Department of English
Welcome to the Department of English at Coastal Carolina University. Our department is made up of extraordinary faculty members who are outstanding teachers and scholars engaged in a wide range of innovative (and often interdisciplinary) scholarship and creative work.
Listen to Our Award Winning Poets Read their Broadsides here:
Fall 2019 Winner - Selena Mendoza - Hand-Me-Down
Spring 2020 Winner - Lucan Hallauer - Listen
This Department Offers Two Majors:
1) The B.A. in English, with concentrations in
- Composition, Rhetoric, and Linguistics
- Creative Writing
- Literature and Culture
- English Studies
2) The B.A. in Digital Culture and Design, which combines liberal arts-based critical thinking skills with experiential learning projects through a newly developed pedagogical approach called “critical making.”
We Also Offer Minors In:
- Creative Writing
- English
- Linguistics
- Middle Grades Education - English
- New Media and Digital Culture
- Southern Studies
Furthermore, we house the M.A. in Writing program, which offers courses in creative writing, composition and rhetoric, professional writing, literature, and linguistics. The MAW degree prepares students for careers in writing, editing, and publishing or for further graduate study in M.F.A. or Ph.D. programs.
Contact
Joe Oestreich
Chair, Department of English
Edwards 223
843-349-2433
joeo@coastal.edu
Joan Trupiano
Administrative Specialist
Edwards 224
843-349-6423
trupiano@coastal.edu