CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS Certificates may be earned by regularly matriculated or extended learning students and denote successful completion of a prescribed program of study designed to a) impart specified professional/vocational/career competencies; or b) produce mastery of the content of a sub-field of an academic major (discipline); or c) provide exposure to the range of materials in a traditional or emerging interdisciplinary field. Certain certificate programs contain 600-level courses as requirements and/or electives. These 600-level courses may not be taken by undergraduate students. Certificate in Writing: Creative Writing Certificate Requirements (28 units) 1. ENG 317. Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry (4) 2. ENG 318. Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction (4) 3. Four units chosen from: ENG 417. Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry (4) ENG 418. Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction (4) 4. Four units chosen from: ENG 507. Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry (4) ENG 508. Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction (4) ENG 513. Advanced Creative Writing in Specialized Genres (4) 5. Four units chosen from: ENG 301. Analysis of Poetry (4) ENG 302. Analysis of Drama (4) ENG 303. Analysis of Prose Fiction (4) ENG 304. Analysis of Nonfiction Prose (4) 6. Eight units from any upper-division English courses, which may include ENG 621. Approaches to Imaginative Writing (4) Certificate in Writing: Professional Writing Certificate Requirements (31 units) Lower-division requirements (7 units) 1. COMM 240. Writing for Media (4) 2. COMM 243A.Communication Practicum: Journalism and Photojournalism (3) Upper-division requirements (24 units) 1. ENG 306. Expository Writing (4) 2. ENG 311. The English Language (4) 3. Eight units chosen from: COMM 342. Publication Design and Makeup (4) COMM 442. Public Relations Campaigns (4) ENG 631. Approaches to Professional Writing (4) 4. Eight units chosen from Groups A or B below: Group A 1. Four units chosen from: ENG 420. Pedagogical Grammar (4) ENG 422. History of the English Language (4) PHIL 387. Philosophy of Language (4) 2. Four units chosen from: COMM 311. Business and Professional Communication (4) COMM 342. Publication Design and Makeup (if not taken as a required course) (4) ENG 522. Independent Study in Writing (4) ENG 565. Special Studies in Writing (with appropriate subject) (2) ENG 566. Special Studies in Writing (with appropriate subject) (4) ENG 631. Approaches to Professional Writing (if not taken as a required course) (4) Group B 1. Eight units chosen from: COMM 311. Business and Professional Communication (4) COMM 342. Newspaper Editing and Makeup (if not taken as a required course) (4) ENG 522. Independent Study in Writing (4) ENG 565. Special Studies in Writing (with appropriate subject) (2) ENG 566. Special Studies in Writing (with appropriate subject) (4) ENG 631. Approaches to Professional Writing (if not taken as a required course) (4)

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