Vanguard University of Southern California


Suggested Four Year Plan: English

This four year plan is a sample and only for planning purposes; this is not an official document. 
You are required to meet with an Academic Advisor each semester.


Year One: Fall Semester (15 units)Year One: Spring Semester (16 units)
Persuasive Writing (ENGL 120C)
Cornerstone (CORE 100C - 1 unit)
Data Analysis (MATH 145C)
   or Intro to Statistics (SOCS 265C)
New Testament Survey (NT 101C)
Social Science Requirement
    (ANTH 102C, PSYC 103C or SOCI 100C)
Lifetime Fitness & Wellness Lecture and Lab
   (KINE 145C - 1 unit and 146C - 1 unit)
Foundations of Literary Study (ENGL 240)
U.S. Governmentº  or U.S. History
   (POLS 155Cº or HIST 156C)
Speech Comp. & Presentation (COMM 201C)
Foundations of Christian Life (THEO 101C) 
    or Intro to Theology (THEO 103C)
Social Science Requirement
    (ANTH 102C, PSYC 103C or SOCI 100C)
Year Two: Fall Semester(16 units)Year Two: Spring Semester (16 units)
Researched Writing (ENGL 220C)
Survey of British Lit I (ENGL 260)
Beginning Spanish I (SPAN 101)
Old Testament Survey (OT 201C)
Intro to the Arts (FINA 215C) or Other Fine Arts Requirement

The Empirical World (NSCI 210C)
Survey of British Lit II (ENGL 262)
Beginning Spanish II (SPAN 102)
Writing Requirement**
World Civilization (HIST 203C)

Year Three: Fall Semester(15 units)Year Three: Spring Semester (15 units)
American Literature I (ENGL 310)
   or Theory and Criticism of Literature (ENGL 465)
World Literature (ENGL 431 or 432)
   orEnglish Emphasis Elective*
Shakespeare (ENGL 455) or Elective
Developing a Christian Worldview (THEO 300C)
Elective (3 units)
American Literature II (ENGL 311)
English Emphasis Elective*
English Emphasis Elective*
Writing Requirement**
Elective (3 units)
Year Four: Fall Semester (16 units)

Year Four: Spring Semester (15 units)

Theory and Criticism of Literature (ENGL 465)
     or American Literature I (ENGL 310)
Christian Heritage (CHIS 400C)
English Emphasis Elective*
    or World Literature (ENGL 431 or 432)
Electives (7 units)
     or Shakespeare (ENGL 455) + 4 units Electives
English Capstone Seminar (ENGL 499C)
English Emphasis Elective*
Electives (9 units)  

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 




*English Emphasis Elective - Choose an emphasis & fulfill 12 units in one of the following areas:
Writing Emphasis Requirements (twelve units)
ENGL 350 Creative Writing                                                             ENGL 370 Advanced Composition & Rhetoric
ENGL 380 Advanced English Grammar                                            ENGL 442 Playwriting
ENGL 438 Creative Writing Workshop

Literature & Textual Analysis Emphasis Requirements (twelve units)
ENGL 325 Period Focus                                                                  ENGL 335 Genre Focus
ENGL 360 Dramatic Literature: Script Analysis                               ENGL 425 Author Focus
ENGL 464 Thematic Focus                                                              ENGL 444 Culture Focus

**Writing Requirement - Choose 2 writing courses & fulfill 6 units from the following:
ENGL 210 Technical Writing                                                            ENGL 320 Journalism
ENGL 350 Creative Writing                                                             ENGL 370 Advanced Composition & Rhetoricº
ENGL 380 Advanced English Grammarº                                          ENGL 438 Creative Writing Workshop
ENGL 442 Playwriting                                                                      ENGL 451 Writing Internship
ENGL 453 Language, Culture, and Linguisticsº                              ENGL 460 Professional Writing
ENGL 486 Advanced Research Methods

º Future Teachers: POLS 155C U.S. Government, ENGL 370 Advanced Comp. & Rhetoric, ENGL 380 Advanced English Grammar, & ENGL 453 Language, Culture, Linguistics are required for English Single-Subject Matter Waiver Program plus ENGL/EDUC 315 Teaching English in a Multicultural Setting (3 units).