English

Besides providing an excellent base for professional development, a degree in English literature can offer you unmatched intellectual challenges. The Department provides courses in all major historical and national areas of literature in English. It also offers courses in creative writing and literary theory, along with general interest courses in literature and film, children's literature, science fiction, and literature and the environment.

If you opt for the Latin and English Studies program, you will examine the extensive
influence exerted by Latin literature and classical culture on English literature. The program emphasizes the early periods of English literature, when classical influences weighed heavily on European culture.