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English, B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2023-2024 First Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits ENGL 1010: English Composition I Pathways Required Core 3 ENGL 1012: English Composition II Pathways Required Core 3 Math & Quantitative Reasoning Pathways Required Core 3 Life & Physical Sciences Pathways Required Core 3 U.S. Experience in Its Diversity Pathways Flexible Core 3 World Cultures & Global Issues Pathways Flexible Core 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 Second Year Fall Classes - 17 credits Credits Spring Classes - 14 credits Credits Individual & Society Pathways Flexible Core 3 Scientific World Pathways Flexible Core 3 Creative Expression Pathways Flexible Core 3 Creative Expression Pathways Flexible Core 3 ENGL 2120: Overview of Literary Study I Representative Selections of World Literature Major 4 ENGL 2121: Overview of Literary Study II Major 4 ENGL course (Periods 1-3) - courses listed below Major 4 ENGL course (Periods 4-6) - courses listed below Major 4 General Elective General Elective 3 Third Year Fall Classes - 17 credits Credits Spring Classes - 14 credits Credits College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 ENGL course (Periods 1-3) - courses listed below Major 4 ENGL Elective Major 4 ENGL Elective Major 4 ENGL Breadth & Depth Area A -courses listed below Major 4 General Elective General Elective 3 Fourth Year Fall Classes - 14 credits Credits Spring Classes - 14 credits Credits ENGL or CMLT 4000-level Seminar General Elective 4 ENGL Elective* Major 3 ENGL Breadth & Depth Area B -courses listed below Major 4 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 2 Degree Details 42 Pathways Credits* 43 Major Credits 35 General Elective Credits Students may apply a second major, or a minor, towards their general elective credits. 120 Total Credits The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied. Students must complete three Period courses listed below. Two course must be chosen from Periods 1 through 3, and one must be chosen from Periods 4 through 6: Period 1 - 900-1500: ENGL 3111, ENGL 3112, ENGL 3520, ENGL 4101, CMLT 3614. Period 2 - 1500-1680: ENGL 3120, ENGL 3121, ENGL 3122, ENGL 3123, ENGL 3124, ENGL 3125, ENGL 4102, CMLT 3615. Period 3 - 1600-1800: ENGL 3131, ENGL 3132, ENGL 3133, ENGL 3234, ENGL 4103, CMLT 3616. Period 4 - 1800-1900: ENGL 3140, ENGL 3141, ENGL 3142, ENGL 3143, ENGL 3145, ENGL 3151, ENGL 3160, ENGL 3240, ENGL 4104, ENGL 4107, CMLT 3606, CMLT 3617. Period 5 - 1900-1950: ENGL 2402, ENGL 3152, ENGL 3153, ENGL 3160, ENGL 3161, ENGL 3162, ENGL 3164, ENGL 3165, ENGL 3170, ENGL 3171, ENGL 3172, ENGL 3173, ENGL 3193, ENGL 4108, CMLT 3607, CMLT 3610, CMLT 3618, CMLT 3622, CMLT 3623, CMLT 3624, CMLT 3625. Period 6 - 1950-present: ENGL 2402, ENGL 3154, ENGL 3161, ENGL 3162, ENGL 3166, ENGL 3167, ENGL 3174, ENGL 3180, ENGL 3187, ENGL 3193, ENGL 3194, ENGL 3254, ENGL 4109, ENGL 4112, ENGL 4113, ENGL 4114, CMLT 3609, CMLT 3611, CMLT 3619, CMLT 3621, CMLT 3622, CMLT 3623, CMLT 3625, CMLT 4601, CMLT 4602. Breadth and Depth Area Studies A: a course that addresses Race/Ethnicity or Empire/Post-colonialism (e.g., English 3158, 3160, 3161, 3162, 3166, 3169, 3180, 3194, 3234, 3240, 3256, 3282, 3526, Comparative Literature 3620, 3623, 3625, 3632, or another course with permission of the chairperson) Breadth and Depth Area Studies B: a Genre course, or a Thematic Studies course (addressing a theme such as Memory, Migration, Environmental Humanities, Literature and Psychology, Gender and Sexuality), or an Interdisciplinary Studies course (English 3156, 3157, 3158, 3159, 3163, 3181, 3182, 3183, 3184, 3185, 3186, 3188, 3189, 3190, 3191, 3192, 3265, 3281, 3282, 3286, 3287, 3288, 3292, 4107, 4110, 4111, Comparative Literature 3601, 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605, 3608, 3612, 3613, 3628, 3629) *Students may substitute one course from an allied discipline (Africana Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art, Classics, History, Linguistics, Modern Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Communication Arts, Sciences, and Disorders, or any other) for an ENGL Elective with permission of the Chairperson. To qualify for this concentration, students must have a B+ or higher average and obtain permission from the English Chairperson or faculty advisor. In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis. Contact Information English Department 3416 Boylan Hall Roni Natov rnatov@brooklyn.cuny.edu Go back to the Degree Maps List
42 Pathways Credits*
43 Major Credits
35 General Elective Credits
Students may apply a second major, or a minor, towards their general elective credits.
120 Total Credits
The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.
Students must complete three Period courses listed below. Two course must be chosen from Periods 1 through 3, and one must be chosen from Periods 4 through 6:
Period 1 - 900-1500: ENGL 3111, ENGL 3112, ENGL 3520, ENGL 4101, CMLT 3614.
Period 2 - 1500-1680: ENGL 3120, ENGL 3121, ENGL 3122, ENGL 3123, ENGL 3124, ENGL 3125, ENGL 4102, CMLT 3615.
Period 3 - 1600-1800: ENGL 3131, ENGL 3132, ENGL 3133, ENGL 3234, ENGL 4103, CMLT 3616.
Period 4 - 1800-1900: ENGL 3140, ENGL 3141, ENGL 3142, ENGL 3143, ENGL 3145, ENGL 3151, ENGL 3160, ENGL 3240, ENGL 4104, ENGL 4107, CMLT 3606, CMLT 3617.
Period 5 - 1900-1950: ENGL 2402, ENGL 3152, ENGL 3153, ENGL 3160, ENGL 3161, ENGL 3162, ENGL 3164, ENGL 3165, ENGL 3170, ENGL 3171, ENGL 3172, ENGL 3173, ENGL 3193, ENGL 4108, CMLT 3607, CMLT 3610, CMLT 3618, CMLT 3622, CMLT 3623, CMLT 3624, CMLT 3625.
Period 6 - 1950-present: ENGL 2402, ENGL 3154, ENGL 3161, ENGL 3162, ENGL 3166, ENGL 3167, ENGL 3174, ENGL 3180, ENGL 3187, ENGL 3193, ENGL 3194, ENGL 3254, ENGL 4109, ENGL 4112, ENGL 4113, ENGL 4114, CMLT 3609, CMLT 3611, CMLT 3619, CMLT 3621, CMLT 3622, CMLT 3623, CMLT 3625, CMLT 4601, CMLT 4602.
Breadth and Depth Area Studies A: a course that addresses Race/Ethnicity or Empire/Post-colonialism (e.g., English 3158, 3160, 3161, 3162, 3166, 3169, 3180, 3194, 3234, 3240, 3256, 3282, 3526, Comparative Literature 3620, 3623, 3625, 3632, or another course with permission of the chairperson)
Breadth and Depth Area Studies B: a Genre course, or a Thematic Studies course (addressing a theme such as Memory, Migration, Environmental Humanities, Literature and Psychology, Gender and Sexuality), or an Interdisciplinary Studies course (English 3156, 3157, 3158, 3159, 3163, 3181, 3182, 3183, 3184, 3185, 3186, 3188, 3189, 3190, 3191, 3192, 3265, 3281, 3282, 3286, 3287, 3288, 3292, 4107, 4110, 4111, Comparative Literature 3601, 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605, 3608, 3612, 3613, 3628, 3629)
*Students may substitute one course from an allied discipline (Africana Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art, Classics, History, Linguistics, Modern Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Communication Arts, Sciences, and Disorders, or any other) for an ENGL Elective with permission of the Chairperson. To qualify for this concentration, students must have a B+ or higher average and obtain permission from the English Chairperson or faculty advisor.
In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis.
English Department 3416 Boylan Hall Roni Natov rnatov@brooklyn.cuny.edu
