About the Program

We are a community of teachers and students, readers and writers, learners and scholars. United by an interest in language and literature and convinced that our discipline is the lynchpin of a quality university. We look forward to seeing you in our classes and offices.

Students who complete the requirements for a degree in English will be able to do the following:

• Demonstrate an ability to write essays, both formal and informal, that reflect a proficient use of academic research skills and rhetorical conventions.
• Demonstrate an ability to read and analyze, both orally and in writing, texts from the four major literary genres - fiction, poetry, drama and creative non-fiction.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the cultural or historical context of major literary texts.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of the linguistic system and the historic development of language.
• Demonstrate a mastery of advanced reading, writing, analytical and interpretive techniques suitable for a variety of academic, creative and professional settings.