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Welcome! The BU English Department offers a program with three major tracks: Literature and Linguistics, Creative Writing and English Secondary Education. The English Secondary Education Program is administered jointly by the Department of English and the Department of Educational Studies, and it certifies graduates to teach in secondary schools. The English Department also offers minors in English, Creative Writing and Professional Writing and houses interdisciplinary minors in Gender Studies and in Ethnic Studies in the United States.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Department of English is to support the growth of English as a profession and to develop students' critical reading and writing skills. The Department seeks to provide students with opportunities to analyze diverse literatures; an understanding of how language functions; knowledge of multiple interpretive tools; and the ability to use language creatively and powerfully for exposition, persuasion, and artistic effect. With its strong emphasis on developing students' strengths as creative critical thinkers and effective writers and on providing a strong foundation in the humanities, the English major prepares students for careers in the wide range of fields that value these skills.

Specifically, the Department's programs prepare students for professional writing, creative writing, editing, graduate studies, and the teaching of English at the secondary level. The Department offers a program where students can major in three possible tracks: one which emphasizes literature and linguistics, one which emphasizes creative writing, and one which emphasizes secondary education. The Department also provides substantial support to Bloomsburg University's General Education program, specifically in the areas of the first-year experience, the university writing program, General Education humanities offerings, and interdisciplinary and diversity programming.