The following courses are required for HCOM majors who have selected the English Subject Matter Preparation Concentration.  These courses fulfill the requirements of the major and the concentration.

Complete ALL of the following courses:
  • HCOM 300HCOM 300: Major ProSeminar
  • HCOM 320HCOM 320: Grammar, Usage & Power
  • HCOM 327HCOM 327: Survey American Literature *
  • HCOM 338HCOM 338: Multicultural Adolescent Lit
  • HCOM 429HCOM 429: BritLit& Engl Lang Perspective
  • HCOM 437HCOM 437: Shakespeare
  • HCOM 475HCOM 475: Senior Capstone
Complete ONE of the following course combinations (not necessarily in the same semester):
  • HCOM 312HCOM 312: Cooperative Argumentation  AND  HCOM 339SHCOM 339S: Creative Writing & Service
  • HCOM 317SHCOM 317S: Advanced Composition SL  AND  HCOM 330HCOM 330: Intro Creative Writing
Complete EITHER Option A or Option B below:
Option A:  Complete HCOM 356HCOM 356: Multicultural History AND ONE of the following courses (not necessarily in the same semester):
  • HCOM 307HCOM 307: Social Impact of Mass Media 
  • HCOM 307SHCOM 307S: Soc Impct Of Mass Media SL 
  • HCOM 315HCOM 315: Media for Social Change 
  • HCOM 316HCOM 316: Media Ethics 
  • HCOM 328HCOM 328: Latina Life Stories 
  • HCOM 329HCOM 329: Auto/Biografias 
  • HCOM 350HCOM 350: Oral Hist/Comm Mem 
  • HCOM 350SHCOM 350S: Oral Hist/Comm Mem SL * 
  • HCOM 384HCOM 384: Newswriting * 
  • HCOM 385HCOM 385: Reporting 
  • HCOM 390HCOM 390: Magazine Writing 
  • HCOM 446HCOM 446: EthnograpPortraits/Culture Cit 
  • HCOM 487SHCOM 487S: Community Media Project SL
  • HCOM 389HCOM 389: Otter Realm Workshop (Only with prior consent of the instructor)
Option B: Complete HCOM 328HCOM 328: Latina Life Stories OR HCOM 329HCOM 329: Auto/Biografias OR HCOM 350HCOM 350: Oral Hist/Comm Mem AND one of the following courses (not necessarily in the same semester):
  • HCOM 346HCOM 346: African American Life/History 
  • HCOM 351HCOM 351: Modern World History 
  • HCOM 352HCOM 352: History According To Movies 
  • HCOM 353HCOM 353: California At Crossroads 
  • HCOM 354HCOM 354: Whose America? 
  • HCOM 356HCOM 356: Multicultural History 
  • HCOM 359HCOM 359: Sexuality, Law and History 
  • HCOM 365HCOM 365: Chicana/o Latina/o History * 
  • HCOM 445HCOM 445: Slavery & Race in the Americas 
  • HCOM 451HCOM 451: Transnational Migrations 
  • HCOM 454HCOM 454: History of Victorian Britain 
Complete ONE of the following courses:
  • HCOM 304HCOM 304: Relational Ethics
  • HCOM 306HCOM 306: Gender & Communication
  • HCOM 309HCOM 309: Interracial Communication
  • HCOM 310HCOM 310: Free Speech & Resp
  • HCOM 403HCOM 403: Ethical Issues *
  • HCOM 403SHCOM 403S: Ethics in the Professions:SL
  • HCOM 412HCOM 412: Multicultural Conflict Resolut *
Complete ONE of the following courses:
  • HCOM 301HCOM 301: Ways Of Knowing
  • HCOM 404HCOM 404: Restorative Justice
  • HCOM 405HCOM 405: Philosophy & Sexualities
  • HCOM 406HCOM 406: Philosophy Acrdng to Movies *