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.

SUMMARY:

Class of 2024

English I.D. Majors have an 8-course requirement, which includes one 100-level course and seven others, with at least one pre-1700 course (202-215), one Shakespeare course (200 or 201), four 200-level courses of choice, and one seminar of choice.

Class of 2025 and beyond

English I.D. Majors have an 8-course requirement, which includes one 100-level (100-189) and one ”Confronting the Canon” (190-199) course, and a choice between either a Shakespeare (200-201) or a pre-1700 course (202-215). Like full and double English majors, ID majors must take a 200-level course tagged as BIPOC lit as one of their four 200-level electives. ID majors take a seminar of choice, either at the 300-or 400- level, while being sure to fulfill the college requirement for a WS (Senior Writing experience).

Classes of 2025 and following:

English ID majors take eight courses, including the required courses below:

Class of ‘24

English ID majors take eight courses, including the required courses below:

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 as their seminar (rather than a senior seminar for WS) and meet the other qualifications for honors.

In the two-term honors thesis 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 and Honors ID thesis writers take EGL 302  prior to applying to write a thesis, whether proposing a creative or an analytical thesis. Students proposing creative theses should 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 apply by submitting a two-to three-page thesis proposal with a writing sample in the appropriate genre for review by the department’s Honors thesis selection committee. Acceptance not guaranteed.

Note: ID Honors thesis students enroll in IDM 498-499 (by application) yet participate in the Honors thesis workshop class, EGL 402-403.