Undergraduate Advising
English majors and concentrators are not assigned individual advisers. Instead, the faculty members serving each year on the department’s Committee for Undergraduate Education (CUE) are designated as undergraduate departmental advisers. Upon declaring a Major or Concentration in English, students should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), or one of the designated advisers, to discuss the program and its requirements.
Students are encouraged, moreover, to regard the entire faculty as available for academic advising. At this site’s faculty pages, students will find a list of faculty detailing their various areas of interest, and they should feel free to consult any faculty member whose interests accord with their own.
Professor Molly Murray, Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
Professor Nicholas Dames
Professor Carlos Nugent
Professor Aaron Ritzenberg
Professor Rachel Adams
Professor Dustin Stewart
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Professor Molly Murray
- Office Hours
- Tuesdays 10:00-12:00pm Wednesdays 2:00 – 4:00pm
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 406 Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Professor Nicholas Dames
- Office Hours
- Wednesdays 9:30-11:30am
- E-mail address
- nd122@columbia.edu
- Office location
- 603 Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Professor Carlos Nugent
- Office Hours
- By appointment
- E-mail address
- can2162@columbia.edu
- Office location
- 408h Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Professor Aaron Ritzenberg
- Office Hours
- Mondays 2:00-4:00pm
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 310d Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Professor Rachel Adams
- Office Hours
- Mondays 12:00-1:30pm Thursdays 2:30-4:00pm
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 405 Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Professor Dustin Stewart
- Office Hours
- By appointment
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 408g Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Office Hours
- E-mail address
- Office location
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Office Hours
- E-mail address
- Office location
Most questions concerning the requirements for the English major or concentration—including information about which courses can be counted toward the major or concentration—can be answered by consulting our Undergraduate Program Requirements page.
Please note that the Degree Audit Report (DAR) on SSOL is often inaccurate. Students should instead make use of the English Major/Concentration Worksheet to keep track of the courses they have taken and the requirements the courses fulfill. Early in the semester in which a student is planning to graduate, the completed worksheet must be reviewed and signed by the DUS.
The English and Comparative Literature Department is committed to helping majors and concentrators plan for their future careers, using the skills developed in their coursework. In addition to regularly emailing students with opportunities for internships and scholarships, the CUE will offer advice for seniors eager to pursue graduate study in English, or curious about other professional avenues.
The department also works closely with the Center for Career Education (CCE) to provide counseling for English majors as they pursue careers after graduation. Resources available at the CCE include the following:
- Individual career counseling, workshops, speaker events, and online resources to help with career planning and internship/job applications, interviewing, networking, negotiations, and graduate school preparation
- Industry-specific resources covering career paths, employers, professional associations, internship/job sites, and research opportunities
- LionSHARE internship/jobs database, which allows students to set up a job agent for daily notifications of internship and full-time opportunities
- CCE Internship Programs
- Career Events– including Fall, Spring and Start-up Career Fairs, Industry Showcases, employer site visits, and the Professionals in Residence program
- Alumni Connections – including alumni dinner and discussion series, Columbia Career Connections on LinkedIn and networking events
For more information about career services and events, please contact CCE at 212.854.5609 or [email protected]