English Major Requirements
Details of the major:
English 299; English 399b or "Senior Conference"; plus a minuimum of seven additional courses in British, American and Anglophone literature. The program must include at least two courses in literature written before 1800, at least two courses in British/English literature and at least two in American, and two courses in English at the 300 level. The department will give major credit for a semester course in a foreign literature in the original language or for Comparative Literature 200.
Admission to the major requires completion of two courses at the 200 level by the end of the sophomore year; one of these must be an "introductory emphasis'' course (a list of such courses will be issued each semester). English 150L may be presented in place of one 200 level course.
For Semester I, Fall 2008, designated “introductory emphasis courses” are 205a and 210a.
For Semester II, Spring 2009, designated “introductory emphasis courses” are 258b and 260b
Final evaluation of the major program will center on written work and oral examinations conducted in the context of the work for English 399b. No more than four major credits will be awarded for work done beyond the tri-college community, whether abroad or in the U.S. The department does not offer a minor in English.
Courses taken in the Bryn Mawr English Department and the Swarthmore English Department may also be counted towards the major at Haverford.