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is aware that there are many constraints on a student's ability
to plan and secure a coherent major, most especially when courses
are available. However, planning in advance helps to make your
undergraduate experience more successful, interesting, and hassle-free.
In planning your major, try to keep in mind the following: |
| Sequencing of courses: In general,
it is wise to complete required classes early on in your program.
Classes specified as requirements mean that the department considers
them to be fundamental to your major and therefore useful in
providing you with important foundational material. You may
want to take a course in literary or cultural theory early in
your progress so you can apply it to your later course. Think,
as well about taking courses that make a coherent and interesting
quarter (and, ideally, year). That is, try to combine courses
in a particular period of English literature with a course in
history on the same period, with a course in art history on
the same period, and/or with a course in another language (in
translation or not) on the same period. For example, a course
on Renaissance drama might be combined with a history course
on the English Renaissance (or Italian, or French Renaissance),
with a course on Renaissance painting, and/or a literature course
on the Harlem Renaissance. Alternatively, try to take courses
that vary historically but address similar questions, genres,
styles. For example, a course on English romantic poetry might
be paired with a course on revolutions (in history or political
science), and/or with a class on feminist approaches to social
change. |
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Balance
in course selection: Where possible, give some thought
to the kinds of course you are taking in a given quarter
in terms of workload. In terms of courses within the
major, you can assume that any course will be writing
intensive, but different courses require different amounts
and kinds of reading. When balancing English classes
with classes outside your major, try not to take 4 reading/writing-intensive
courses at once. Where possible, balance large lecture
courses with smaller discussion classes. Think, too,
about getting to know as wide a range of English professors
as possible and as early on as possible. This helps
you identify the kinds of professor with whom you might
wish to study in a more concentrated fashion later on.
Below
is a what a schedule of courses required for the English
major might look like for a student who plans to graduate
in four years. Other courses taken to satisfy General
Education and University requirements would be taken
in addition to these courses.
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Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
| Freshman |
Foreign Language Quarter 4 |
English 10 and
Foreign Language Quarter 5 |
English 15 |
| Sophomore |
English 101 |
English 102 |
English 103B and a Lower Division English Elective |
| Junior |
English 104B or
104A and an Upper Division English Elective |
Upper Division English Elective toward Specialization |
Upper Division English Elective toward Specialization |
| Senior |
English 197 and an Upper Division English Elective |
Upper Division English Elective toward Specialization |
Upper Division English Elective toward Specialization |
| —Excerpted from Section
4 of the English Department's Undergraduate Handbook. |
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