| The
English Honors Program at Holy Cross |
This program, which officially
began in the 1998-99 academic year, is designed to offer additional challenges |
| and opportunities to the
most academically successful English majors at Holy Cross. Each fall,
junior English |
| majors who have a cumulative
grade point average of 3.2 or higher in English courses, or who have been |
| particularly recommended
by their professors, are invited to apply. The program is especially
appropriate for |
| students who are considering
graduate studies in English literature or creative writing. |
| |
| Admission to the program
is competitive. Each year approximately a dozen juniors are selected
to participate, |
| based upon their performance
in English courses, the recommendations of their professors, and their |
| application essays. |
| |
| Once a student has joined
the program, he or she must complete the following requirements, in any
order, |
| without exceeding the maximum
of 14 courses in the major, in order to graduate with honors in English
from |
| Holy Cross: |
| |
| 1. Take a course in
literary criticism or theory (in English or in another department, if appropriate) |
| 2. Take an advanced
seminar in English |
| 3. Write an original
two-semester senior honors thesis (the equivalent of 2 courses in English)
on a genre, |
|
period, author, or topic of the student's choice, or in a creative literary
genre of the student's choice, |
|
assuming that the student has attained an appropriate background in previous
coursework. |
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| For more information on
this program, contact Ms. Shirley Adams, the English department secretary,
in |
| Fenwick 210. |
| |