Course variations

Course summary

This option Option is designed for prospective secondary English teachers and is a state-approved waiver program. Students receive a B.A. in English and a single-subject competency waiver by completing the approved coursework with no grade below a C and maintaining a GPA of 2.99 or better; students must also complete the Subject Matter (Exit ) Interview, the English Department’s exit evaluation of single-subject competence.

Program modules

The Modules are: ENGL 311 African-American Writing; ENGL 314 History of North Am Indian Lit; ENGL 368 Gay Male Writers; ENGL 369 Lesbian Writers; ENGL 371 Issues in Jewish-Am Writing; ENGL 431 Images of Women in Literature; ENGL 433 Women Authors; ENGL 434 19th-Century Women Novelists; ENGL 487 Latino/a Literature; ENGL 414 Chaucer; ENGL 416 Shakespeare, Selected Plays; ENGL 417 Shakespeare Survey; ENGL 418 English Dramas to 1642; ENGL 443 English Lit of the Middle Ages; ENGL 449 The English Renaissance.

Entry requirement for international students

Students should have a minimum score in TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language with a Paper-Based score of 500, a minimum Computer Based score of 173 or a minimum Internet Based score of 61, ELPT - English Language Proficiency Test with a score of 955, APIEL - AP International Language Exam with a score of 3 or higher, IELTS - International English Language Test System with a score of 5.5 or higher, SAT - Scholastic Aptitude Test with a verbal score of 450 or higher.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE

Department name

College of Humanities, Department of English