Requirements
Courses only fulfill the requirement under which they are listed. See the full course listing. For other restrictions, please see the section "Special Notes Relating to Undergraduates" in the Bulletin.
Major Requirements
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Required
- Two Pre-1800 courses
- Two Post-1800 courses
- One course from each of these three categories:
- Literary Theory
- Media/Film
- Multicultural/World Anglophone
- Three elective courses
- There is no double counting between course categories listed above (i.e., The Novel in India cannot count for both the World Anglophone and post-1800 requirements). Foundational Literacies and 100-level courses can be double counted for course categories listed above.
- At least two of the above courses must be 100-level courses (excluding courses ending in 9).
For the full list of other restrictions, please see the section "Special Notes Relating to Undergraduates" in the Bulletin.
- A maximum of three courses taken outside the department may be counted toward the majors. This restriction includes cross-listed courses taken at Brandeis and courses taken while on study abroad; it does not apply to transfer credits (see "Special Notes Realing to Undergraduates"). Cross-listed courses taught by English Department faculty are considered within the department and are not included in this restriction.
- COMP and UWS courses do not count toward the major or minor requirements in English and Creative Writing.
Beginning with the fall 2019 class, English majors will need to fulfill the following Foundational Literacies within the major through the requirements listed above.
Double Major Requirements
This major may be declared upon the completion of three courses in directed writing and a course focused on close reading. Fourteen semester courses are required; fifteen if pursuing honors in literature or the poetry or fiction thesis option.
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Required
- Close Reading Course: ENG 10b, ENG 11a or ENG 11b
- Two courses Pre-1800
- Two courses Post-1800
- One course in Literary Theory
- One course in Media/Film
- One Multicultural/World Anglophone course
- One elective course
- One course in a studio or performing art
- There is no double counting between course categories listed above (i.e., The Novel in India cannot count for both the World Anglophone and post-1800 requirements). Foundational Literacies amd 100-level courses can be double counted for course categories listed above.
- At least two of the above courses must be 100-level courses (excluding courses ending in 9).
- Four Creative Writing workshops
For the full list of other restrictions, please see the section "Special Notes Relating to Undergraduates" in the Bulletin.
- A maximum of three courses taken outside the department may be counted toward the majors.This restriction includes cross-listed courses taken at Brandeis and courses taken while on study abroad; it does not apply to transfer credits (see "Special Notes Realing to Undergraduates"). Cross-listed courses taught by English Department faculty are considered within the department and are not included in this restriction.
- COMP and UWS courses do not count toward the major or minor requirements in English and Creative Writing.
Beginning with the fall 2019 class, English majors will need to fulfill the following Foundational Literacies within the major through the requirements listed above.
Minor Requirements
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- Five English courses, with the following exception: only one creative writing workshop may count toward the minor.
- Students are encouraged to speak with the Undergraduate Advising Head or their faculty advisor about clustering or distributing courses counted toward the minor.
- Transfer credits, Advanced Placement credit, and cross-listed courses do not count toward the minor. Cross-listed courses taught by English department faculty are considered within the department and are not included in this restriction.
- A student wishing to double-minor in English and Creative Writing may double-count two courses, leading to a total number of 8 courses required for the two minors combined.