ENGLISH, particularly CRITICAL THEORY

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm transferring out of a CC with strong academics, ECs, etc etc.</p>

<p>I want to major in English. I have a HUGE interest in Critical theory.
Some colleges I've already considered:</p>

<p>Northwestern- looks like they have a strong english program. They offer a minor in Critical Theory too.</p>

<p>Cornell - Ivy League, strong school in general. There are lots of courses outside of the English department that deal with critical theory.</p>

<p>Syracuse University - ETS, their english program, is critical theory based! SU seems "weaker" compared to some of the other college though</p>

<p>Georgetown - Critical theory, political focuses. </p>

<p>Any thoughts? Any other universities I should check into?</p>

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<p>Berkeley? The Englihs is strong, and critical theory may be one of the department's many specialties. Also, many "out of deparment" courses would cover "critical theory" of all sorts.</p>

<p>Harvard? Yale? These are historically strong in English. Perhaps Princeton and UPenn as well, but I don't know about the focuses of their English departments. Perhaps Chicago and Columbia, but again, I don't know the focuses of the departments.</p>

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<p>Look in Critical Theory books and journals--check which universities the authors are from.</p>

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<p>Duke
UC Irvine
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Berkeley
Columbia
Chicago
Yale
NYU
Stanford
Harvard
Brown
U Penn
Rutgers
Illinois
Princeton
Pitt
Wisconsin</p>

<p>based on ratings of GRADUATE literary crit in US News</p>

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<p>Berkeley, Yale, Harvard, UChicago, Duke, UC Irvine, Johns Hopkins are probably the top universities to consider.</p>

<p>Also consider small LACs such as Wellesley, Wesleyan, Amherst, Swarthmore and Oberlin.</p>