Transfer Preparation Requirements — English

Major Preparation Requirements

Required courses

  • One course in English composition (expository writing)
  • One course in critical reading and writing (composition and literature)
  • One year of survey of literatures in English
    • British literature to 1850
    • Either British literature from 1850 to the present or survey of American literature

Strongly recommended course

  • Two years of one foreign language or a combination of courses in foreign language and foreign literature

Note: High School foreign language classes will NOT satisfy major preparation requirements.

* Demand for this major significantly exceeds space available.

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