Academic Advising Handbook
English
Table of Contents
- Division Requirements
- Major Requirements
- Minor Requirements
- Sample First and Second Year Programs
- Off-campus Study Options
Sample First and Second Year Programs
For students beginning the major as first-year studentsCourses typically taken by a first year English major:
| Fall | Spring |
| Hum 110 | Hum 110 |
| Group III course | Group III course |
| First-year language | First-year language |
| (Group I) | (Group I) |
Courses typically taken by a second year English major:
| Fall | Spring |
| 200-level English course | 200 level or 300-level English course |
| Group I course (e.g. Hum 2XX) | Group I course (e.g., Hum 2XX) |
| Second year language | Second-year language |
| 200 level English course | Elective |
For students beginning the major as sophomores
Courses typically taken by a first year English major:
| Fall | Spring |
| 200-level English course | A 200- or 300-level English course |
| Group I course (e.g., Hum 2XX) | Group I course (e.g., Hum 2XX) |
| Group III if needed or elective | Group III if needed or elective |
| Foreign language | Foreign language |
Courses typically taken by a second year English major:
| Fall | Spring |
| English elective (300 level) | English elective (300 level) |
| Elective | Elective |
| Non-English literature course (300 level) or second-year language | Non-English literature course (300 level) or second-year language |
| Junior Seminar |
Off-campus Study Options
The English faculty strongly recommends that English majors who wish to study abroad do so in their sophomore year. Study abroad in the junior year can make it difficult to schedule both the junior seminar and the junior qualifying exam.
Reed's exchange programs with the Schools of English at the University of East Anglia and Sussex University in England have provided semester or year-long study opportunities for Reed's English majors. In addition, an exchange program at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland offers English majors a wide variety of course offerings in literature. Other Reed programs that may provide courses of interest to English majors include: Sarah Lawrence College, with strong offerings in writing and women's literature and Howard University, with an array of offerings in African American literature. English majors with foreign language proficiency can take literature courses in Reed programs in Germany, France, Russia, Costa Rica, Spain, and Ecuador.