CAS: English

For additional information, please see the CAS Bulletin. Students with advising inquiries should contact the appropriate CAS Assistant Director of Academic Advising below based on the first letter of their last name:

• A – L: Michelle Njoroge (mnjoroge@bu.edu)
• M – Z: Rebekah Stearns (stearnsr@bu.edu)

Upon completion of the CGS program, students must have earned credit towards the following 10 courses:

• Humanities: 3 courses
  • Choose two from CGS HU 103, CGS HU 201, or CGS HU 202
  • CGS HU 104*
• Natural Sciences: 2 courses
  • CGS NS 201 and CGS NS 202
• Rhetoric: 2 courses
  • CGS RH 103 and CGS RH 104*
• Social Sciences: 3 courses
  • Choose two from CGS SS 103, CGS SS 201, or CGS SS 202
  • CGS SS 104*

*Required course taken during the Summer term.

The English major requires a total of 10 courses (4 credits each), all completed with a minimum grade of C.

All English majors must complete EN 220, Seminar in Literature.

Students who complete the following College of General Studies courses with a grade of C or higher will receive credit towards the major:

• CGS HU 103 = EN 101
• CGS HU 104 = EN 1xx

CGS students cannot count any other courses below the 300-level toward their degree. Of the seven additional courses, at least one course numbered 300 or higher must fall in each of the following four groups: Literature pre-1700, Literature 1700-1900, Power, Identity & Difference, and Concepts and Methods.

• Completion of the CGS required courses and appropriate electives
• Cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.00

Boston University students completing a degree in CAS must also complete the following requirements.

• BU Hub requirements
• CAS requirements:
  • Second Language requirement
• English major requirements
• CAS requires a minimum of 128 credits, excluding PDP, ROTC, and CAS FY and SY courses.