Requirements for the Speech Communications Major, Single Subject Teaching Option (80 units)

The Option for Single Subject Credential in English has a separate 60-unit core and 20-unit breadth requirement. Consult the undergraduate School of Education chapter in the General Catalog for regulations governing all teaching credential programs.

REQUIRED CORE (56 units)

Composition (8units)

ENGL 410 Writing in the Schools (4)
SPCH 300 Applied Writing in Speech Communication

Language, Linguistics, Theory and Criticism (8 units)

SPCH 463 Language and Communication Behavior (4)
SPCH 485 Rhetorical Criticism (4)

Literature (36 units)

Lower division required courses (8 units)

ENGL 200A The Classical and Medieval Tradition (4)

Select one from the following (4 units)
ENGL 200B British Literature Survey I (4)
ENGL 200C British Literature Survey II (4)

Upper division required courses (28 units)
ENGL 417 Shakespeare (4)
ENGL 476 Ethnic Literature (4)

Select from following (8 units)
ENGL 416, 418, 419, 446, 460, 461, 463, 464, 465

Select from following (4 units)
ENGL 447, 467, 468

Select from following (8 units)
ENGL 471, 472, 473

Capstone experience (4 units):

SPCH 491 Instructional Theories in Communication (4)

BREADTH REQUIREMENTS (24 units)

Additional Courses in Language and Composition (8)

SPCH 470 Rhetorical Theory (4)
SPCH 489 Intercultural Communication (4)

Oral Interpretation and Tradition, Performance (4-12 units)
SPCH 267 Oral Interpretation

Select from following (0-8 units)
SPCH 268, 277 or 377, 367, 467

Film and Media Criticism, Production (4-12 units)
BCST 224 Survey of Film (4)

Select from following (0-8 units)
BCST 201, 220, 328; ENGL 451

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