Intended English majors will make substantial progress on major requirements, strengthen essential skills for evaluating historical writing, constructing arguments, and analyzing evidence, and build intellectual community. You will take one of the 45-series classes required for the major (English 45C), a small, faculty-led seminar on literary analysis, also required for the major (English 90), and Berkeley Connect (English 98BC), a program that pairs students with a graduate student mentor.
Course Descriptions
- ENGLISH 45C: Literature in English: The Mid-19th through the Mid-20th Century, 4 Units. Historical survey of literature in English: the mid-19th through the mid-20th century.
- ENGLISH 90: Practices of Literary Study, 4 Units. This writing-focused course is a small, faculty-led seminar on the practice and discipline of literary analysis. It is meant for all students who seek an introductory literary course in which the skills of textual analysis and critical writing are central, including those who may wish to major in English. Focusing on the close study of a few works, rather than a survey of many, the seminar will help students develop college-level skills for interpreting literature. The seminar will develop students’ ability to read closely and communicate their analysis effectively.
- ENGLISH 98BC: Berkeley Connect, 1 Unit. Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate.Course may be repeated for credit.
Meeting Schedule
- ENGLISH 45C: MW 1:00-2:00 PM; Discussion F 9:00-10:00 AM
- ENGLISH 90: TR 9:30 – 11:00 AM
- ENGLISH 98BC: W 4:00-5:00 PM
Major Prerequisites and L&S Breadth/General Requirements
| Course | Major Prerequisites | L&S Breadth/General Requirement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH 45C | Requirement for English, can be a prereq for ISF | Arts & Literature L&S Breadth | |
| ENGLISH 90 | Requirement for English | Arts & Literature L&S Breadth | |
| ENGLISH 98BC | N/A | N/A | |
* = one of several classes that can satisfy requirement
+ = recommended, not required
^ = lower division requirement, not required for declaration
Intended English majors will make substantial progress on major requirements, strengthen essential skills for evaluating historical writing, constructing arguments, and analyzing evidence, and build intellectual community. You will take one of the 45-series classes required for the major (English 45C), a small, faculty-led seminar on literary analysis, also required for the major (English 90), and Berkeley Connect (English 98BC), a program that pairs students with a graduate student mentor.
Course Descriptions
- ENGLISH 45C: Literature in English: The Mid-19th through the Mid-20th Century, 4 Units. Historical survey of literature in English: the mid-19th through the mid-20th century.
- ENGLISH 90: Practices of Literary Study, 4 Units. This writing-focused course is a small, faculty-led seminar on the practice and discipline of literary analysis. It is meant for all students who seek an introductory literary course in which the skills of textual analysis and critical writing are central, including those who may wish to major in English. Focusing on the close study of a few works, rather than a survey of many, the seminar will help students develop college-level skills for interpreting literature. The seminar will develop students’ ability to read closely and communicate their analysis effectively.
- ENGLISH 98BC: Berkeley Connect, 1 Unit. Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate.Course may be repeated for credit.
Meeting Schedule
- ENGLISH 45C: MW 1:00-2:00 PM; Discussion F 9:00-10:00 AM
- ENGLISH 90: TR 9:30 – 11:00 AM
- ENGLISH 98BC: W 4:00-5:00 PM
Major Prerequisites and L&S Breadth/General Requirements
| Course | Major Prerequisites | L&S Breadth/General Requirement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH 45C | Requirement for English, can be a prereq for ISF | Arts & Literature L&S Breadth | |
| ENGLISH 90 | Requirement for English | Arts & Literature L&S Breadth | |
| ENGLISH 98BC | N/A | N/A | |
* = one of several classes that can satisfy requirement
+ = recommended, not required
^ = lower division requirement, not required for declaration
