English AA-T to Humanities & Communication, BA ~ English Studies Concentration

HCOM BA Core Requirements

All HCOM students must complete one approved research or theory intensive course, indicated as (RTI) in the course lists below; additional RTI courses are indicated in the major core.

Students may not double count an HCOM core course and a concentration course, nor may they double count a concentration course for a required area within the major core.

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  Complete all of the following courses:

• HCOM 300 - Major ProSeminar Units: 2
• HCOM 475 - Senior Capstone Units: 4

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• Complete one of the following courses:

• HCOM 303 - Academic and Professional Writing Units: 3
• HCOM 312 - Writing and Advocacy Units: 3

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• Complete one of the following Ethical and Effective Communication course:

• HCOM 304 - Relational Ethics Units: 3
• HCOM 310 - Free Speech & Responsibility Units: 4
• HCOM 321 - Introduction to Rhetoric and Culture Units: 4

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• Complete one of the following Social and Cultural Analysis courses:

• HCOM 353 - California At Crossroads Units: 3
• HCOM 369 - Asian American History Units: 3

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• Complete one of the following Engaged Creative Practice courses:

• HCOM 328 - Latina Life Stories Units: 4
• HCOM 329 - Auto/Biografias Units: 4
• HCOM 330 - Intro Creative Writing Units: 4
• HCOM 371 - Community Journalism Studies Units: 4

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• Complete the following Humanistic Inquiry course:

• HCOM 362 - Constitutional History Units: 3

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• Complete one of the following Service Learning courses:

• HCOM 307S - Soc Impct Of Mass Media SL Units: 5
• HCOM 317S - Advanced Composition, Composition Theories, Service Learning Units: 5
• HCOM 339S - Creative Writing and Service Learning Units: 5
• HCOM 340S - Topics in Social Movements Service Learning Units: 5
• HCOM 350S - Oral Hist/Comm Mem SL Units: 5  (RTI)
• HCOM 432S - Social Action Writing SL Units: 5  (RTI)

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• Complete one of the following courses:

• HCOM 408 - Fact or Fiction? Units: 1
• HCOM 419 - Digital Publishing Practicum Units: 2
• HCOM 470 - Graduate Admissions Workshop Units: 2
• HCOM 471 - Professional Writing Workshop Units: 2
• HCOM 474 - Practical Research Skills Units: 2
• HCOM 476 - Advanced Public Speaking Workshop Units: 1-2
• HCOM 477 - Communication in Everyday Life Units: 2

English Studies Concentration

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

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

General Education and University Requirements

To complete the requirements of this degree, students much successfully complete all Undergraduate Requirements .  Several of these (Upper division GE Area 3, Upper division GE Area 4, Upper division Service Learning, and GWAR) are embedded in the major curriculum. 

Select and complete coursework to meet the following requirements:

• Upper division GE Area 2 or 5      
• American Institutions  Choose from US 2/3 course list  
• World Culture & Language  

Students may select additional elective coursework if necessary to complete 60 units.