English majors unite

Adamus
Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:04:22 +0000

I’m an english major at Notre Dame (as of about two months ago :-), and I can tell you that the program is a strong one, at least in reputation. I’ll only be a sophomore this fall, but I can tell you that the major is made up of ten classes: Intro to Literary Studies, 3 Literary Histories (British or American: two of one and one of the other), five upper level electives and one senior seminar. English is one of the larger majors (population wise) and therefore offers a variety of cool electives, many of which are crosslisted with other departments like American Studies, Medieval Studies and Film Television and Theatre, to name a few.

Looking at if from beyond an ND perspective, the English major in general offers a pretty wide spectrum of career possibilities not limited to law and teaching. It prepares you to present yourself well verbally and provides some cultural literacy that is sure to help in many fields, including business (regardless of what your econ major buddies tell you). It’s flexible, so you can definitely double major and study abroad and personalize your experience. Plus it’s pretty fun.