CSULA Department of English | 36-Unit Requirement for Non-English BA Students

Students who do not have a B.A. in English must meet the following 36-unit requirement prior to beginning work on the M.A. program. These 400-level undergraduate courses can be taken at CSULA. Credit for equivalent coursework taken elsewhere may be granted by the graduate adviser following a review of transcripts.

36-Unit Requirement

Area	Number of Units	CSULA Courses that Meet this Requirement
Literary Criticism	4	441 Major Critics
British Literature (two courses must be in literature before 1800)	12	Before 1800: 416 Chaucer 417 Shakespeare I 418 Shakespeare II 419 Milton 446A British Novel: The Eighteenth Century 460 Medieval English Literature 461 Dramatic Literature of the English Renaissance 463 The English Renaissance 464 Seventeenth Century Literature 465 The Augustan Age After 1800: 446B British Novel: The Nineteenth Century 446C British Novel: The Twentieth Century 467 The Romantic Age 468 The Victorian Age 469A Modern British Literature 469B Contemporary British Literature
American Literature	8	471 American Literature: Beginnings to 1860 472 American Literature: 1860–1914 473 American Literature: 1914–Present
World Literature	4	424 Greek and Roman Drama in Translation 425 Epic and Legend 427 Modern Drama: Continental, English, and American 428 Contemporary Drama: Continental, English, and American 482 The Bible as Literature 484 Folklore and Literature 485 Major Continental Fiction: Cervantes to Balzac 486 Major Continental Fiction: Stendhal to Tolstoy
Electives	8	Select two additional 400-level English courses with adviser approval (ENGL 340 also qualifies in this category)

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36-Unit Requirement
for Non-English B.A. Students
Seeking the M.A. in English

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36-Unit Requirement for Non-English B.A. Students Seeking the M.A. in English

36-Unit Requirement
for Non-English B.A. Students
Seeking the M.A. in English