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Our Mission

The Department of English and World Languages is a community of teachers, scholars, and writers whose primary mission is to offer students a聽transformative聽liberal arts education and the values of intellectual rigor and critical inquiry in an increasingly globalized and highly technological information-based society. The Department offers courses for the English and African Diaspora Literature majors and minors, as well as聽composition and literature courses for the general education curriculum. Students may pursue associate and baccalaureate degrees in English or in African Diaspora Literature. Students聽in聽the English BA Degree聽participate聽in an internship related to their concentration in Creative Writing, Cross-Cultural Literature, or Professional Writing. All BA degree students select a faculty mentor to serve as their聽senior thesis聽advisor. At the end of these programs, graduates will be able to seek employment in diverse fields,聽such as teaching, publishing, professional writing, public聽relations,聽and social advocacy.聽 They聽will be聽prepared to undertake graduate studies聽leading to聽a range of professions, including law, business, medicine, creative聽writing, and education.聽The Department of English and World Languages further prepares students聽to become global citizens, able to pursue聽linguistically diverse and international聽careers.