2-Term Standard Pathway - International Year One - Transfer to Bachelor of Arts - English

The English Department at SF State provides opportunities for students to study in a variety of subfields that make up the English major. Students in this program are part of a racially, linguistically and culturally diverse community of learners engaging in dialog between histories and experiences, and new ideas and literacies.

Concentration in English Education

Students who are interested in changing the world by inspiring and teaching the next generation of critical readers and writers enroll in the English Education program. In this program, students develop the subject matter knowledge needed to enter credential programs and become an English language arts teacher at the secondary level.

Concentration in Linguistics

Students who are interested in human language and how humans communicate with one another enroll in the Linguistics program. In this program, students acquire the tools to discover how language structures the way humans think and communicate with others and be well prepared for advanced graduate work and/or careers in the tech industry, government, and research, translation, forensics, lexicography or advertising.

Concentration in Literature

Students who are interested in the power of literature to expand their minds and to tell them about themselves and the collective human experience enroll in the Literature program. In this program, students delve deeply into historically grounded study of literatures written in English from around the world and become skilled readers and thoughtful critics well prepared for advanced graduate work and/or careers in teaching, public relations, law, advertising, or business.

Concentration in Professional Writing and Rhetoric

Students who are interested in how writing can be designed, produced, and read to persuade, inform and enlighten enroll in the Professional Writing and Rhetoric major. In this program, students master the written communication, design, and editing skills for employment in almost every field of industry and public life, including technology, business, government and research, and non-profit organizations.