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English Majors Group

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. Leanne Maunu at extension 2288 or via email at lmaunu@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 2024 Meetings

Thursday, February 15 – Welcome back for the spring semester! Our first meeting will be on February 15, and we’ll be meeting in Humanities 308 from 4:30 – 6pm. This meeting will be a “meet and greet,” 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! Please take a look at this informational flyer and email mbagaglio@palomar.edu if you have any questions.

Thursday, March 14 – A “Choose Your Own Adventure!” as we’ll hold two, concurrent gatherings–one a “game night” in room H-308, and the other a publishing workshop in room H-313 (both at 5:00 pm). Feel free to visit one or both! Please take a look at this informational flyer and email mbagaglio@palomar.edu or llasater@palomar.edu if you have any questions.
Thursday, April 11 – Join us for a walk through the Palomar Arboretum at 5:00pm, hosted by our own Dr. Kevin Kearney. We will meet in front of the Library at 5pm and then head over to the Arboretum together. Besides learning about native plants, we’ll also read some poems about nature. Please take a look at this informational flyer and email mbagaglio@palomar.edu or llasater@palomar.edu if you have any questions.
Thursday, May 16 – End the semester right with the very first English Majors picnic! We’ll meet at the Clock Tower at 4:30 for some potluck, frisbee, cornhole, and maybe even some three-legged racing! More details on this one to follow!

Useful Links for Palomar College’s English Majors

Interviewing our Professors (pdf)

UC Essays Guidelines (pdf)

Help with Composing UC Essay

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
Rutgers University’s list of career choices
Kansas State University’s website – includes skills that English majors learn
Albion College’s website
Portland State University’s website

Information about graduate school

GradSchools.com — listing of graduate programs that offer MA and PhD degrees
About.com’s guide to graduate studies in the humanities