English (ID), 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.

Eight courses including:

One introductory course:

• EGL 100 - Introduction to the Study of Literature: Poetry
• EGL 101 - Introduction to the Study of Literature: Fiction
• EGL 102 - Introduction to the Study of Literature: Drama

Requirements for Honors in English (ID):

Students seeking interdepartmental honors in English have a 10-course requirement, the usual eight 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.

In this seminar (EGL 402  / EGL 403 ) 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 and Honors ID 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 thesis 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.

ID Majors should be particularly attentive to whether the other part of the ID Major requires a thesis to complete the major since the English half does not.