Option 1: Senior BA In English majors who do not plan to attend graduate school will learn the value of revision and expansion of papers by submitting a senior portfolio during the fall semester of their senior year. Departmental approval must be given for this option. Option 2: Senior BA in English majors will begin working by-weekly with a major professor on a 20-25 page paper on a topic authorized by the entire department. The project must be approved by the English Department in the second semester of the student’s junior year. This paper should demonstrate the student’s ability to think and write analytically, critically, and creatively and to do an acceptable caliber of research using a variety of credible sources.