Dept. of English & Comparative Lit.
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-6020
Location: Arts and Letters 226
Office Hours: 8am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm
Email: EandCL@mail.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-5307
Fax: (619) 594-4998
Joanna Brooks, Ph.D., Chair
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Last Update: 1/18/12
English
Majors and minors in English learn to read, think, and write more insightfully and critically about human experience through the lenses of literature. Our courses explore literature across continents, cultures, and centuries, from Shakespeare’s England to contemporary English-speaking Africa and the borderlands of the United States. For Fall 2010, the Undergraduate Advisors are Professors Laurie Edson and Phillip Serrato. To make an advising appointment, please call the English and Comparative Literature department office at 619-594-5307.
SDSU General Catalog
Advising Sheets
- English PreMajor--Standard (.pdf*)
- English Major--Standard (.pdf*)
- English Minor (.pdf*)
- English PreMajor--Single Subject (.pdf*)
- English Major--Single Subject (.pdf*)
- English Honors Variation (.pdf*)
Comparative Literature
Majors and minors in Comparative Literature explore global perspectives on human experience through the literatures of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, preparing themselves to understand with greater insight the complex and sometimes chaotic movements of people and ideas in the contemporary world.
SDSU General Catalog
Advising Sheets
- Comp Lit Major--Plan I (.pdf*)
- Comp Lit Major--Plan II (.pdf*)
- Comp Lit Major--Single Subject (.pdf*)
- Comp Lit Minor (.pdf*)
Honors Program
The English and Comparative Literature Honors program offers outstanding Literature students a variation of the major designed to prepare undergraduates for the rigors of graduate study. Students work closely with faculty in specific areas of interest, complete extra coursework, and write an honors thesis under the direction of a mentoring faculty member.
Requirements for graduation with Honors:
- 3.7 minimum GPA in upper division courses*
- 3.5 minimum GPA overall
- two additional upper division courses appropriate for field of interest
- Honors Thesis (English 499 or Comparative Literature 499).
To apply to the Honors Program, please submit to the Faculty Advisor:
- the completed application form (.pdf*)
- a set of transcripts
- name of one faculty member from the Department of English and Comparative Literature willing to recommend you to the program
- a seven- to ten-page sample of graded critical work**
Successful completion of the English Honors program will be recognized at graduation and appears on the final transcript.
SDSU English and Comparative Literature Honors Advisor Professor:
Quentin Bailey
qbailey@mail.sdsu.edu
*While not indiscriminately flexible, the Honors Director does have some leeway to exercise discretion in making determinations with regard to Honors Program applicants. If you are somewhat close to the mandated 3.7 GPA in upper division courses, do please consider applying for this program.
**If you have questions about the length or scope of the writing sample, please speak to the Honors Advisor before submitting your application.
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