It is an excellent background for teaching, and can be coordinated with a program of teacher certification. It is a highly useful major for a student considering business or law school. It provides a suitable preparation for graduate work in literature and other humanistic studies. The variety of talents among the English faculty and the various options within the major make it possible for students to shape their own programs flexibly according to their interests. In this track students study literary works, movements, genres, themes, and writers in their cultural contexts.
Courses emphasize reading, story, communication, language, and historical and cultural events.
Students are afforded maximum flexibility in planning their degree programs. They elect seven courses distributed over at least four of six areas and may choose to take four of those courses in one area. The department may also accept transfer credit to satisfy this requirement. Students in the language arts program must meet all of the requirements of the English major, and a few additional specifications. Information concerning the teaching certificate programs can be found in this catalog under the College of Education.