English

Department Chair: Eileen S. Klink

Department Office: Mcintosh Humanities Bldg. (MHB), Rm. 419
Telephone: (562) 985‑4223
Website: English Department

Faculty: Sarah J. Arroyo, Elyse M. Blankley, Susan Carlile, Stephen Cooper, Tom Do, Gene L. Dinielli (Emeritus), Araceli Esparza, Brian H. Finney (Emeritus),  Lisa Glatt, Suzanne A. Greenberg, W. Gary Griswold, George Hart, David Hernandez, Wilhelmina Hotchkiss, Helen C. Hu, Neil Hultgren, Lloyd E. Kermode, Eileen S. Klink, Beth Lau (Emerita), Tina Matuchniak, Moyang Li, Dennis López, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, William Mohr, Alosi Moloi (Emeritus), Norbert Schürer, Patricia Seyburn, Nancy S. Sheley, Ronald J. Strahl (Emeritus), Rene H. Treviño, Martine van Elk, Dianne L. Vipond, Charles H. Webb, Frederick Wegener, Mark L. Wiley (Emeritus), Mark Williams, Rafael J. Zepeda

Office Manager: Lisa Behrendt

College: College of Liberal Arts  

Courses: ENGL, ALI, ESW  

Career Possibilities

Advertising • Entertainment • Journalism • Management • Law • Marketing • Mass Media (film, radio, television) • Politics • Professional Writing and Editing (creative or technical) • Public Relations • Social Media • Teaching • Publishing (Some of these require additional education or experience. For more information, see CSULB Careers Website.)

Scholarships

The Department of English annually gives many scholarships and awards to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students. Information about these scholarships and awards is available from the Department office and at the Center for Scholarship Information, Beach scholarships.

Single Subject Teaching Credential in English

In addition to meeting the subject matter competence requirement for the Single Subject Teaching Credential in English, prospective English teachers are also required to complete 45 units of professional preparation in the Single Subject Credential Program, including student teaching. Refer to the Single Subject Teacher Education  section of this catalog or the website (Single Subject Credential Program website) for a description of professional preparation requirements, courses, and application procedures. Prospective students should consult the department’s English Education Advisor early to plan their program.

Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

This certificate is conducted by the Linguistics Department faculty. For requirements, please refer to the Linguistics  section of this catalog.

Programs

• English, Creative Writing, M.F.A.
• English, M.A.

• English, Creative Writing Option, B.A.
• English, English Education Option, B.A.
• English, Literature Option, B.A.
• English, Rhetoric and Composition Option, B.A.
• English, Special Emphasis Option, B.A.

• English, Creative Writing Minor
• English, Literature Minor
• English, Rhetoric and Composition Minor
• English, Special Emphasis Minor

• Professional Writing Certificate

Courses

• ALI 145 - American Language Advanced I
• ALI 150 - American Language Advanced I

• ENGL 100A - Composition I
• ENGL 100B - Composition II
• ENGL 102 - Critical Reading and Writing
• ENGL 103 - Creative Writing: A Multi-Genre Introduction
• ENGL 180 - Appreciation of Literature
• ENGL 204 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 205 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction
• ENGL 206 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry
• ENGL 242 - The Bible as Literature
• ENGL 250A - Survey of English Literature
• ENGL 250B - Survey of English Literature
• ENGL 270A - Survey of American Literature
• ENGL 270B - Survey of American Literature
• ENGL 283 - Science Fiction
• ENGL 300 - Advanced Composition
• ENGL 301A - English Proficiency
• ENGL 301B - English Proficiency
• ENGL 304 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 305 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction
• ENGL 306 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry
• ENGL 307 - Intermediate Creative Writing: The Novel
• ENGL 309 - Applied Composition for Educators - K-8
• ENGL 310 - Applied Composition
• ENGL 314 - The World Before 1492: Race, Gender, and Identity in the “Middle Ages”
• ENGL 317 - Professional and Technical Writing
• ENGL 318 - Theory of Fiction and Film
• ENGL 320 - English Grammar
• ENGL 337 - Technology in the English Classroom
• ENGL 340 - American Indian Literature
• ENGL 363 - Shakespeare I
• ENGL 370 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Literature
• ENGL 372 - Comedy in the United States
• ENGL 375 - U.S. Ethnic Writers
• ENGL 380 - Approaches to English Studies
• ENGL 382 - Women and Literature
• ENGL 383 - Science and Science Fiction
• ENGL 385 - The Short Story
• ENGL 386 - Poetry
• ENGL 387 - Comics and Graphic Narratives
• ENGL 404 - Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 405 - Creative Writing: Short Story
• ENGL 406 - Creative Writing: Poetry
• ENGL 407 - Creative Writing: Novel
• ENGL 410 - Theories of Writing and Literacy
• ENGL 411 - Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition
• ENGL 416 - Technical Editing
• ENGL 417 - Proposal Writing
• ENGL 418 - Manual Writing
• ENGL 419 - Writing in Science, Social Science, and Technology
• ENGL 423 - Semantics
• ENGL 426 - History of the English Language
• ENGL 435 - Teaching Composition
• ENGL 436 - Theories and Practices of Reading
• ENGL 442 - Sexing Chicana Literature
• ENGL 444 - Literature and Environment
• ENGL 451 - Medieval Literature of the British Isles
• ENGL 452 - Literature of the Renaissance (1500‑1603)
• ENGL 453 - Literature of the Late Renaissance (1603‑1660)
• ENGL 455 - English Literature of the Enlightenment (1660‑1798)
• ENGL 456 - English Literature of the Romantic Period (1798‑1832)
• ENGL 458 - English Poetry and Prose of the Victorian Age (1832‑1900)
• ENGL 459 - English Literature of the Twentieth Century (1900‑Present)
• ENGL 460 - Anglophone Postcolonial Literature
• ENGL 462 - Chaucer
• ENGL 463 - Shakespeare II
• ENGL 466 - Irish Literature in English
• ENGL 467A - The English Novel
• ENGL 467B - The English Novel
• ENGL 468 - English Drama
• ENGL 469 - Selected Topics - Major English Writers
• ENGL 470 - American Ethnic Literatures
• ENGL 471A - African American Literature to Reconstruction
• ENGL 471B - African American Literature since Reconstruction
• ENGL 472 - American Literature: 1820-1865
• ENGL 473 - American Literature: 1865-1918
• ENGL 474 - Twentieth-Century American Literature
• ENGL 475 - The American Short Story
• ENGL 476A - American Poetry
• ENGL 476B - American Poetry
• ENGL 477A - The American Novel
• ENGL 477B - The American Novel
• ENGL 478 - American Drama
• ENGL 479 - Selected Topics - Major American Writers
• ENGL 481 - Children’s Literature
• ENGL 482 - Literature for Adolescents
• ENGL 488 - Selected Topics in Rhetoric and Writing Studies
• ENGL 489 - Selected Topics in Literatures Written in English
• ENGL 491 - Applied Technical Writing
• ENGL 492A - Internship Technical ‑ Professional Writing and Editing
• ENGL 492B - Internship Technical ‑ Professional Writing and Editing
• ENGL 493 - Professional Preparation for Writers
• ENGL 494 - Guided Project in Professional/Technical Writing
• ENGL 495 - Professional Writing Certificate Portfolio
• ENGL 496A - RipRap Literary Journal - Producing a Literary Magazine
• ENGL 496B - RipRap Literary Journal - Producing a Literary Magazine
• ENGL 497 - Theories and Practices of Individualized Writing Instruction
• ENGL 498 - Selected Topics in English
• ENGL 499 - Directed Studies
• ENGL 505A - Seminar in Prose Writing