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The Major in English requires the successful completion of eleven major
courses. (to be moved to own page with link above)
- The courses must satisfy the following distribution requirements according
to the Course Groups listed below: at least 2 courses from Group I; at least 2
courses from Group II; at least 1 course from Group III; at least 1 course from
Group IV.
- In addition, four courses must be selected as forming a concentration in
one of the Concentration Areas. Except in the case of students electing
Concentration Area 3 (Literary History) these courses may also satisfy the
Group requirements outlined above.
- One course must be a Special Topics Course (English 60-69) or English 90
(Foreign Study Program [FSP]. This course may also satisfy one of the Group
requirements outlined above and/or be part of the four-course
concentration.
- One course must be designated as satisfying the Culminating Experience
Requirement; this may be an Advanced Seminar (70, 71, 72, 73, 75 or 85), or, in
the case of students seeking a degree with Honors, the first term of English
98. This course may also be part of the four-course concentration, but cannot
be used to satisfy any of the Course Group requirements. The Culminating
Experience course must be taken and completed after the sophomore-junior summer
term.
Students electing the major in English should bear in mind the
following:
- Transfer credits normally cannot be used in the major. Students wishing to
be granted an exception must petition the CDC. If approval is granted, transfer
courses are subject to the rules that apply to substitute courses.
- Two substitute courses(appropriate major courses from other departments at
Dartmouth) are permitted within the major. One of those courses may be part of
the concentration area. Students wishing to substitute more than one course in
their concentration area must petition the CDC. Normally, substitute courses
cannot satisfy the Course Group requirements.
- No substitute courses may satisfy the Culminating Experience
requirement.
- To become an English major, students must consult with a professor from the
list of faculty major advisors (posted in the department and on the web) to
plan their concentration area. Students formally elect the major in English by
submitting a proposed plan of courses—a completed major card—to their major
advisor. The major advisor's signature constitutes admission to the major.
Students must meet with their major advisor a second time in the last term of
the junior year or the first term of the senior year in order to review their
major plan.
- Students may petition the CDC (Committee on Departmental Curriculum) to
adjust a concentration area designation for a course. Such petitions must be
endorsed by the faculty member teaching the course.
Course Groups
I. Literature before the mid-seventeenth century (2 courses required): 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 39, 65, and 70.
II. Literature from the mid-seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth
century (2 courses required): 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43,
66, and 71.
III. Literature from the start of the twentieth century to the present (1
course required): 17, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 58, 67, and 72.
IV. Criticism and Theory (1 course required): 14, 15, 16, 18, 59, 63, 75 and
COLT 72.
Courses whose Course Group Assignment Varies: 60, 62, 90, 91, and 98
Courses with no Course Group Assignment: 10, 11, 16, 69, 74, 80, 81, 81, 83,
85, 96, and 97
Courses that cannot count for major credit: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 96 (except
by successful petition to the CDC)
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