5
ENGL 170A American Literature, 1865 to 1900 5
ENGL 170B American Literature, 1900 to 1945 5
ENGL 170C American Literature since 1945 5
ENGL 171A Later 19th-Century Poetry 5
ENGL 171B 20th-Century British Poetry 5
ENGL 171C 20th-Century British Fiction 5
ENGL 172A Drama, 1850 to 1945 5
ENGL 172B Drama, 1945 to Present 5
ENGL 172C American Drama 5
ENGL 173A American Poetry, 1900 to 1945 5
ENGL 173B American Poetry since 1945 5
ENGL 173C Contemporary American Poetry 5
ENGL 174A American Fiction, 1900 to 1945 5
ENGL 174B American Fiction since 1945 5
ENGL 174C Contemporary American Fiction 5
ENGL 179 Topics in Literature, circa 1850 to Present 5
ENGL 179R Topics in Literature, circa 1850 to Present: Research Component 5

The Major: (1) Historical Period Courses: (d) Literatures in English, 1850 to present: Indicated Sections of English 176

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 176 Hemispheric American Literature 5

The Major: (2) Breadth Courses

Complete three breadth courses, one course from each of three of the following four areas:

The Major: (2) Breadth Courses: (a) Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Disability, and Sexuality Studies

Select from following groups of courses or following range:

The Major: (2) Breadth Courses: (a) Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Disability, and Sexuality Studies: Courses

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL M126 Feminist and Queer Theory 5
ENGL 135 Literature of Americas 5
ENGL 155 Renaissance Subjects 5
ENGL 163C Jane Austen and Her Peers 5
ENGL 165B Gender, Sexuality, and Body, 1700 to 1850 5
ENGL 166C American Literature, 1832 to 1865 5

The Major: (2) Breadth Courses: (b) Imperial, Transnational, and Postcolonial Studies

Select from following group of courses:

The Major: (2) Breadth Courses: (b) Imperial, Transnational, and Postcolonial Studies: Courses

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL M105A Early Chicana/Chicano Literature, 1400 to 1920 5
ENGL M105B Chicana/Chicano Literature from Mexican Revolution to el Movimiento, 1920 to 1970s 5
ENGL M105C Chicana/Chicano Literature since el Movimiento, 1970s to Present 5
ENGL M105D Introduction to Latina/Latino Literature 5
ENGL 106 Studies in Native American and Indigenous Literatures 5
ENGL 112D Celtic Folklore 5
ENGL 128 Postcolonial and Transnational Theory 5
ENGL 130 Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures 5
ENGL 131 Studies in Postcolonial Literatures 5
ENGL 132 Culture and Imperialism 5
ENGL 133 Transatlantic Literatures and Cultures 5
ENGL 134 Nationalism and Transnationalism 5
ENGL 135 Literature of Americas 5
ENGL 154 Renaissance Worlds 5
ENGL 157 Translation and Innovation in English Renaissance and Early Modern Period 5
ENGL 163B Transatlantic Romanticism 5
ENGL 164D Global 19th Century 5
ENGL 165A Imperial Culture, 1700 to 1850 5
ENGL 166A Colonial Beginnings of American Literature 5
ENGL 166B American Literature, 1776 to 1832 5
ENGL 176 Hemispheric American Literature 5

The Major: (2) Breadth Courses: (c) Genre Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, Critical Theory

Select from following group of courses or ranges:

The Major: (2) Breadth Courses: (d) Creative Writing

Admission to creative writing workshops (courses 136, 137, M138) is by application only.

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 136A Creative Writing: Intermediate Poetry 5
ENGL 136B Creative Writing: Advanced Poetry 5
ENGL 137A Creative Writing: Intermediate Short Story 5
ENGL 137B Creative Writing: Advanced Short Story 5
ENGL M138 Topics in Creative Writing 5

The Major: (3) Elective Courses

Complete two elective courses (English 195CE is not applicable).

The Major: (4) Seminar Course

One seminar from course 180 through 184, or M191A through M191E.

Honors Program

Students must take one theory course from English 120 through 128 no later than winter quarter of the junior year. In spring quarter of the junior year, students must take course 191H. During fall and winter quarters of the senior year, students must take courses 198A and 198B, in which they write a thesis under the direction of a faculty member.

Honors Program: Theory

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