Students in the Department of English learn to create for a world dependent on the written word and visual rhetoric. Ever-changing and fragmented communication landscapesespecially those that include AIdemand leaders who can inspire others by using words and images that convey innovative ideas and foster authentic connections. Our students create essays and professional documents, along with poems, short stories, and screenplays, as well as content for a host of new media platforms. What students create in the Department of English is limited only by their own imaginations.
Courses cover a range of textsfrom medieval literature to pop culturethrough a range of approaches. Students in English analyze literature, rhetoric, technical documents, film, and other media, and they express themselves in a variety of contexts while exploring big questions about life, meaning, and value. From literary wonderlands to the cinematic west, from the Elizabethan stage to social media platforms, English courses take students to a variety of textual worlds.
Our department's faculty are award-winning authors, scholars, poets, and essayists who bring a breadth of expertise into the classroom. Their courses help students hone their crafts, developing the abilities to analyze texts, express themselves in different media, and adapt to the future. Our flexible curriculum provides a broad foundation in the Humanities while also encouraging students to pursue their individual passions among several different concentrations and minors.
The Bachelor of Arts in English degree provides a broad foundation in the study of writing and texts, including literature, film and media, and rhetoric. Students with a concentration in Creative Writing choose advanced workshop-style courses in fiction, poetry, screenwriting, and other forms of creative written expression. The degree culminates with a Senior Seminar in Fiction Writing or Poetry Writing.
