Becoming a member of the English Department's Honors Program means becoming a part of a small, intensely committed group of teachers and students all working toward achieving excellence in the related disciplines of reading, understanding, and writing about texts. Students in the Creative Writing Subconcentration take creative writing workshops in sequence, and, in their last term, compile a major manuscript of poetry or prose fiction while working closely with the creative-writing faculty in a tutorial reserved for subconcentrators. Students are admitted to the College Honors Program by invitation of the Director of Honors, though inquiries are welcomed from any highly motivated student. Students become candidates for honors degrees by being admitted to an Honors concentration program, such as English Honors. Students interested in the English Honors Program should apply for admission as soon as possible after the beginning of their sophomore year.
Applications are due at the end of the seventh week of each term.
Students must also be maintaining a 3.5 GPA or better in the concentration.