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

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

Associate Professors: Harris Friedberg, Indira Karamcheti, Joel Pfister, Ashraf Rushdy

Assistant Professors: Natasha Korda, Sean McCann, David Weisberg, Katherine Zieman

Adjunct Lecturer: Kate Rushin (Director, Center for African American Studies)

Visiting Writers: Kiana Davenport, Sydney Lea, Jonathan Schell

First-Year Students. Students with Advanced Placement scores of 4 or 5 in either English literature or English composition will automatically receive University credit for two courses. No extra credit is available for taking both tests, however, nor may these credits be counted toward an 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 FYI courses that stress writing. 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 adviser, will work out an individual major program consisting of English 201 and at least nine additional courses. Of the ten 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 ten; prior approval from the student's adviser is required. Appropriate credits transferred from other institutions may also be counted. Some of these ten 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; oehistoricity,” the interaction between historical and literary processes; literary theory or critical theory. Details about fulfilling requirements are available in the pamphlet, oeAbout 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 6 courses by the end of the junior year).