These pathways serve as tools, not prescribed programs of study. Before enrolling, you can use them to get a feel for what you can do in this program. After enrolling, you and your advisors can use them as a starting point for building your personalized outcomes-based ILP.

This pathway, intended as a reference, shows a productive route to graduation in four years.  Your actual pathway may not look exactly like the model due to several factors:

  • Any required remedial courses, such as MATH 098 and WRT 095
  • Actual availability of courses during a given semester
  • Personal choices you make in your Individual Learning Plan, in consultation with your advisors

The Specific SSWE Concentration pathway and sequence of courses you follow will vary depending on the year you enter the program as some courses are only offered every other year. Regardless of when you enter the major, courses required for the SSWE concentration are consistently offered, and a pathway that will allow you to complete the degree within 120 will always be available. In order to determine your pathway, be sure to consult with the SSWE Concentration advisor when you enter the major.

Fall Freshman

Unpublished

CourseUnitsRequirement(s) MetGE Area
FYS 100: First Year Seminar3First Year Seminar 
Any Approved Course4MathcomB4
Any Approved Course3Vibrancy TheoryE
Elective Course4
Total14

Spring Freshman

Unpublished

CourseUnitsRequirement(s) MetGE Area
Any Approved Course4Engcom A 
Any Approved Course4
  • D6, US1
  • D8, US2, US3
Any Approved Course4Language 2 
Any Approved Course4Literature and Popular CultureC2
Total16

Fall Sophomore

Unpublished

CourseUnitsRequirement(s) MetGE Area
Any Approved Course4
  •  
  • A3
Any Approved Course4Science ContentB1, B2
Any Approved Course4Language 3 
Any Approved Course4Community ParticipationD
Total16

Spring Sophomore

Unpublished

CourseUnitsRequirement(s) MetGE Area
Any Approved Course4
  • B3
  • B3
Any Approved Course4Creative/Artistic Expression 
Any Approved Course4Language 4 
Any Approved Course1Vibrancy ActivityE
Total13

Fall Junior

Unpublished

CourseUnitsRequirement(s) MetGE Area
HCOM 300: Major ProSeminar2Major Core
HCOM 300L: Major ProSeminar Lab2Tech/Info 
HCOM 312: GWAR-Cooperative Argumentation4
HCOM 301: Ways Of Knowing4MLO 4 Philosophical analysis
Complete one of the following course options: HCOM 328 or HCOM 350 or any MLO 2 course combined with HCOM 356 for MLO 7 credit.4MLO 2 Media, narrative and ethnographic skills
Total16

Spring Junior

Unpublished

CourseUnitsRequirement(s) MetGE Area
HCOM 429: BritLit& Engl Lang Perspective4Concentration
Complete one of the following course options: HCOM 356 or any MLO 7 course combined with HCOM 328 for MLO 2 credit.4MLO 7 Historical analysis
HCOM 338: Multicultural Adolescent Lit4MLO 5 Critical cultural analysis
HCOM 339S: Creative Writing for Teachers6
Total18

Fall Senior

Unpublished

CourseUnitsRequirement(s) MetGE Area
Complete one of the following: HCOM 304; HCOM 306; HCOM 309; HCOM 310; HCOM 403; HCOM 412 4MLO 3 Relational communication skills
HCOM 327: Survey American Literature4
  •  
HCOM 320: Grammar, Usage & Power4Concentration
HCOM 474: Research Methods2Major Core
Total14

Spring Senior

Unpublished

CourseUnitsRequirement(s) MetGE Area
HCOM 437: Shakespeare4Concentration
HCOM 475: Senior Capstone4Major Core
Elective course4
Elective Course1
Total13

Total: 120 units