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

• ENGL 505A - Seminar in Prose Writing
• ENGL 505B - Seminar in Prose Writing
• ENGL 506A - Seminar in Poetry Writing
• ENGL 506B - Seminar in Poetry Writing
• ENGL 510 - Theories of Writing and Literacy
• ENGL 511 - Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition
• ENGL 523 - Semantics
• ENGL 526 - History of the English Language
• ENGL 535 - Theories and Practices in Composition
• ENGL 537 - Selected Topics for In-Service Teachers
• ENGL 550 - Old English Language and Literature
• ENGL 551 - Middle English Language and Literature
• ENGL 552 - Literature of the Renaissance (1500‑1603)
• ENGL 553 - Literature of the Late Renaissance (1603‑1660)
• ENGL 554 - Medieval Literature of the British Isles
• ENGL 555 - English Literature of the Enlightenment (1660‑1798)
• ENGL 556 - English Literature of the Romantic Period (1798‑1832)
• ENGL 558 - English Poetry and Prose of the Victorian Age (1832‑1900)
• ENGL 559 - English Literature of the Twentieth Century (1900‑Present)
• ENGL 560 - Anglophone Postcolonial Literature
• ENGL 562 - Chaucer
• ENGL 566 - Irish Literature in English
• ENGL 567A - The English Novel
• ENGL 567B - The English Novel
• ENGL 568 - English Drama
• ENGL 571A - African American Literature to Reconstruction
• ENGL 571B - African American Literature since Reconstruction
• ENGL 572 - American Literature: 1820-1865
• ENGL 573 - American Literature: 1865-1918
• ENGL 574 - Twentieth-Century American Literature
• ENGL 575 - The American Short Story
• ENGL 576A - American Poetry
• ENGL 576B - American Poetry
• ENGL 577A - The American Novel
• ENGL 577B - The American Novel
• ENGL 578 - American Drama
• ENGL 590 - Directed Reading
• ENGL 596A - RipRap Literary Journal - Producing a Literary Magazine
• ENGL 596B - RipRap Literary Journal - Producing a Literary Magazine
• ENGL 598 - Directed Studies
• ENGL 605A - Advanced Seminar in Prose Writing
• ENGL 605B - Advanced Seminar in Prose Writing
• ENGL 606A - Advanced Seminar in Poetry Writing
• ENGL 606B - Advanced Seminar in Poetry Writing
• ENGL 652 - Seminar in the English Renaissance
• ENGL 653 - Seminar in the Age of Milton
• ENGL 655 - Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
• ENGL 656 - Seminar in Romantic Literature
• ENGL 657 - Seminar in Victorian Literature
• ENGL 659 - Seminar in Twentieth-Century English Literature
• ENGL 670 - Seminar in Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x Literature
• ENGL 671 - Digital Rhetoric
• ENGL 672 - Seminar in the Nineteenth-Century American Renaissance
• ENGL 673 - Seminar in American Realism
• ENGL 674 - Seminar in Twentieth-Century American Literature
• ENGL 681 - Selected Topics - Seminar in Major Authors
• ENGL 683 - Selected Topics - Seminar in English Studies
• ENGL 684 - Seminar in Advanced Literary Theory
• ENGL 685 - Seminar in Rhetorical History and Theory
• ENGL 696 - Seminar in Theory, Criticism, and Research
• ENGL 697 - Directed Research
• ENGL 698 - Thesis