English Requirement

[blackmamba24]

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Hi guys,

Im thinking about taking one of 2 classes for the english requirement...

1) Comparative Literature : Great Book Survey
2) English: Shakespeare

Would the comp lit class be acceptable as an "English" class? or would I actually have to have the class have English in its title like #2? I would rather do the comp lit class if i could. thanks!

 

[FlowLimited]

Doesn't matter. If it's an English department class, that'll do.

 

[blackmamba24]

oh well i think thats my problem

the comparative lit class is in the comparative literature department

the english class on Shakespeare is in the english department

....so confused

 

[yowhatup]

while i think those would fit the requirement, to be on the safe side,

do the two semesters of writing composition and one semester of literature that is offered to freshmans and sophomores.

these will fit the requirement for most of the medical schools which have an english requirement

 

[virusgirl]

Hi guys,

Im thinking about taking one of 2 classes for the english requirement...

1) Comparative Literature : Great Book Survey
2) English: Shakespeare

Would the comp lit class be acceptable as an "English" class? or would I actually have to have the class have English in its title like #2? I would rather do the comp lit class if i could. thanks!

It shouldn't be a problem. I only took one class that was part of the English department, but several of my humanities classes were literature-based and writing intensive. Many schools will accept those classes as "English," and if they don't do it automatically, you can generally talk to them and they'll be pretty reasonable about it. I applied to 27 schools, and only one didn't accept my other classes as English -- and it took one two-minute phone call to change that. No sweat!

 

[AdmiralChz]

It shouldn't be a problem. I only took one class that was part of the English department, but several of my humanities classes were literature-based and writing intensive. Many schools will accept those classes as "English," and if they don't do it automatically, you can generally talk to them and they'll be pretty reasonable about it. I applied to 27 schools, and only one didn't accept my other classes as English -- and it took one two-minute phone call to change that. No sweat!

I had the same problem - if you can explain that a course if writing intensive and involves reading significant amounts of "cultural" (not science) literature, then you will have no problem. Schools are very reasonable about their reqs over the phone!

 

[sixpence]

I've emailed several schools and they said that my writing intensive courses would not work... They must have the ENGLISH in the title of the course... but that's just several schools from TX

 

[Myuu]

oh well i think thats my problem

the comparative lit class is in the comparative literature department

the english class on Shakespeare is in the english department

....so confused

I took one through the Russian department. Seemed to work well enough for me.👍

 

[SiR99]

How strict is this requisite?

I'v taken 3 english classes with English/writing in the name of the course, however my university says that one of the courses is not intense enough to be considered.

Do you think this is true or can I get past schools as long as they see three english courses.

OP: depending on how strict schools are about this, You should check with your career counselor, they should have a list of classes from your university that is accepted by other medical schools.

 

[MedSchoolGirl19]

I think by an English requirement, med schools really mean a literature requirement. They don't particularly care whether the literature you are reading is from England or America or some other country. So while they might not count a history class that was reading and writing intensive, there will be no problem with a comp lit class, which basically just means studying literature from places other than England and America.

 

[hedgehog1]

How strict is this requisite?

I'v taken 3 english classes with English/writing in the name of the course, however my university says that one of the courses is not intense enough to be considered.

Do you think this is true or can I get past schools as long as they see three english courses.

OP: depending on how strict schools are about this, You should check with your career counselor, they should have a list of classes from your university that is accepted by other medical schools.

Uh...I would think you should be fine...I know some of my 'english' requirements won't even have 'english' in the title. As long as they are reading/writing intensive courses I'm sure you will be fine. Advisers have told me that many people from my school use writing intensive courses which don't have english or literature in the title of the course.