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.

Spring 2026 Meetings

Tuesday, February 17, 5 – 6pm in room H-315 – Welcome back for the spring 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, March 12, 4 – 6pm in room H-321- Calling all creative writers! Student editors from Bravura (Palomar’s award-winning literary journal) will be holding workshops for anyone interested in getting feedback for their fiction or poetry that they would like to submit to Bravura. RSVP in advance by emailing your work to bravurasubmissions@gmail.com with the subject line WORKSHOP.

Thursday, April 16, 4:30 – 6pm in room TBD – Dual-focus meeting! We’ll do a fun activity called “Speed Dating with a Book” (so bring a book you would like to tell others about), and we’ll also have a “Careers in Education” roundtable.

Thursday, May 7, 4:30 – 6pm in room TBD – Join us for a game night where you can match wits with other students and professors in any of a variety of board games.

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