Department of English
Bloomsburg University's Department of English offers a program with three concentrations: 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 Secondary Education, which certifies graduates to teach in secondary schools.
The Department of English 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.
BU's Department of English supports the growth of English as a profession and develops 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.
English Concentrations
The Department offers a program where students can major in three possible concentrations: one which emphasizes literature and linguistics, one which emphasizes creative writing, and one which emphasizes secondary education. The Department also provides substantial support to BU'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.