DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
The Department of English offers courses intended to expand students' awareness of their culture and of themselves, to encourage the skillful use of the English language and to develop recognition of the masterful use of language by others.
Literature courses provide opportunities to study the prose and poetry of the English language and of other languages in translation. The Department's wide range of literature courses enables serious students to acquire an understanding of the social and political concepts which have appeared in literature, thus enhancing their ability to comprehend the characteristics of their own culture.
Liberal Studies courses in English complement the professional and professionally related components of student curricula, developing "the capacity to understand and appraise the social and cultural context in which the graduate will work as a professional and live as an educated citizen." In addition to its Liberal Studies offerings, the English Department offers programs of a specialized nature to accommodate the particular interests and needs of certain departments.
