English Department Policies

Departmental Mission Statement

The primary mission of the Department of English is to provide undergraduate and graduate students with excellent instruction in the fields of literature, rhetoric and composition, professional writing, linguistics and English language studies, and teacher education. As an academic unit within the humanities, the department is primarily committed to fostering the cultural and intellectual development of its students, and it also seeks to develop skills of analysis and communication that prepare students for careers in a variety of fields. The department is committed to furthering scholarship in English studies and to providing service to the region and to the larger scholarly community.

1996 Mission Statement

English Dept. Organizational Chart