Undergraduate dates/deadlines
Upcoming Events
Past Events
2018 - 2019
Department of English Senior Thesis Deadline:
20 pages and/or 1 chapter due by 12 Noon via Dropbox and to your Adviser
All-day "Writing Boot Camp" for current English majors working on their junior paper or senior thesis. Writing Center Fellows will be hosting workshops at 10:00am for juniors (Managing Your Research Process) and at 2:00pm for seniors (Read, Write, Repeat: Strategies for Transitioning from Research to Writing).
Majors, make sure to RSVP to tarab@ if you plan to attend.
Join us for an evening of laughter and tears as we celebrate the 32nd Anniversary of Top Gun.
Film screening with live commentary by Professor Jeff Nunokawa AND just added, a live performance by QUIPFIRE!
This event is free and open to the public.
Kindly RSVP here:
https://pueng.doodle.com/poll/6axcpgi5dfxnqmrf
ADD TO CALENDAR:
Department of English undergraduate majors and Ph.D. candidates celebrate Friendsgiving.
Questions? tarab@
Princeton students entering the Department of English or the Department of Comparative Literature have the opportunity to spend the fall of junior year at University College London (UCL), the oldest and largest of the constituent colleges of the University of London. This program is a result of the combined efforts of Princeton and UCL faculty members and offers a rigorous, exciting, and rewarding program of study at a top-ranked institution in one of the world’s great capital cities.
In collaboration with the Bread Loaf School of English, the department offers a six-week program of study at Lincoln College, Oxford for rising seniors. Students take a course from an Oxford/Bread Loaf faculty member, choosing among a rich range of topics, from the “Margins of Medieval Literature” to “Shakespeare’s Stage” to the “Modernist Novel.” A Princeton faculty member is also on hand to guide exploration of archives and other resources preparatory to writing the senior thesis.
Join the Princeton University staff for an in-depth discussion on career paths in publishing. Learn how their current entry-level employees landed the job. Preview an upcoming infographic of the life cycle of a book. Tour the facility. Stay for Q&A.
This is event is open to current undergraduate English majors,
RSVPs required via Doodle.
Questions? Contact tarab@
Information session for all current English seniors led by DUS, Professor Tamsen Wolff.
Information session for all current English juniors led by DUS, Professor Tamsen Wolff.
https://path.princeton.edu/orientation/academic-expo
This event, held on the second Monday of Orientation week, is organized to highlight academic departments and resources before first-year students enroll in classes. The Academic Expo brings together the many outstanding departments and programs that Princeton has to offer and encourages first-year students to explore courses and consider various academic options.
Department of English Junior Paper Deadline:
10 pages due by 12 Noon via Dropbox and to your Adviser
2017-2018
Join us, as we celebrate the Class of 2018, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. - McCosh 50 for the presentation of prize awards and class memories. Family and friends are encouraged to attend. Refreshments to follow in the McCosh courtyard. Rain or shine.
General admission. RSVPs not required.
Please see your advisor for instructions and deadline information.
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
Princeton Previews Open House information session for admitted students and their parents.
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
Tuesday, April 10th @ 12 Noon is the deadline for all English seniors to hand in their Senior Theses. You may drop them off earlier than the deadline during normal office hours, M-Th, 8:30am-4:45pm and F, 8:30am-4:30pm. If you have any questions, please contact your Thesis Advisor our the DUS, Sophie Gee (sgee@).
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
Princeton Previews Open House information session for admitted students and their parents.
Open to sophomores interested in learning more about becoming an English Major.
Refreshments provided.
Information Session for Fall 2018:
Fall Semester at University College, London
Princeton students entering the Department of English or the Department of Comparative Literature have the opportunity to spend the fall of junior year at University College London (UCL), the oldest and largest of the constituent colleges of the University of London. This program is a result of the combined efforts of Princeton and UCL faculty members and offers a rigorous, exciting, and rewarding program of study at a top-ranked institution in one of the world’s great capital cities.
Endowed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg `71 h03.
2016-2017
Deadline for the A. Scott Berg English Department Summer Fellowship Proposal. Open to prospective sophomore English concentrators and junior English concentrators.
Submit proposals on SAFE.
2015-2016
English Department Class Day ceremony and reception.
Incoming Freshmen to meet with English Department Director of Undergraduate Studies
Proposals due in the English office by 4:00pm.
Seniors meet with Professor Wolff to review their English requirements. Please make your appointment online.
Seniors meet with Professor Wolff to review their English requirements. Please make your appointment online.
Juniors to meet with Professor Tamsen Wolff, Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Welcome Class of 2019! Stop by our table in the Frick Chemistry Lab atrium to learn more about English course offerings and requirements for becoming an English Major. Our faculty look forward to meeting you and answering your questions.
If you are unable to attend the expo and are thinking about becoming an English Major, attend our alumni panel discussion on Thursday, October 1st, 2015 from 4:30 - 5:45 PM in McCosh Hall, Room 40. This event is open to ALL PRINCETON STUDENTS, UNDERGRAD and GRADUATE STUDENTS. For more information, visit:
Seniors meet with Professor Wolff to review their English requirements. Please make your appointment online.
2014-2015
Prize submissions due by 4:00pm in the English Office.
Sophomore Sign-Ins begin for Prospective English Concentrations. Refreshments will be served.
See schedule at: http://english.princeton.edu/undergraduate/sophomore-sign-schedule
Who? Princeton students entering the Department of English or the Department of Comparative Literature
When? Fall of junior year (September 2015)
Where? University College London Apply now! Deadline has been extended to April 6, 2015
Twenty-page thesis draft submitted to advisor. Please sign in at the front office.
Blair Labatt ’69 will talk to interested English majors about what kind of businesses would be worthwhile for them to consider as career options. He will discuss what kind of skills English majors should expect to use, and what sorts of quantitative skills might be needed to augment communication and writing skills. He will also discuss what kinds of summer internships juniors should pursue as a way of evaluating possible places to begin a career.
2013-2014
No appointment necessary. Meetings scheduled for April 15-24 are as follows:
Tuesday, 10-12p; 1:30-4:30p
Wednesday, 10-12p; 1:30-4:30p
Thursday, 10-12p; 1:30-4:30p
2012-2013
Refreshments will be served afterwards. Come chat with other majors.
SOPHOMORE SIGN-IN TIMES:
| APRIL 16-18 | TUESDAY - THURSDAY | 10:00-12:00; 1:30-4:30 |
| APRIL 22 | MONDAY | 10:00-12:00 |
| APRIL 23-24 | TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY | 10:00-122:00; 1:30-4:30 |
Senior Thesis Due - Two Copies, one bound, one unbound, no binders (approximately 80 pages). Due in English Office 22 McCosh by noon.
NEITHER YOUR ADVISOR NOR THE DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE IS EMPOWERED TO GRANT EXTENSIONS.
LATE JPS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEAN OF YOUR RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE AND YOUR ADVISOR IS TO BE NOTIFIED.
NEITHER YOUR ADVISOR NOR THE DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE IS EMPOWERED TO GRANT EXTENSIONS.
LATE JPS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEAN OF YOUR RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE AND YOUR ADVISOR IS TO BE NOTIFIED.