CCSFEnglishMajor

The English Major
at
City College of San Francisco

Why Study English?

For Personal Enrichment
English literature classes give you the opportunity to study some of the words and ideas that have shaped our world, to encounter texts that have often endured for centuries. Studying English literature allows you to engage in a conversation with some of the most fascinating minds and personalities of all time (not to mention some pretty interesting classmates and instructors).

For Academic and Professional Success
Taking literature courses is one of the best ways to improve your communication and analytical skills – skills crucial to success in a wide range of both studies and professions. Interested in a career in Law? Psychology? Social Work? Business? Education? Or are you unsure about your career plans, but want as successful and flexible an academic foundation as possible? Majoring in English will give you the skills you need to succeed in many different disciplines.

Do you want to know all the late-breaking English Department news? check out the continually-updated English Major Bulletin Board by clicking on the link (or read the digest version below).

For more information, contact the CCSF English Department at (415) 239-3406
or
the English Major Coordinator, Dr. Christoph Greger, at (415) 239-3410 (Email: cgreger@ccsf.edu)

How will majoring in English at CCSF help me achieve my goals?

Avoid Wasted Units. All the classes offered in the CCSF English Major are fully transferable, filling General Ed requirements at CCSF, CSU, UC and IGETC.

Receive Funding. CCSF’s English Department has a variety of scholarships targeted specifically at students majoring in English at CCSF.

Prepare for Success at your Transfer University. For students planning to major in English at their transfer destinations, completing the English Major insures that you will begin your coursework as a well-prepared upper division student, having completed lower division requirements for English departments at most major CCSF transfer destinations.

What do I need to do to major in English at CCSF?

Make an initial appointment with CCSF’s English Major Coordinator (see contact info on the back of this pamphlet).
Meet with CCSF’s English Major Coordinator once a semester to choose courses and assist in transfer plans.
Complete course requirements (see “English Major Course Requirements” below).
Where necessary, meet with CCSF’s English Major Coordinator to insure that literature classes you’ve taken at other colleges or universities meet requirements for CCSF’s English Major.

English Major Course Requirements

(For catalog descriptions of these courses, please click here)

Group 1: Core Reading and Composition Courses (6 Units required)

ENGL 1A Univ-Parallel Reading & Comp
ENGL 1B Univ-Parallel Reading & Comp
ENGL 1C Advanced Composition

Note: Group 1 courses not used toward the required units may contribute to Group 3. Completion of ENGL 1B is strongly recommended prior to enrolling in literature electives.

Group 2: Core Surveys (6 units required)

ENGL 30 American Literature
ENGL 46A/B/C Survey of Lit. in English

Note: Group 2 courses not used toward the required units may be moved to Group 3.

Group 3: Specialized Literature (6 units Required)

CLAS 35 Tragic Dramas of Greece
ENGL 20 Modern British and American Lit.
ENGL 32A/B African American Fiction
ENGL 36 African American Lit.-A Survey
ENGL 37 African American Women in Lit
ENGL 1C Advanced Composition
ENGL 41 Books of the 19th & 20th Centuries
ENGL 43 Intro to the Study of Poetry
ENGL 44A/B Survey of World Lit
ENGL 48A-O Selected Topics
ENGL 50 Myth and Literature
ENGL 55/56 Survey of Gay & Lesbian Lit.
ENGL 57 Women & Literature
ENGL 58A Contemp. Women Writers
ENGL 59 Advanced Literary Analysis
ENGL 60 Identity in Current Ethnic Fiction

Total Units ........................................ 18

English Major Newsletter Digest
April, 2008

Fall 2008 Literature Electives Announced!
For a complete description, click here.

CCSF's Literary Journal Revived
Interested in working on CCSF's new (old) literary magazine,
Forum? Take English 14 and learn about editing, designing,
and publishing a literary journal. For more info, click here.

English major T-Shirts Available!
Hey, this whole CCSF English Major thing is pretty exciting,
isn't it? Well, if you're really excited (or you just want to
confuse and distract people), pick up our own "CCSF
English Major" T-Shirt, designed by the elusive Baron Peter
Gustav Glanting. They're only ten bucks! To take a gander
and find out how to get one, click here.