Our award-winning faculty offers you the opportunity to cultivate a lifelong love affair with language and literature. Students in our department develop proficiency in critical reading, research, editing, oral presentation, writing and publication for a variety of audiences and purposes, and ability to negotiate the social, technical, and pedagogical aspects of language use and acquisition.

Our graduates have pursued careers in teaching, law, publishing, management, politics, public administration, business communications, creative writingWelcome to the Undergraduate English program at the University of Nevada, Reno! Our award-winning faculty offers you the opportunity to cultivate a lifelong love affair with language and literature.

Students in our department develop proficiency in critical reading, research, editing, oral presentation, writing and publication for a variety of audiences and purposes, and ability to negotiate the social, technical, and pedagogical aspects of language use and acquisition. Our graduates have pursued careers in teaching, law, publishing, management, politics, public administration, business communications, creative writing, marketing and public relations, among others. Many go on to graduate studies in English as well as in other fields.