Which schools are you targeting? Check on each schools website if they define their English requirements.
Here is an example of the California UC’s requirements for English courses. At least for the UC’s, Yearbook and Journalism and not considered approved English courses.
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All courses meeting the English (B) subject requirement will address the following criteria:
Reading - Require extensive reading of a variety of genres, non-literary as well as literary, including informational texts, classical and contemporary prose and poetry, and literary fiction and non-fiction.
Excerpts from longer works are acceptable, but reading will include some full-length works.
Writing - Require substantial, recurrent practice in writing extensive, structured papers directed at various audiences and responding to a variety of rhetorical tasks using evidence taken from complex written sources.
Assignments and activities will support understanding of rhetorical, grammatical, and syntactical patterns, forms, and structures by asking students to respond to texts of varying lengths in unassisted writing assignments.
Assignments reflect the idea that writing is a recursive process involving invention, drafting, revision, and editing.
Courses will address basic issues of standard written English, including style, cohesion, and accuracy.
Project-based English courses are acceptable, but must include substantial writing assignments for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Listening and Speaking - Incorporate assignments and activities that allow students to develop essential critical listening skills and provide them ample practice speaking in large and small groups.