Professor Christopher Burnham, department head

Professors Bernhardt, Bridges, Dasenbrock, Hoeksema (emeritus), McIlvoy, Payne, West; Associate Professors Allen, Boswell, S. Brown, Cunnar, Herndl, Linkin, Nelson, Price Herndl, Streett (emeritus), Wiget; Assistant Professors Chavez, Cobb, Fleming, Giffen, Graham, Jackson, Mays, Nixon, Pinti; College Assistant Professors I.Brown, LaPorte, Lavender, Willis; College Instructors Fury, Hartigan, Murrell, Richardson, Roark-Diehl, Steele

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DEGREE: Bachelor of Arts
MAJOR: English

The Department of English offers the B.A. in English as the cornerstone of studies in the humanities. The study of literature and the English language provides students with a source of personal enrichment as well as with verbal, analytical, and cultural skills that are readily adaptable to a variety of careers. The department offers a curriculum designed to meet a variety of interests: literature, creative writing, technical and professional communication, rhetoric, and folklore. Students can prepare for graduate study as well as careers in teaching, business, government, or law. The Department of English has a strong commitment to providing academic and career planning and advising designed to assist the English major in entering the profession of his or her choice.

The department also offers minors in English, creative writing, and rhetoric and professional communication. Further information about career opportunities and options or minors is available from the Department of English.

Students who wish to use English as a double major may eliminate one elective from the departmental requirements with the consent of the department.

Departmental Requirements

In addition to meeting the English basic skills requirement (see basic academic skills in the index), the student majoring in English must complete 42 credits in English beyond ENGL 111G, Rhetoric and Composition, satisfying the following requirements:

A. Eighteen credits distributed as follows:
ENGL 243, 251, 252, 261, 271, or 272 (12 credits)
ENGL 301, Writing about Literature (3 credits)
ENGL 302, Literary Criticism (3 credits)
These 18 credits should be completed before the student enrolls in400-level courses.

B.Six additional credits from English courses numbered 298-399.