Conference
on College Composition and Communications Presentation:
What's
going on with English majors?
Historical
contexts and national trends in undergraduate curricula
Thomas
Miller, University of Arizona
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The Carnegie
Foundation categorizes the 1478 four-year institutions in the United States into
these groups:
- 57
BA/AA
Colleges (4%) (at
least 10% baccalaureate degrees)
- 321
BA
Colleges—General (22%) (fewer
than half of degrees in liberal arts)
- 228
BA
Colleges—Liberal Arts (15%) (more
than half in liberal arts)
- 115
MA Colleges and Universities 2
(8%)
(20+ MA degrees offered)
- 496
MA Colleges and Universities 1
(34%)
(40+ MAs annually in 3+ areas)
- 110
Doctoral/Research—Intensive (7%)
(10+ doctoral degrees annually in 3+ areas)
- 151
Doctoral/Research.—Extensive (10%) (50
doctoral degrees annually in 15+ areas)
(http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/CIHE2000/PartIfiles/partI.htm)
This stratified sample of 100 English majors is comprised of institutions
randomly selected from these categories in a proportional manner.
Two BA/AA college and two BA general institutions did not have an English
major and were dropped from the sample. Terms such as “Literature” are
capitalized when they are used by a department for its major
Baccalaureate
and Associate Colleges
(4%)
- 1.
Lasell
College, MA
- http://www.lasell.edu/course_catalog/html/program_highlights.html#humanitiesids
- Miriam
Reddicliffe (no email is provided)
- The Humanities
and Interdisciplinary Studies offer majors in Communications and English,
with the latter concentrated on literature and also offering teacher
certification options.
-
- 2.
Ohio
State University, Marion
- http://english.ohio-state.edu/programs/undergraduate/default.htm
- Chris Highley highley.1@osu.edu
- The English
Department offers a literature major and a collaborative major with
education.
-
- 3.
Saint
Gregory’s University, OK
- http://www.stgregorys.edu/academics/humanities.htm
- Yoon Sik Kim yskim@stgregorys.edu
- The Humanities
Division offers a general English major also majors in Communications, Theater, and Journalism.
-
- 4.
Champlain
College, IL
- http://www.champlain.edu/majors/prof_write/courses.php
- Joanne Farrell
(no email is provided)
- A baccalaureate
degree is offered in Professional Writing that offers emphases in Media and
Creative Writing or Business and Technical Writing.
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- Baccalaureate Colleges, General
(22%)
-
- 1.
Anderson
College, SC
- http://www.ac.edu/content/pages/_academics/humanities.html
- Danny Mynatt dmynatt@ac.edu
- The Humanities
Division offers a major in literature that includes creative writing and
other writing courses. An English education major is offered jointly with
education.
-
- 2. Antioch College, OH
- http://www.antioch-college.edu/Catalog/majors_concentrations-llc.htm
- Jean
Gregorek jgregorek@antioch-college.edu
- The
interdisciplinary division of Languages, Literature, and Cultures offers
majors in literature and creative writing with a strong multicultural
orientation and a cooperative educational course.
-
- 3.
Athens
State University, AL
- http://www.athens.edu/sos/eng/engmenu.htm
- Albert Elmore
elmoreae@athens.edu
- The Department of
English offers majors in literature and English education.
-
- 4.
Bethany
College, KS
- http://www.bethanylb.edu/academics/areas_of%20study/english/english_index.html
- Philip
Coleman-Hull colemanp@bethanylb.edu
- Bethany College
offers a major in English education and a major and minor in English that
stress literature.
-
- 5.
Calumet
College of St. Joseph, IN
- http://www.ccsj.edu/academics/programs/eng/requirements.html
- Barbara Goodman bgoodman@ccsdj.edu
- The English and
Professional Writing Program offers an associate degree in English and a
major in English and Professional Writing with concentrations in literature,
journalism, and creative writing.
-
- 6.
Centenary
College, NJ
- http://www.centenary.edu/english/req.html
- David Havird
dhavird@centenary.edu
- The major in
English offered by the Department of English and Communications focuses on
literary studies, though from a markedly multicultural perspective.
Coursework includes media studies, varied genres of writing, and
communications.
-
- 7.
Central
College, IA
- http://www.central.edu/english/RequirementsForMajor.htm
- Mary Stark starkm@central.edu
- The English
Department offers a major that focuses on literature from a multicultural
perspective. ESL and English
education programs are offered, and a writing major with creative and
professional tracks are also included.
-
- 8.
Flagler
College, FL
- http://www.flagler.edu/academics/d_englishcurriculum.html
- Todd Lidh tmlidh@hotmail.com
- The English
Department offers a major and minor in literature and a minor in Creative
Writing.
-
- 9. Glennville
State College, WV
- http://www.glenville.wvnet.edu/Academics/Divisions/LangLit/Degrees/Default.asp
- Wayne de Rosset.DeRosset@glenville.edu
- The Division
of Language and Literature offers majors in literature and English
education.
-
- 10. Lewis and Clark State College, ID
- http://www.lcsc.edu/humanities/ProgramInfo.htm
- Bernice Harris bharris@lcsc.edu
- The Humanities Division offers majors in literature, English education,
Publishing Arts, Creative Writing, and Communications.
-
- 11.
Maryville
College, TN
- http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/academics/catalog/degrees/degree.asp?did=16
- Susan Schneibel
- susan.schneibel@maryvillecollege.edu
- The Division of
Humanities offers majors and minors in Literature, English education, and
Writing/Communication and also a major in Teaching English as a Second
Language.
-
- 12.
Metropolitan
State College of Denver
- http://clem.mscd.edu/~english/Emph.html
- William Hamilton hamiltow@mscd.edu
- The Department of
English offers majors in literature, English education and writing, with the
latter combining creative, technical and journalistic writing, and also
minors in writing, literature and Language and Linguistics.
-
- 13.
Mid-Continent
College, KY
- http://midcontinent.edu/traditional/academics/bcas/majorsenglish.php
- No contact
information is provided.
- An English major
stressing literature is offered.
-
- 14.
Missouri
Valley College
- http://www.moval.edu/academics/majors_minors/english_major.asp
- No contact is
listed.
- The Arts and
Humanities Division offers an English major culminating with a
researched essay on literature or a creative writing project
-
- 15.
Missouri
Western State College
- http://www.mwsc.edu/eflj/majors.html
- Kenneth Rosenauer
rosenauer@mwsc.edu
- The English,
Foreign Languages, and Journalism Department offers majors in literature,
English and Public Relations, Technical Communication, English and
Journalism, and English education.
-
- 16. Northwest
College, WA
- http://www.nwcollege.edu/catalog/programs/englmaj.html
- Glenn Settle recpt@ncag.edu
- The English Program offers a major in English with concentrations in
Literature, Writing, and Teaching English as a Second Language.
-
- 17.
Saint
Joseph’s College, IN
- http://www.saintjoe.edu/programs/english.html
- Robert Garrity rjg@saintjoe.edu
- The English
Department offers majors in Literature and Creative Writing and a minor in
journalism and participates in a teaching certificate program.
-
- 18.
Southwestern
Adventist University, TX
- http://documents.swau.edu/bulletins/under03/pdf/English.pdf
- Judy Myers Laue
(no email is provided)
- The English
Department offers a major in literature and a teacher certification program.
-
- 19.
Thiel
College, PA
- http://www.thiel.edu/academics/english/default.htm
- Christopher
Moinet cmoinet@thiel.edu
- The English
Department offers majors in Literature, Writing and English education.
-
- 20.
Thomas
College, GA
- http://www.thomas.edu/catalog/communications.htm
- Doug Lepley lepley@thomas.edu
- The
Communications Program offers majors in Communications with concentrations
in Public Relations and Marketing and in English, with coursework in the
latter in literature and writing.
-
- 21.
University
of New Hampshire, Manchester
- http://www.unh.edu/ur-engl.html
- Janet E. Aikins janet.aikins@unh.edu
- The English
Department offers majors in literature, journalism, linguistics, and English
education, and also courses in creative writing.
-
- 22.
University
of the Ozarks, AR
- http://www.ozarks.edu/academics/hfa/english.html
- David Strain dstrain@ozarks.edu
- The Humanities
and Fine Arts Division offers an English major concentrating on literature
and an English education degree.
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- Liberal
Arts Baccalaureate Colleges (15%)
-
- 1.
Albertus Magnus College, CT
- http://www.albertus.edu/academic/programs.htm
- Deborah D. Frattini (no email is provided)
- The English Department offers a major in English with concentrations in
Professional Writing, Creative Writing, Dramatic Studies, and liteature.
-
- 2.
Bennett College, NC
- http://www.bennett.edu/language/dept.htm
- Anne Mangum ama4629586@aol.com
- The Department of
English and Foreign Languages offers majors in literature and English
Education.
-
- 3.
Carleton College, MN
- http://webapps.acs.carleton.edu/curricular/english/guidemajors/
- Gregory Smith
gsmith@carleton.edu
- The English major
centers on literature but also includes a full range of creative writing
courses and some theater studies.
-
- 4.
Coe
College, IA
- http://www.coe.edu/academics/English/index.htm
- Wendy Bashant
wbashant@coe.edu
- The English and
Literature Program offers a major and minor, with all the requirements in
literature. A Literature major is offered in collaboration with the
Department of Foreign Languages and a minor in writing in collaboration with
the Department of Rhetoric.
-
- 5.
Connecticut
College
- http://aspen.conncoll.edu/camelweb/index.cfm?fuseaction=registrar&circuit=cc&function=course&action=english
- Julie Rivkin jhriv@conncoll.edu
- The English
Department offers a major and minor in literature that are influenced by
cultural studies and also offers a concentration in creative writing.
-
- 6.
Emory and Henry College, VA
- http://www.ehcweb.ehc.edu/catalog/courses/engl.html
- Robert L. Reid rreid@ehc.edu
- The English
Department offers a major with three tracks: Creative Writing, Teacher
Preparation, and Literature as well as a minor in English.
-
- 7.
Gettysburg
College, PA
- http://www.gettysburg.edu/academics/english/req-ra.html
- Loretta F.
Cleveland lclevela@gettysburg.edu
- While work with
new technologies is stressed, the English Department offers a traditional
historically oriented major and a minor in writing that includes courses in
fiction, playwriting, and memoirs.
-
- 8.
Hanover College, IN
- http://www.hanover.edu/learning/academic/english/
- Steve Jobe jobe@hanover.edu
- The English
Department offers an historically- oriented major and minor in literature.
-
- 9.
Hollins
University, VA
- http://www.hollins.edu/undergrad/english/courses/engcrse.htm#requirements
- Marilyn Moriarty huadm@hollins.edu
- The Department of
English and Creative Writing offers majors and minors in literature and
creative writing that culminate with a portfolio requirement.
-
- 10.
Knox College, IL
- http://www.knox.edu/x2874.xml
- Lori Haslem lhaslem@knox.edu
- The English
Department offers majors and minors in Literature and Creative Writing.
-
- 11.
Millsaps
College, MS
- http://www.millsaps.edu/records/catalog/divisionartsenglish.shtml
- Austin Wilson wilsola@millsaps.edu
- The English
department offers a major and minor in literature and also a concentration
in Creative Writing.
-
- 12.
Oberlin
College, OH
- http://www.oberlin.edu/english/department/major.html
- Nicholas Jones Nicholas.Jones@oberlin.edu
- The literature
major has concentrations in African-American Studies, American Literature
and Culture, Creative Writing, Modern Culture and Media, Theater and Drama,
and Women’s Studies.
-
- 13.
Saint
Vincent College and Seminary BAL
- http://facweb.stvincent.edu/academics/english/degree.html
- Frances Zauhar
fzauhar@email.stvincent.edu
- The English
Department offers literature and teacher certification majors that require a
portfolio that is reviewed annually.
-
- 14.
Southwestern
University, TX
- http://www.southwestern.edu/academic/depts/dept-engl.html
- David J. Gaines gainesd@southwestern.edu
- The English
Department offers a major in literature, a major in English and Feminist
Studies, and a teacher certificate program.
-
- 15.
Virginia
Union University
- http://www.vuu.edu/academics/humanities.pdf
- Linda McDonald LMcDonald@vuu.edu
- The
Communications Department offers majors and minors in English that
concentrate on Literature and Language.
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Masters
Colleges and Universities, 2
(8%)
- 1.
Carthage
College, WI
- http://www.carthage.edu/dept/english/require.cfm
- Pamela Smiley
psmiley@carthage.edu
- The Department in
English offers majors and minors in literature and creative writing.
-
- 2.
College
of Mount St. Joseph, OH
- http://www.msj.edu/academics/humanities/English/
- Margaret McPeak margaret_mcpeak@mail.msj.edu
- The Humanities
Departments offers a major and minor in literature with an option of a
teaching certificate.
-
- 3.
Concordia
University, OR
- http://www.cu-portland.edu/admissions/majors/english.cfm
- Gerd Horten ghorten@cu-portland.edu
- The Department of
Humanities offers an English major emphasizing literature.
Certification in TESL and secondary education are also offered.
-
- 4.
Doane
College, NE
- http://www.doane.edu/crete_campus/academics/fine_arts/English.asp
- Evelyn Harris
Haller ehaller@doane.edu
- The Fine Arts and
Humanities Division offers majors in English/Language Arts, English as a
Second Language, and English, which focuses on literature.
-
- 5.
Lake
Erie College, OH
- http://www.lec.edu/academics/academ1.html
- George Farrell farrell@lec.edu
- Lake Erie College
offers a major in English that stresses literature.
-
- 6.
Lake
Superior State University, MI
- http://www.lssu.edu/academics/degrees/bachelors/english_language_literature/default.html
- No contact
information is provided.
- The School of
English and Speech offers a major in English Language and Literature
that stresses literature, with one required English language course.
-
- 7.
Lock
Haven University of Pennsylvania
- http://www.lhup.edu/English/majorsandminors.htm
- Robert Myers rmyers3@lhup.edu
- The English
Department offers a B.A. degree with concentrations in Literature and
Writing, B.S. degrees in Secondary Education and English and a Foreign
Language, and a minor with concentrations in Literature and Writing.
-
- 8.
Newman
University, KS
- http://www.newmanu.edu/catalog/0304/cat7.html#ENGLISH
- Bryan Dietrich .dietrichb@newmanu.edu
- The English
Department offers a major and minor in literature.
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- Masters Colleges and Universities, 1 (34%)
-
- 1.
Appalachain State University, NC
- http://www.english.appstate.edu/ug2.html
- Eugene L. Miller,
Jr. millerel@appstate.edu
- The English
Department offers degrees in literature, English education, creative
writing, and professional writing, the latter in collaboration with
Communications.
-
- 2.
Arkansas
Tech University
- http://lfa.atu.edu/english/ENGL.html
- Carl Brucker carl.brucker@mail.atu.edu
- The English
Department offers degrees in literature, creative writing, English
education, and creative writing education, a certificate program in ESL, and
an on-line course in literature at http://lfa.atu.edu/Brucker/Engl2013/index.shtml
-
- 3.
Baldwin
Wallace College, OH
- http://www.bw.edu/coursecatalog/degreerequire/engl/
- Theodore Harakas tharakas@bw.edu
- The English
Department offers a major in literature, minors in literature and writing,
and an English education major through the Division of Education.
-
- 4.
Boise
State University
- http://english.boisestate.edu/ugrad/
- Steve Olsen-Smith
sosmith@boisestate.edu
- The English
Department offers a major with emphases in Literature, Linguistics,
Teaching, Technical Communication, and creative writing as well as a
certificate program in Technical Communication.
-
- 5.
Bradley
University, IL
- http://www.bradley.edu/las/eng/eng_MJRREQ.html
- Peter F.
Dusenbery pfd@bradley.bradley.edu
- The English
Department offers an English major focused on literary studies, a Creative
Writing Program that offers a separate degree, and minors in literature,
creative writing, and professional writing.
-
- 6.
Bridgewater
State College, MA
- http://www.bridgewater.edu/catalog/catalog2002/english.html
- Katherine Elick kelick@bridgewater.edu
- The English
Department offers a major and minor that require only literature courses,
with lower division electives including creative writing and other writing
courses.
-
- 7.
California
State University, San Bernadino
- http://cal.csusb.edu/depts/english/undergrad.htm
- Ron Chen rchen@csusb.edu
- The Department
offers a minor in English, certificate programs in creative and technical
writing, and a major in English, with possible concentrations in literature,
creative writing, and linguistics.
-
- 8.
Canisius
College, NY
- http://www.canisius.edu/catalog/english.asp
- Jack D’Amico jdamico@canisius.edu
- In addition to
its English major stressing literature, the English Department offers minors
in theater, creative writing, and writing, with rhetoric cited as part of
the framework for the study of writing.
-
- 9.
City
University of New York, College of Staten Island
- http://www.csi.cuny.edu/catalog/undergraduate/programs/english.php3
- Maryann Feola
feola@postbox.csi.cuny.edu
- The Department of
English, Speech and World Literature offers a major with Literature,
Writing, and Linguistics options, a concentration in Dramatic Literature;
and minors in Linguistics, Literature, Speech, and Writing.
-
- 10.
Concordia
University, WI
- http://www.cuw.edu/majors.html#english
- No contact
information is provided.
- An English major
with a possible emphasis in writing is offered.
-
- 11.
Delaware
State University
- http://www.desu.edu/schools/arts_sciences/english/index.html
- J. Scott King
jking@desu.edu
- The English
Department offers a major in English Education and English with an emphasis
on literature and a minor in English or Theater Arts.
-
- 12.
Emporia
State University, IL
- http://www.emporia.edu/english/index.html
- Cynthia E. Patton
pattoncy@emporia.edu
- The
English Department offers majors in literature and English education and
minors in Creative Writing, literature and
- Journalism.
-
- 13.
Florida
Agricultural and Mechanical Univ.
- http://www.famu.edu/acad/colleges/cas/english/index.htm
- No contact
information is included.
- The English
Department offers majors in literature and English education and minors in
literature and writing.
-
- 14.
Georgia
Southwestern State University
- http://www.gsw.edu/~english/programs.html
- Gwendolyn Jones gjones@canes.gsw.edu
- The English and
Modern Languages Department and Learning Support Programs offers majors in English, English education, and
Professional Writing.
-
- 15.
Gonzaga
University, WA
- http://www.gonzaga.edu/Academics/Colleges+and+Schools/College+of+Arts+and+Sciences/English/programs.htm
- Patricia Terry
terry@gonzaga.edu
- The English
Department offers a major and minor in literature.
-
- 16.
Grand
Canyon University, AZ
- http://www.grand-canyon.edu/catalog/colleges/cola/humanities.htm#department
- Bruce Glenn bglenn@grand-canyon.edu
- The Department of
Humanities offers majors in English Literature and English Teaching and
minors in English and Writing/Journalism.
-
- 17.
Henderson
State University, AR
- http://www.hsu.edu/dept/eng/degree.html
- Julia Oxner Hall hallju@hsu.edu
- The Department of
English and Foreign Languages offers a major and minor in literature, a
major in English education that includes writing and grammar, and a minor in
writing that includes technical and creative writing courses.
-
- 18.
Hood
College, MD
- http://www.hood.edu/academic/english/index.cfm?pid=_english.htm
- Mark Sandona sandona@hood.edu
- The English and
Communication Arts Department offers majors in literature, Secondary
Education and Communications Arts and minors in Literature, Journalism,
Writing, and Public Relations.
-
- 19.
Madonna
University MI
- http://www.madonna.edu/pages/eng.cfm
- Cecilia Donohue cdonohue@madonna.edu
- The English and
Communications Arts Department offers majors in Journalism, Speech, English
education, and English, which includes a range of courses in writing as well
as literature.
-
- 20.
Marshall
University, WV
- http://www.marshall.edu/english/undergraduate.htm
- David Hatfield hatfield@marshall.edu
- The English
Department offers majors in Literature, Writing, English Education, and a
Preprofessional Major, each of which concludes with a capstone experience
and porfolio.
-
- 21.
Millersville
University of Pennsylvania
- http://muweb.millersv.edu/~english/undergrad/undergradmain.html
- Beverly Schneller
Beverly.Schneller@Millersville.edu
- The English
Department offers majors in English education and English, with
concentrations possible in Comparative Literature, English as a Second
Language, Linguistics, and Print Journalism, with a Film Studies being
proposed. Minors are also offered in American Literature, British
Literature,
-
- 22.
Mount
Saint Mary’s College, NY
- http://www.msmc.edu/academics/index.cfm?Path=academics_con&Content=al_welcome.html&Sidebar=sidenav_al.cfm
- No contact person
is included.
- The Arts and
Letters Division offers a major and a minor in literature.
-
- 23.
Nicholls
State University, LA
- http://www.nicholls.edu/acad/bulletin/bltnlang.html#english
- Velma Tully
anita.tully@nicholls.edu
- The Department of
Languages and Literatures offers an English major emphasizing literature
with alternate concentrations in Creative Writing or Technical Writing.
-
- 24.
Saint
Cloud State University, MN
- http://bulletin.stcloudstate.edu/ugb/programs/engl.asp
- Sueller Rundquist
sorundquist@stcloudstate.edu
- The English
Department offers degrees in Literature, Literature and Writing, Creative
Writing, Liguistics, Rhetorical and Applied Writing, and Communication Arts
and Literature, with the latter focused on teaching.
-
- 25.
Salve
Regina, RI
- http://www.salve.edu/catalogs/undergrad/03-05_udg_eng.cfm
- John Salesses
john.salesses@salve.edu
- The English
Department offers majors and minors in Literature and Communication Studies
and a double major with Secondary Education.
-
- 26.
Southeastern
Oklahoma State University
- http://www.seu.edu/gen/Academic/libstudies/default.htm
- Bertie Bryant libstud@admin.seu.edu
- The Department of
Liberal Studies includes courses in literature and writing in a
interdisciplinary degree that includes the social sciences and humanities.
No English major is offered.
-
- 27.
State
University of West Georgia
- http://www.westga.edu/~engdept/engl_ba.html
- dnewton@westga.edu
- David Newton dnewton@westga.edu
- The English
Department offers majors in literature and English education and minors in
literature, American and African American Studies.
-
- 28.
Trinity
College, DC
- http://www.trinitydc.edu/academics/depts/Humanities/English/english.htm
- Jacqueline
Padgett padgett@trinitydc.edu
- The English
Program offers a major and minor in literature that draw upon the
college’s general concern for “gender, race, and ethnicity.”
-
- 29.
Texas A&M International University
- http://www.tamiu.edu/coah/lla/english/ba.htm
- Thomas
Mitchell: tmitchell@tamiu.ed
- The Department of Languages and Literatures offers majors in literature
and English education as well as majors in Spanish and Communications.
-
- 30.
University
of Illinois, Springfield
- http://www.uis.edu/english/overview.htm
- Barbara Cass
cass.barbara@uis.edu
- The English
Program offers majors in English and English education, with both available
on-line.
-
- 31.
University
of Indianapolis
- http://english.uindy.edu/program.htm
- Toni Morris
TMorris@Uindy.Edu
- The English
Department offers a traditional literature major with a required portfolio,
a Teacher Education major, and a minor in Writing and Publishing, with a
particular emphasis on writing in medicine.
-
- 32.
University
of Richmond
- http://english.richmond.edu/curriculum/major.htm
- Ray Hilliard rhilliar@richmond.edu
- The literature
major offers concentrations in Creative Writing and English education as
well as interdisciplinary concentrations in Comparative Literature and
Medieval and Renaissance Studies as well as combined majors with modern and
ancient languages.
-
- 33.
Wayne
State College, NE
- http://www.wsc.edu/schools/ahu/lalt/programs_of_study/english/
- Alan Bruflat
AlBrufl1@wsc.edu
- In addition to
majors in foreign languages, the Department of Language and Literature
offers majors in English education, Literature, and Writing and also a
certificate in ESL.
-
- 34.
Western Kentucky University
- http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/AHSS/English/ungrad.html
- Charmaine
Allmon-Mosby charmaine.mosby@wku.edu
- In addition to a
teaching certificate option, the English Department offers majors and minors
in literature and writing, with the latter including creative writing and
business and technical writing courses.
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- Doctoral/Research
University, Intensive (7%)
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- 1. Central
Michigan University
- http://www.cmich.edu/bulletins/ug-bulletin/programs/chsbs/english.htm
- Stephen Holder
stephen.holder@cmich.edu
- The department
offers B.A and B.S. in education that include minors and majors in
Elementary and Secondary English as well as Concentrations in
Creative Writing
and World Literature and a minor in English as a Second Language Minor.
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College
of William and Mary, VA
- http://www.wm.edu/CAS/english/catalog.php
- Christopher
MacGowan cjmacg@wm.edu
- The Department of
English Language and Literature offers a major in literature that includes
elective creative writing courses and also supports interdisciplinary
collaborations in linguistics and English education.
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- 3.
East
Carolina University, NC
- http://www.ecu.edu/english/undergrad/
- Sandra Tawake
TawakeS@mail.ecu.edu
- The English
Department offers a traditional English major as well as one with a
concentration in writing that includes courses in writing poetry and fiction
along with business and technical writing, with a certificate program in the
latter areas also offered.
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- 4.
Indiana
University of Pennsylvania
- http://www.english.iup.edu/undergraduate/
- Wendy Carse wcarse@iup.edu
- The English
Department offers a major with tracks in English and Prelaw, English
Education, and English Humanities, which stresses literature.
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- 5.
Montana
State University
- http://www.montana.edu/wwwcat/programs/engl.html
- Michael Beehler mbeehler@english.montana.edu
- The English
Department offers a major with options in the study of literature and
English education and minors in literature and writing.
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- 7.
University of Alabama, Huntsville
- http://www.uah.edu/colleges/liberal/english/
- David S. Neff
neffd@email.uah.edu
- The English
Department offers a major devoted to literature and collaborates on a
technical writing major and minor with the Communications Department. A
minor in English education is also collaboratively offered.
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University of La Verne, CA
- http://www.ulv.edu/english/
- David Werner wernerd@ulv.edu
- The English
Department offers a major and minor in literature
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- Doctoral/Research
University, Extensive (10%)
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- 1.
Howard
University, DC
- http://www.coas.howard.edu/english/reqi~1.htm
- Barbara Griffin bgriffin@fac.howard.edu
- The English
Department offers a minor and major in literature and a teacher
certification major.
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Indiana
University at Bloomington
- http://www.indiana.edu/~ungreng/index.html
- engdept@indiana.edu
- The English
Department offers a minor and major in literature, with the latter notable
for offering considerable individual choice. The department also allows for many cross-disciplinary
programs of study in areas ranging from education to film studies
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Michigan
State University
- http://www.cal.msu.edu/english/undergraduates/degree.html
- Sheila Teahan teahan@msu.edu
- The English
Department offers majors in English education, Film, Creative Writing, and
Literature.
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University
of California, Irvine
- http://www.humanities.uci.edu/english/undergrad/nutsbolts.html#whatkinds
- James Steintrager
jsteintr@uci.edu
- The Department of
English and Comparative Literature
offers a literature major, a Comparative Literature major, and a Literary
Journalism major. An emphasis in creative writing is an option within the
English major.
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- 5.
University
of Delaware
- http://www.english.udel.edu/programs.html
- Jerry Beasley english@udel.edu
- The English
Department offers a major in literature that combines “historical,
formal/genre, and cultural/theoretical” perspectives, and it also offers
concentrations in Drama, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Film, Business and
Technical Writing, Journalism, Creative Writing, and English Education.
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University
of Houston
- http://www.hfac.uh.edu/English/under_course/Concentration_Menu.htm
- Malinda Posey
Zamarripa mpzamarripa@uh.edu
- The Department of
English offers concentrations in Literature, Linguistics, and Creative
Writing and a minor in English and also a program in English as a second
language for international students.
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University
of Kentucky
- http://www.uky.edu/AS/English/undergraduate/program.html
- Meg Marquis engadv@uky.edu
- The English
Department offers a major that includes a choice of twelve-credit modules in
English Education, Film and Media Studies, Literature, Writing, Imaginative
Writing, Language Study, and Theory.
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- 8.
University
of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- http://english.cla.umn.edu/undergradprogram/semester.htm
- Gordon Hirsch englmaj@tc.umn.edu
- The English
Department offers a major in literature with courses available in
linguistics, cultural theory, and creative writing. Service learning is
offered through the Literacy Lab (http://english.cla.umn.edu/literacy_lab/purpose/Purpose.htm)
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- 9.
University
of Tennessee, Knoxville
- http://web.utk.edu/~english/undergraduate.php
- Stan Garner sgarner@utk.edu
- The English
Department offers a major with concentrations in Literature, Creative
Writing, Rhetoric and Writing, and Technical Communication.
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- 10.
University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- http://www.wisc.edu/english/html_under/major/major.htm
- Jeffrey Steele jsteele@wisc.edu
- The Department of
English offers a literature major, a Creative Writing Major, a major in
Language and Linguistics, and a teacher certificate program in Teaching
English as a Second Language.
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