English, B.A.

Requirements for the Interdepartmental (ID) Major:

Students wishing to declare an ID major should confer with both Department Chairs to explain how their intellectual interests or plan of study might integrate the two disciplines.

Any student who declared and ID English major in the Fall of 2012 or later has an 8-course requirement:

One introductory course and seven others, including:

Requirements for Honors

Fourteen courses are required for honors, the usual twelve plus a two-term honors thesis seminar.

In this seminar, students are expected to learn research methods, discuss their subjects and approaches to them, and share ideas and writing, as they work toward completing their individual theses under the direction of the seminar instructor. Prospective Honors thesis writers are required to take the Literary Theory Seminar EGL 302  in Winter of their Junior year, prior to applying to write a thesis, whether proposing a creative or an analytical thesis. Students proposing creative theses are strongly encouraged to have already participated in a creative writing workshop in the proposed genre. Interested students should discuss possible thesis subjects with their advisor and other departmental members in order to develop an appropriate thesis topic. Prospective Honors students are required to submit a two-to three-page thesis proposal and writing sample in Spring of their junior year, for review by the department’s Honors selection committee.

Students seeking interdepartmental honors in English have a 10-course requirement, the usual eight (for those who declared during or later than Fall 2012) and the two-term thesis seminar. Be advised that Honors ID majors, like full Honors majors, must take the Literary Theory course EGL 302  in their Junior year.