English Major / Concentration Worksheet Template
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2ENGLISH MAJOR / CONCENTRATION WORKSHEET
NAME
e-mail
____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________
School:
CC
GS
Status: MAJOR
CONCENTRATOR
Expected Graduation (m/yr): _____________
Major: 10 Courses; Concentration: 8
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NOTE: a single course may fulfill more than
Distribution Req(s)
one distribution requirement
| (use key to right)
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
1. *
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_________) |
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ENGL W3001/3011 Literary Texts, Critical Methods
taken
(please fill in numbers from chart at left)
2.
A. PERIOD: three before 1800
3.
only 1 may be a course in Shakespeare
____
____
____
4.
GENRE:
5.
B. Poetry____
6.
C. Prose Fiction/Narrative ____
D. Drama/Film/New Media____
7.
GEOGRAPHY:
8.
F. British ____
9.
G. American____
H. Comparative/Global ____
10.
Distributions Req’s for CONCENTRATORS:
2 pre-1800 courses; and courses fulfilling 2 different
*Both majors and concentrators are required to take ENGL W3001/3011: Literary Texts,
genre & 2 different geographical categories
Critical Methods, which counts as one of the 10 (or 8) courses.
COURSE OPTIONS & RESTRICTIONS
CORE CLASSES
Core classes such as University Writing and Lit Hum may not count toward the major/concentration.
English Department courses used to satisfy the Global Core requirement may also count toward the
GLOBAL CORE
major/concentration.
In general, only courses taught in the English Department may count toward the major/concentration.
However, up to two total courses taught in the following departments may also count: Creative Writing
CREATIVE WRITING,
(including at Barnard); Comparative Literature; foreign language departments, as long as the course is
COMP LIT &
an upper-level course concentrating on literature, rather than language. These courses do not fulfill
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
any distribution requirements. (Please note that comparative literature courses with the designation
CLASSES
CLEN are in fact English Department courses; there is therefore no limit on how many can be taken, and
they do fulfill distribution requirements.)
Most Barnard literature classes may be used for the major/concentration. Please check with the D.U.S.
BARNARD COURSES
to know which distribution requirements they fulfill.
SUMMER COURSES
Only 2 summer classes may be used for the major/concentration.
One Independent Study may count toward the major/concentration but fulfills no requirements.
INDEPENDENT STUDIES &
Similarly, the Senior Essay may count as 1 of the 10 courses but fulfills no requirements. Students may
THE SENIOR ESSAY
not count both an Independent Study and the Senior Essay for the major.
No course taken Pass/Fail may count toward the major/concentration (except for the first such course
PASS/FAIL & DS
taken toward one’s eventual major/concentration); courses with a grade of D cannot be counted
toward the major/concentration.
TRANSFER CREDIT/
Courses taken at other institutions may count only after review and approval by the D.U.S. No more
than 5 courses taken elsewhere may be applied to the major, and not more than 4 to the concentration.
STUDY ABROAD
SEMINARS
Seminars require instructor permission. Applications for seminars are generally due the week before
and applying for them the
registration; the maximum number of seminars a student can apply for is THREE. Application
instructions and admit lists can be found at english.columbia.edu.
week before registration
FACULTY ADVISOR’s Name / Signature_________________________________________ Date ___________________
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