?The department also offers a minor in English for students majoring in other fields. Students enrolled in the undergraduate English program take a combination of university-wide liberal arts and general education requirements, and core courses and electives in British, American and world literatures in English according to several interrelated career paths:

• Literature: Students acquire a broad understanding of literatures in English in order to develop their abilities to read literary texts in poetry, prose, drama and other genres with critical precision.
• Education: Students acquire the skills and professional polish they need to teach language arts at various levels, working closely with a primary major through the College of Education.