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Undergraduate Major
Undergraduates are offered courses that provide both the core of a liberal education in the humanities and, for those who intend to pursue careers in teaching and scholarship, the basis for advanced study of literature. These courses range from historical surveys of English and American literature and introductory courses in critical method to advanced courses and seminars in particular periods, authors, genres, or literary issues. Senior members of the faculty divide their teaching time equally between undergraduates and graduates and normally offer one undergraduate course each semester. In a few introductory or intermediate courses where enrollments may run to 50 or 100 students, lectures by full-time faculty members are supplemented by classroom or small discussion sections. These sections are conducted by teaching assistants under the supervision of the faculty. Advanced courses and seminars, taught by full-time faculty members, have advantageously small enrollments. Majors in the department are required to study at least one foreign language beyond the elementary level and to supplement their English courses with at least two courses outside the English Department of a general introductory nature in the humanities and/or social sciences, such as history, philosophy, political science, history of science. Appropriate course selections in these fields and in the social sciences are worked out with the guidance of a departmental advisor, who is normally assigned at the beginning of the sophomore year. To supplement the regular offerings of the curriculum, undergraduates who have completed six hours of English beyond the introductory courses may arrange independent reading or research with the consent of a faculty member. In certain cases, undergraduates may be admitted to graduate seminars.
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