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Total Course Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree
Major Requirements (36 units)
4-Year Roadmap
2-Year Roadmap

Total Course Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree

See the "Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree" in the University Catalog for complete details on general degree requirements. A minimum of 40 units, including those required for the major, must be upper division.

Elective Requirements

Completion of elective courses (beyond the requirements listed below) to reach a total of a minimum of 120 units.

General Education Requirements (43 units)

See the "General Education" requirements in the University Catalog or the Class Schedule for the most current information on General Education requirements and course offerings.

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (3 Units)

See the "Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement" section in the University Catalog.

Statutory Requirements: United States History, Constitution and American Ideals (6 Units)

See the "Statutory Requirements" section in the University Catalog.

Major Requirements (36 units)

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Lower Division Courses (6 units)
ENG 150	Languages of the World	3
ENG 210	Study of Language	3
Upper Division Courses (30 units)
ENG 311	Phonology	3
ENG 312	Morphology	3
ENG 314	English Syntax: Traditional	3
ENG 315	Theoretical Syntax	3
ENG 317	Black English Language and Culture	3
ENG 413	History of the English Language	3
ENG 414	American English	3
ENG 420	Linguistic Analysis	3
ENG 492	Seminar in Linguistics:	3
Select one additional upper division English course with the assistance of an advisor		3
Total Hours		36

Students will apply and evaluate multiple models of language. Students will respond critically to linguistic scholarship and utilize appropriate sources in constructing critical arguments about language.
Students will write discipline-appropriate reviews and research, using appropriate sources and documentation standards. In both individual and collaborative assignments, student will produce course-appropriate projects and papers. Students will present work orally in a discipline-appropriate format.
Students will analyze data from a diverse variety of languages. Students will identify and analyze examples of the relationship between language, power and society.
Students will produce linguistic analyses informed by independent research. Students will locate and evaluate appropriate sources and/or gather linguistic data, for the study of given linguistic phenomena. In writing, students will demonstrate their ability to propose an analysis and/or to reflect on the proposal made. Students will document sources and collect data ethically and appropriately.
Engage in critical self-reflection and reflection of the material covered in each course to demonstrate an understanding their agency and social responsibility as members of a local and global community, their life-long learning experience and how their knowledge of linguistics can have an impact in society.

4-Year Roadmap

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
GE Area 1A English Composition		3
GE Area 3A/3B or GE Area 4A		3
GE Area 6 Ethnic Studies		3
Elective		3
ENG 150	Languages of the World (Meets GE 4B)	3
	Hours	15
Spring
HIS 101 or POL 101	History Of United States or American Institutions	3
GE Area 5A or GE Area 5B		3
GE Area 2 Quantitative Reasoning		3
GE Area 3A/3B		3
Elective		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
ENG 210	Study of Language	3
GE Area 1C Oral Communication		3
GE Area 5A or GE Area 5B		3
GE Area 5C Science Lab		1
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to Meet 120		3
	Hours	16
Spring
ENG 314	English Syntax: Traditional	3
HIS 101 or POL 101	History Of United States or American Institutions	3
GE Area 1B Critical Reasoning		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Third Year
Fall
ENG 311	Phonology	3
ENG 315	Theoretical Syntax	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
ENG 312	Morphology	3
ENG 317	Black English Language and Culture (Satisfies GWAR) ¹	3
GE Area 5UD or GE Area 4UD		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Fourth Year
Fall
ENG 413	History of the English Language	3
ENG 420	Linguistic Analysis	3
GE Area 5UD or GE Area 4UD		3
Major Elective		3
Elective to meet 120		3
	Hours	15
Spring
ENG 414	American English	3
ENG 492	Seminar in Linguistics:	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		2
	Hours	14
	Total Hours	120

¹: Meets GWAR requirement.

2-Year Roadmap

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
ENG 150	Languages of the World (GE Area 4B)	3
ENG 210	Study of Language	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
ENG 312	Morphology	3
ENG 314	English Syntax: Traditional	3
ENG 317	Black English Language and Culture (Satisfies GWAR) ¹	3
GE Area 5UD or GE Area 4UD		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
ENG 311	Phonology	3
ENG 315	Theoretical Syntax	3
ENG 413	History of the English Language	3
ENG 420	Linguistic Analysis	3
GE Area 5UD or GE Area 4UD		3
	Hours	15
Spring
ENG 414	American English	3
ENG 492	Seminar in Linguistics:	3
Major Elective		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
	Total Hours	60

¹: Meets GWAR requirements.