English Major at Haverford

pointoforder
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:57:36 +0000

While Haverford has great sciences, it is a true liberal arts college with outstanding social sciences and humanities. For the HC classes of 2009 and 2010, the five most popular majors are Political Science (11.6%), Biology (10.5%), English (10%), Economics (9.8%), and Psychology (9.3%).

As you can see, English is one of the three most popular majors–with virtually the same number of students as biology. The English professors are world-class and very much loved by the students. In addition, the Hurford Humanities Center is a major force on campus. The Center brings together faculty, students, and diverse communities of writers, artists, performers, thinkers, activists, and innovators.

In recent years, English majors have gone off to top Ph.D. programs (Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, among others), pursued high school teaching, journalism careers, law school, medical school, Peace Corps, nonprofit jobs, business careers, and a host of other things.

Haverford has an academic atmosphere that is as rigorous, serious, and stimulating as one will find anywhere, whether you want to study the natural sciences, social sciences, or the humanities.

By the way, if you haven’t already done so, be sure to checkout these videos about Haverford: [Haverford College Office of Admission: Admission Videos](http://www.haverford.edu/admission/videos/)