Interdisciplinary opportunities include combinations within the different department curricula and with such other departments as Communication and Theatre Arts. The department encourages work in the University Honors and Women's Studies programs. The English Department faculty are widely recognized for creative writing, scholarly publications, and many other important contributions advancing the body of knowledge within their particular areas. The department maintains computer laboratories and terminals for use in the writing, journalism, and linguistics programs, a literature center with televisions, VCRs, books, tapes, and recordings, and audio and videotapes and a wide range of computer software for teaching and research in linguistics. In addition, a laboratory collection of 300 selected books facilitates the children's literature program, while a collection of books and journals, recording equipment for field work, and basic phonetics laboratory equipment support acoustic phonetics research and teaching in linguistics.
Tutorial services are also available.
Eastern Michigan University is a host institution for The Linguist, an Internet discussion group.