Up to 12 hours may be earned in the Cooperative Education program. Students also may earn up to 24 hours outside the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Latin Honors may be earned by participating in the department's Honors Program. Students are encouraged to begin the program in their junior year. The program requires additional course work and affords students the opportunity to work individually with the professor of their choice.
Detailed information is available in the English office.
Students who contemplate a career in teaching should consult with the School of Education, which supervises the teacher education program. They should plan to fulfill at least some of the college requirements during their freshman and sophomore years. For additional literature courses see Ethnic Studies. The student is trained in the rhetoric of the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and the natural and physical sciences. Courses cannot be counted for both a major and a minor in the department.