English department

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<p>Hi all
I'm a transfer student who applied as an American Lit & culture major. I wanted to know how flexible UCLA's English department would be in allowing American Lit majors to switch to the pure English major? I may want to do this should I attend UCLA.</p>

<p>I think the American lit major is awesome and I like that it has an interdisciplinary component to it. However, since the upper division requirement is 2 courses about American culture, I'm thinking of switching to a basic English major and minor in an interdisciplinary subject instead.</p>

<p>Has anyone been through this? I guessing it can't be TOO difficult since it's an interdepartmental major switch... </p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>You could switch to English from any other department as long as you have the requirements fulfilled and will graduate on time.</p>

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<p>I too, was wondering about this. Yet, isn’t English an impacted major? Thus, not allowing anyone to switch over?</p>

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<p>@xmathx while impacted, I saw this info posted on the UCLA English dept website regarding declaration of the English major:</p>

<p>At this time, the Department has not placed a limit on the number of undergraduate English or American Literature & Culture majors at UCLA. The Department does stipulate that to declare either Bachelor of Arts program as your major, you must not be on academic probation. If you are a continuing student, you must have completed one quarter at UCLA.
[Declaring</a> the Major | Programs & Courses](<a href=“http://www.english.ucla.edu/index.php/Programs-Courses/declaring-the-major]Declaring”>http://www.english.ucla.edu/index.php/Programs-Courses/declaring-the-major)</p>

<p>However, being a transfer student as opposed to a 4-year student at UCLA changes things. hmmm</p>