English, Creative Writing Concentration, BA (2024-2025)

The following roadmap is a sample advising map to complete the degree program in four years. Please consult your MyPlanner and major advisor as you develop your individualized academic plan. Students must have completed 60+ units in order to enroll in SJSU Studies courses.

Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4

Year 1

Fall Semester (15 units)

GE Area D + US123 3 unit(s)
ENGL 1A - First Year Writing
3 unit(s) (A2)
GE Area A1 3 unit(s)
GE Area B1+B3 3 unit(s) *
GE Area E 3 unit(s)

Spring Semester (15 units)

GE Area D + US123 3 unit(s)
ENGL 2 - Critical Thinking and Writing
3 unit(s) (A3)
GE Area B2+B3 3 unit(s) *
GE Area B4 3 unit(s)
GE Area D 3 unit(s)

Year 2

Fall Semester (15 units)

Foreign Language Requirement 5 unit(s)
GE Area C1 or C2 3 unit(s)
ENGL 71 - Creative Writing
3 unit(s) (C2)
ENGL 50 - Beginnings to the American Experiment OR ENGL 70 - Emerging Modernisms and Beyond 3 unit(s)
Physical Education 1 unit(s)
Complete the Upper Division Writing - Directed Self Placement

Spring Semester (15 units)

Foreign Language Requirement 5 unit(s)
GE Area C1 3 unit(s)
ENGL 60 - Literatures of the Atlantic World, 1680‐1860
4 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)

Year 3

Fall Semester (15 units)

ENGL 100W - Writing Workshop
4 unit(s) (WID)
ENGL 50 - Beginnings to the American Experiment OR ENGL 70 - Emerging Modernisms and Beyond 3 unit(s)
Creative Writing Concentration Elective 4 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 4 unit(s)

Spring Semester (14-15 units)

SJSU Studies Area R 3 unit(s)
ENGL 144 - Shakespeare I OR ENGL 145 - Shakespeare and Performance 4 unit(s)
Creative Writing Concentration Elective 4 unit(s)
ENGL 165 - Black American Literatures 4 unit(s) OR ENGL 169 - Ethnicity in American Literature (S) 3 unit(s)
Apply to Graduate

Year 4

Fall Semester (15 units)

ENGL 123A - Literatures of the Americas , ENGL 123B - Literatures of Africa , ENGL 123C - Literatures of the Pacific , OR ENGL 123D - Literatures of Asia 3 unit(s) (V)
Creative Writing Concentration Elective 4 unit(s)
SJSU Studies Area S 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 4 unit(s)
Physical Education 1 unit(s)

Spring Semester (15 units)

Creative Writing Concentration Elective 4 unit(s)
Major Elective - Upper Division 4 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 4 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)

Roadmap Notes

Creative Writing Concentration Electives: ENGL 130 , ENGL 131 , ENGL 133 , ENGL 135 , ENGL 178 .

* Either B1 or B2 must be taken with a B3 - Laboratory .