English Major / Concentration Worksheet Template Page 2
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2THE ENGLISH MAJOR & CONCENTRATION
THE UNDERGRADUATE HOMEPAGE
at the English Department Website:
english.columbia.edu/undergraduate
ADVISING
You are NOT assigned an individual advisor. Upon declaring an English Major or Concentration, you should meet with the Director
of Undergraduate Studies (D.U.S.) or one of the delegated Faculty Advisors to discuss your program. Advisors’ names and office
hours are posted in the department and online (english.columbia.edu/undergraduate/advising).
ENGLISH MAJOR WORKSHEET
(on reverse side) plus a note about the DARs (the Degree Audit Reports)
You should regularly fill out an “English Worksheet” to be reviewed by the D.U.S. or Faculty Adviser. You must fill out a worksheet
early in your final semester (it must be reviewed and signed by an advisor and submitted to the Director of Undergraduate
Studies). Do not rely on the online DAR, which often contains errors or incomplete information [e.g. transfer credit will never be
included in these reports]; the DAR is a tool, not an official document. The department determines your eligibility to graduate as
an English major or concentrator; meeting with an advisor to complete a worksheet will ensure that you have fulfilled all
requirements by the time you graduate.
ENGLISH E-MAIL LISTSERV
Majors and concentrators should contact Pamela Rodman (email: pbr2101) to request that their name be added to the English e-
mail list. Important information is regularly conveyed via-email. Students majoring in other subjects are welcome to ask to be
placed on the listserv to keep up to date with, say, course changes, registration instructions, special events, etc.
Requirements for the MAJOR
NUMBER OF COURSES:
each major must take a total of 10 courses in English & Comparative Literature.
LITERARY TEXTS, CRITICAL METHODS (ENGL W3001/ W3011):
this introductory course ( a weekly faculty lecture together
with a companion seminar) is a required course for English majors. Though listed on transcripts as 2 courses, ENGL W3001 and
ENGL W3011 [the former listed as 0 points, the latter as 4 points] form a unit and count as one course.
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS:
Majors must also fulfill the following distribution requirements:
Period
3 courses dealing with periods before 1800
Restriction: only one course in Shakespeare may be used toward this requirement
Genre
1 course in each of the following 3 generic categories:
i) poetry
ii) prose fiction/narrative
iii) drama/film/new media
Geography
1 course in each of the following 3 geographical categories:
i) British
ii) American
iii) comparative / global
Courses may fulfill more than one requirement, but only one within a given category (Genre, Geography)
Requirements for the CONCENTRATION
NUMBER OF COURSES:
each concentrator must take a total of 8 courses in English and Comparative Literature.
LITERARY TEXTS, CRITICAL METHODS (ENGL W3001 / W3011):
a required course for English concentrators [see the
description above under “Requirements for the Major” for details about this course].
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS:
Concentrators must also fulfill the following distribution requirements:
Period
2 courses dealing with periods before 1800
Restriction: only one course in Shakespeare may be used toward this requirement
Genre
2 different genre courses (the possibilities are poetry; prose fiction/narrative; drama/film/new media)
Geography
2 different geographical courses (the possibilities are British; American; comparative/global)
COURSE DISTRIBUTION LISTS
are available in the department & at its website. These lists indicate which departmental
courses fulfill which requirements. No course may be used to fulfill a requirement if it is not explicitly included and designated as
such in the Course Distribution Lists, unless you receive approval in writing from the D.U.S.
Online lists:
There is a link on the webpage (under Course Distribution Lists: english.columbia.edu/course-distribution-lists) to a
list of courses for the current semester and the distribution requirements they satisfy. There are also links to archived distribution
lists from past semesters.
Don’t confuse distribution requirements with the number of courses needed for the major. The major always requires 10
courses; the concentration always requires 8 courses.
A SINGLE COURSE MAY FULFILL MORE THAN ONE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT,
so long as they are from different
categories. For example, a Shakespeare lecture fulfills 3 requirements at once, satisfying: one pre-1800 requirement and the
drama genre requirement and the British geography requirement.
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