Mar 16, 2026

Catalog 2025-2026

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Catalog 2025-2026 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English Studies Concentration

Required Courses

Complete one course from three of the following four areas. Students must complete at least 12 (twelve) units in the concentration.

Global Literary Studies

HCOM 323 - American Drama Units: 4
HCOM 327 - Survey American Literature Units: 4
HCOM 426 - Travel Narratives Units: 4
HCOM 427 - Survey of British Literature Units: 4
HCOM 436 - Literature of Sexualities Units: 4
HCOM 437 - Shakespeare Units: 4
HCOM 454 - History of Victorian Britain Units: 4
GS 362 - Global Literatures Units: 3
JAPN 309 - Masterpieces in Japanese Literature Units: 3
JAPN 316 - Japanese Myth and Folktales Units: 4
SPAN 425 - La Literatura Mexicana Units: 4
SPAN 426 - Narrativa Hispanoamericana Units: 4
SPAN 427 - Latin American Women Writers Units: 4
SPAN 428 - La Literatura Afrolatina Units: 4

Multicultural Literary Studies

HCOM 322 - Asian American Literature Units: 4
HCOM 324 - African American Narratives Units: 4
HCOM 325 - Narratives of American Immigration Units: 4
HCOM 328 - Latina Life Stories Units: 4
HCOM 335 - Amer Ethnic Lit & Culture Units: 3
HCOM 337 - Women’s Literature Units: 4
HCOM 338 - Multicultural Adolescent Lit Units: 4
HCOM 428 - Contemporary Chicana Poetry Units: 4
SPAN 365 - The Chicano Narrative Units: 3

Writing and Rhetoric

HCOM 306 - Gender and Communication Units: 4
HCOM 309 - Interracial Communication Units: 4
HCOM 320 - Grammar, Usage, and Power Units: 4 (RTI)
HCOM 321 - Introduction to Rhetoric and Culture Units: 4
HCOM 329 - Auto/Biografias Units: 4
HCOM 334 - Fiction/Creative NonFiction Writing Units: 4
HCOM 390 - Magazine Writing Units: 4
HCOM 420 - Advanced Studies in Rhetorical Theory Units: 4
HCOM 422 - SelTop Multicultural Rhetorics Units: 4

Narrative Analysis and Film

HCOM 348 - Race, Colonialism, and Film Units: 4 (RTI)
HCOM 352 - History According To Movies Units: 3
HCOM 406 - Philosophy According to Movies Units: 4
HCOM 452 - Literature Into Film Units: 4 (RTI)
JAPN 310 - Japanese Cinema Units: 3