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Programs · Columbia College · 2026-2027

English at Columbia College: what LionPlan checks

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Tell us your school, your major, and what you have taken. A course card then shows what a class satisfies (“Satisfies Probability / Statistics”) and what it unlocks (“Opens up 7 more courses”), plus the section time and instructor rating.

The groups below are the ones LionPlan actually checks for this program. They were transcribed from the 2026-2027 Bulletin. Confirm them with your school before you register.

  1. The Introductory Course

    All of these

    All of these: ENGL UN2000.

    Approaches to Literary Study. Registering for ENGL UN2000 also requires registering for a section of the 0-point seminar ENGL UN2001; only the lecture is matched here. This is the one course in the major that may not be taken Pass/D/Fail.

  2. Ten courses in English and Comparative Literature

    N matching

    10 courses matching ENGL or CLEN courses, numbered 1000 to 4999.

    At least ten, for a letter grade, each passed with a C- or higher. Only ENGL and CLEN courses can fulfil the distribution requirements; up to two related courses from other Columbia departments may count toward the ten with the director of undergraduate studies' approval, and are not matched here. Neither are Lit Hum, CC, University Writing, Art Hum or Music Hum, which the department excludes outright.

  3. Distribution — genres

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. Three courses: one focused on poetry, one on prose, one on drama/film/media. The designations are published on the department's course listings site.

  4. Distribution — geographies

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. Three courses: one focused on British/Irish, one on American, one on Global/Comparative literature. A single course can carry more than one designation.

  5. Distribution — ethnicity and race

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. One course focused on the study of ethnicity and race.

  6. Distribution — pre-1700

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. Two courses focused on literature before 1700, only one of which may be a Shakespeare course.

  7. Distribution — 1700 to 1900

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. One course focused on literature between 1700 and 1900.

  8. Distribution — 1900 to present

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. One course focused on literature from 1900 to the present.

  9. Capstone

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. Either the Senior Essay or an advanced 4000-level seminar. The Senior Essay programme runs fall and spring — ENGL UN3795 Senior Essay Research Methods and ENGL UN3999 The Senior Essay — and counts as one of the ten; it can satisfy the capstone and nothing else. The 4000-level ENGL band also holds lecture courses, so there is no level rule that picks out only the seminars.

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