Another english pre-req thread

[Anathema]

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So my plan for next semester was to take two english courses that added up to 6 credits (3 each). I thought this would fulfill most school's requirements if it ever became and issue but I e-mailed one just to be sure and they said they required a full year.

What's the difference between taking both classes in the same semester versus taking them separately over a year? Maybe the person didn't understand my question but now I'm confused.

Even though it's outdated I've been looking at this list here:
http://www.haverford.edu/deans/prehealth/documents/english_requirements.pdf

It seems the only schools I'm interested in that this may be a conflict with are the NY schools which take up a quarter of my list.

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

So my plan for next semester was to take two english courses that added up to 6 credits (3 each). I thought this would fulfill most school's requirements if it ever became and issue but I e-mailed one just to be sure and they said they required a full year.

What's the difference between taking both classes in the same semester versus taking them separately over a year? Maybe the person didn't understand my question but now I'm confused.

Even though it's outdated I've been looking at this list here:
http://www.haverford.edu/deans/prehealth/documents/english_requirements.pdf

It seems the only schools I'm interested in that this may be a conflict with are the NY schools which take up a quarter of my list.

They CAN be taken in the same semester, but they have to be a sequence. Like this:

English Composition I + English Composition II
OR
Literature of the World I + Literature of the World II

Do you see what I am saying?

 

[ShenanigansMD]

They CAN be taken in the same semester, but they have to be a sequence. Like this:

English Composition I + English Composition II
OR
Literature of the World I + Literature of the World II

Do you see what I am saying?

Uh... Really? Anyone else think so? I definitely did not do a sequence...

 

[Anathema]

I thought they mentioned only taking english courses? I haven't seen any mention of specifically taking sequence type courses.

E.g. Modern american literature and fictional literature

 

[IncognitoGuy]

I don't think it has to be a sequence - do English departments even do sequences, generally?

In any case, I've always thought of it as ONE year = two semesters (with one class each), so if you take two classes in one semester it will be considered on your transcript as one year.

When you e-mailed the school, did you describe your plan?

 

[Anathema]

I don't think it has to be a sequence - do English departments even do sequences, generally?

In any case, I've always thought of it as ONE year = two semesters (with one class each), so if you take two classes in one semester it will be considered on your transcript as one year.

When you e-mailed the school, did you describe your plan?

Yeah I sent them this:

On your website you mention that a year is needed by the time of matriculation. Next semester I plan on taking a total of 6 credits of English which would normally be equal to a year's worth of English at other schools. Would this qualify for completing the requirement?

And I got this:

"It must be one full year of English..."

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

Yeah I sent them this:

On your website you mention that a year is needed by the time of matriculation. Next semester I plan on taking a total of 6 credits of English which would normally be equal to a year's worth of English at other schools. Would this qualify for completing the requirement?

And I got this:

"It must be one full year of English..."

Well when I called three MD schools that is what they said. Two were in the west and one in the southeast. Either way you should be fine then.

 

[touchpause13]

I'm an English major and there is really nothing in our English department that you have to take in series. Pretty sure 6 cr = 1 year so you should be fine.

 

[hunterjumper14]

I'm an English major and there is really nothing in our English department that you have to take in series. Pretty sure 6 cr = 1 year so you should be fine.

I was also an English major and I'm pretty sure we didn't have any series courses at my school either. Just take 2 English classes and you should be fine!

 

[Ismet]

It doesn't have to be a sequence at all. By "year," they mean credit-wise, so 6 credits will fulfill it. Mine was fulfilled by a composition course freshman year and a poetry course during study abroad after sophomore year.