Professors: Henry Abelove, Christina Crosby (Chair), Gertrude R. Hughes, Gayle Pemberton, Joel Pfister, Joseph W. Reed, Phyllis Rose, Richard Slotkin, William Stowe, Khachig Tololyan, Alfred Turco, Jr.

Associate Professors: Harris Friedberg, Indira Karamcheti, Sean McCann, Ashraf Rushdy

Assistant Professors: Natasha Korda, Stephanie Kuduk, David Weisberg, Katherine Zieman

Adjunct Professors: Annie Dillard, Anne F. Greene, Kit Reed

Visiting Assistant Professors: Rebecca Connor, Allan Punzalon Issac, Jeffrey Weinstock

Visiting Instructor: Shelly Rosenblum

Visiting Writers: Jonathan Schell, Tom Drury

Departmental Advising Experts (2000-2001): Alfred Turco

First-Year Students. Beginning with the class of 2004, students with Advanced Placement scores of 4 or 5 in either English literature or English composition will automatically receive credit for one course (two courses for classes before 2004). No extra credit is available for taking both tests. Students who have taken the International Baccalaureate Higher Level exams in either English A1 or English A2 and received scores of 5-7 will automatically receive University credit for one course (two for classes before 2004). No extra credit is available for taking both tests, nor can students receive credit for both AP and IB exams. Neither AP nor IB credits may be counted toward the English major. Most courses numbered in the 100s are particularly suitable for first-year students. Some are writing courses. Students who wish to work on their writing should also consider the many FYI courses offered each semester that stress writing (see Wesleyan’s Curriculum: The First Year Program). In addition, some courses numbered 200 and above may admit some first-year students.

Major program. Students considering majoring in English should read the pamphlet on that subject, available in the departmental office. Potential majors must take English 201 while they are sophomores. Students who have taken the course and received a grade of B- or better will be admitted as regular majors during the spring term of their sophomore year. Students who take the course during that term will be admitted provisionally, pending the receipt of a grade of B- or better.

Each student, in consultation with an advisor, will work out an individual major program consisting of ENGL201 and at least nine additional courses. Of the 10 courses counting for the major, all but three must be taken at Wesleyan or in the department’s Sussex program and at least five must be from the department itself. Ordinarily, the courses counting toward the major must be numbered 200 or above, but students may count two writing courses numbered between 140 and 179. Two related upper-level courses from outside the department may also be counted toward the minimum of 10; prior approval from the student’s advisor is required. Appropriate credits transferred from other institutions may also be counted. Some of these 10 courses constituting a major program must be selected from English Department courses that are designated as fulfilling one or more of the following requirements: English or American literature before 1800 and literary theory or critical theory. Details about fulfilling requirements are available in the pamphlet, "About the English Major." The bachelor’s degree with honors in English is awarded on the basis of an outstanding academic record and an honors thesis written during the senior year. Students are eligible to write a thesis if they have an average of 90.5 in the courses counting toward the major (at least six courses by the end of the junior year).