Policies

Students who take a class with substantial Anglophone literary content outside the department may petition for course equivalency to count that course towards the English major at the discretion of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Such courses cannot fulfill English literature core requirements; students may not receive course equivalency credit for more than two classes (or ten units), and students should not take for granted that any particular course will be accepted.

Transfer students only may apply as many as four literature courses taken at approved universities toward the English major. Approval of such courses toward the major and its requirements is at the discretion of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Request for transfer credit, including course syllabi and official transcripts, should be submitted to the undergraduate student services officer and the Office of the Registrar’s external credit evaluation section. After-the-fact petitions for courses taken outside the department may be refused.

All English major classes taken for a letter grade must receive a grade of C or better.

Courses can only be counted once, i.e., can only satisfy one requirement

All core courses, with exception to the pre-1800 requirement, should be taken for five units. Elective literature courses may be taken for at least three units.

Completion of the major requires planning. Students majoring in English should meet regularly with their English department faculty advisor to discuss their classes and their progress through the major. We recommend meeting each quarter and require at least one meeting per year.

For a student's depth requirement, they must choose between completing the Literature depth in discipline or completing one subplan to satisfy the major's overall requirements.