Are you interested in…
Becoming an English major?
Meeting other English majors?
Learning about what kinds of literature classes Palomar and other schools offer?
Finding out what in the world you can do with an English major after you graduate?
Discovering if teaching might be the right career for you?
Attending plays, films, and other cultural events?
If so, then we invite you to come meet other English majors and some of Palomar’s English faculty as part of our English Majors Group! We meet monthly during the regular semester. For more information, please contact Dr. Rocco Versaci at extension 2971 or via email at rversaci@palomar.edu.
Transfer Success
Our majors have had great success in transferring to top 4-year schools in California and the rest of the nation. Take a look HERE at the directions our recent transfer students have taken.
Fall 2025 Meetings
Thursday, September 25, 4:30pm in room H-315 – Welcome back for the fall semester! Our first meeting will be a meet and greet, where we’ll plan out the rest of the semester’s meetings, and we can share some book recommendations (so come with a title or two in mind)! We’re looking forward to seeing you all! For information, check out this informational flyer.
Thursday, October 30, 4:30pm (room TBA) – This may be a more fun meeting, where we do some short creative writing activities or watch a scary movie to celebrate Halloween…TBD.
Thursday, November 13, 4:30pm (room TBA) – This meeting will likely focus on some practical issues for English majors: discussion of career paths, Q & A with a representative from the Transfer Center, etc.
Thursday, December 11, 4:30pm (location TBA) – For our final meeting of the semester, we will plan for a more social activity, probably at a local coffee house, to take a break before finals, share some book recs, and generally just enjoy our English Majors community.
Useful Links for Palomar College’s English Majors
Interviewing our Professors (pdf)
UC Essays Guidelines (pdf)
ASSIST – California’s website for information about transfer and articulation requirements between two-year colleges and four-year universities.
Occupational Outlook Handbook – This is an excellent government site (run by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) that allows users to look up various job titles and find out job descriptions, salaries, job outlook, etc.
Websites that list career choices for English majors:
University of North Carolina at Wilmington’s website
Portland State University’s website
Information about graduate school