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. Melissa Bagaglio at extension 2685or via email at mbagaglio@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 2025 Meetings
Thursday, February 20 – Welcome back for the spring semester! Our first 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!
Thursday, March 13 – “Speed Dating with a Book!” We will meet from 4:30 to 6:00pm in Humanities 313. See the informational flyer.
Thursday, April 17 – We will have a “publishing and careers roundtable” where you can questions of English Department faculty about their experiences with publishing and careers inside and outside of academia. Location TBA; time will likely be 4:30 to 6:00pm.
Thursday, May 15 – We’ll reprise a fun activity from the past: a nature tour around campus punctuated by spontaneous poetry readings! Meetup location and time TBA.
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
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