Those students wishing to be licensed to teach must also complete 24 semester hours of professional education courses and 15 semester hours of student teaching. Our English Department is small but versatile. We are also small enough to give students the attention they need. If you love great literature and yearn for the stimulation of intellectual challenge, then ours is the English program for you. Reading of essays from disciplines across the curriculum with analysis of audience and purpose.
Emphasis is on the writing process.
Students write reports and reflective essays, argumentative and explanatory papers. A documented paper is required. E 101 is prerequisite to all other English courses with the exception of E 270 and E 308. Research techniques are introduced, and the completion of a research paper is one of the requirements of the course. A study of Western literature from the classical, medieval, and renaissance periods.