A small, committed team of adjunct faculty help round out the department's general education offerings as well. The Literature major provides excellent breadth and depth. Period courses in medieval and renaissance literature, 18th, 19th, and 20th century British literature, and a wide variety of 19th and 20th century American literature may be followed with author-specific courses. Senior Literature majors prepare for an oral examination on representative authors across British and American literary periods. The Writing major , rare in an undergraduate setting, provides introductory and advanced course work in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writing.
Students write and polish their work in supportive, collaborative workshop classes.
Senior Writing majors work individually with a mentor to write and polish a creative thesis. Loras English majors prepare themselves for an interesting variety of professions . Recent graduates have entered the publishing and communications fields, enrolled in law or graduate school, become teachers, and are represented in business professions where their creative, analytical, and communication skills prove useful.