Declare English and join our community!
Sophomores, ready to declare English as your concentration? Juniors and Seniors, ready to transfer into English?
The Class of 2024 will declare November 18, 2021.
All students should follow these steps:
Declare English
1. Review the Guide for Concentrators
Review concentration requirements by looking at the Guide for Concentrators or the Harvard College Handbook for Students.
2. Complete the English Concentration Plan of Study
Complete the English Concentration Plan of Study
Draft an eight-term plan of study outlining the courses you plan to take to fulfill your degree requirements. This plan is non-binding and is a useful tool to explore and understand the balance and content of your studies. You'll use this document to discuss your plan, interests, and questions with a concentration adviser.
As part of your plan of study, you should select a concentration adviser. This will be a faculty member you work with for the duration of your English concentration. It can be someone you’ve taken a class with or someone you share an interest with. We’re happy to make recommendations, and your adviser might change if your interests shift or if faculty go on leave. But we’d like you to have an adviser in place when you declare. Send emails, attend office hours, get to know our faculty. All non-creative writing faculty are eligible to be concentration advisers.
Submit your concentration declaration request in my.harvard
How to create a declaration or change of concentration request
To ensure a departmental experience rich in both breadth and depth, we encourage you to work with your faculty concentration adviser to explore your interests in depth and to explore as many subfields of English literature as possible:
- Medieval (c. 700-1550)
- Renaissance (c. 1550-1688)
- Enlightenment (c. 1688-1800)
- Romanticism (1780-1830)
- Nineteenth Century British (c. 1815-1900)
- Modern British (1900-present)
- Early American (c.1700-1850)
- American Renaissance & Post-Bellum (1850-1900)
- Modern American (1900-present)
- African American (1800-present)
- Transnational Anglophone (c.1750-present)
- Drama
- Literary Theory
- Creative Writing
3. Meet with an Undergraduate Program Adviser
Make an appointment with one of our undergraduate program advisers. At this meeting, we’ll review your plan of study document, approve your declaration request, and discuss advising in the concentration. Any student declaring a joint concentration must meet with the Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies or the Undergraduate Program Administrator.
Professor Derek Miller
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
He/him/his
Office: Barker 071
dmiller@fas.harvard.edu
p: 617-496-5366
Office Hours: Wednesday, 3–5pm or by appointment (esp. on Zoom). Please email so I know to expect you!
Lauren Bimmler
Undergraduate Program Administrator
She/her/hers
lbimmler@fas.harvard.edu
Office Hours: Generally available between 9am-5pm, M-Th
Email with any inquiries or to set up a Zoom advising appointment; I encourage you to set up an appointment if you want to meet in person, but you’re welcome to stop by to say hello.
4. Upload Approved English Concentration Plan of Study Form
Upload your approved English Concentration Plan of Study form to my.harvard.