• Take All Four Core Courses
  English 120: Introduction to the Major
  English 220: Literature, Identity, Representation
  English 225: Introduction to Language Analysis
  English 320: Practical Criticism
  
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• Take All of the Following Courses
  English 231: Survey of British Literature: 19^th and 20^th Centuries
  English 232: Survey of American Literature
  English 328: Structure of American English
  English 336: American Ethnic Literature
  English 340: Approaches to Shakespeare
  English 344: Young Adult Literature
  English 406: Theory of Composition
  English 406L: Technology in English
  English 426: Communication in Writing II
  English 435: Issues in ESL/EFL
  English 436: Integrating Language & Content in English
  Communication 426: Adolescent Communication
  
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• Take Fifteen Units from One of the Following Depth Options
   
  • Literature and Language
    English 240: World literature
    English 325: History of English Language
    English 420: Advanced Topics in Critical Theory
    
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  • Creative Writing
    English 205: Beginning Creative Writing
    Select from English 311, 315, 316, 460, and 470
    
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  • Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development (CLAD)
    English 417: Second-Language Acquisition *
    English 436: Integrating Language & Content in English  **
    Communication 322: Intercultural Communication
    Six semester units of a second language taken at a university or at an intensive language program.
    * English 328 must be taken concurrently with or before 417
    ** English 435 must be taken before 436

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• Submit a Passing Senior Portfolio

Students who complete the core courses and the Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development Depth Option will have completed the coursework required for a minor in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and the coursework required by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for a Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development (CLAD) Certificate.  This certificate is awarded by the Commission after obtaining a basic California teaching certificate.  Students must apply for the TESL minor using the Minor Declaration form from the Registrar's Office.

To apply for the fifth year, a student who has completed or nearly completed the major or has passed the Praxis II can enter the graduate teacher preparation (even though she has not earned a B.A.) by satisfying the Subject Matter Competency Assessment ("SMCA").  This assessment requires students to enroll in English 500 in spring semester prior to the fifth year.

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