Are you interested in a rewarding career that allows you to make significant, meaningful contributions to society? The English Education concentration focuses on learning how to grow and develop middle and high school readers, writers, thinkers, speakers, and listeners, using equity-driven and critically conscious research to prepare young people to become critically thinking global citizens. […]
Do you enjoy writing stories, poetry, or creative nonfiction? The Creative Writing concentration gives students the opportunity to strengthen their creative writing skills in three genres. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses centered on craft infuse your writing and reading skills with imagination. Intermediate and advanced courses are primarily workshop classes in which students read and […]
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is for students with advanced abilities in the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Our three-year program offers a balance of intimate and intensive writing workshops with courses in literature, form and technique, and related electives both in and out of the English department. Writers work […]
We are a comprehensive English Studies department with programs in creative writing, English Education, linguistics and teaching English as a foreign/second language, literature, writing and rhetoric, and composition. We are home to poets and linguists, literacy researchers and teacher educators, novelists and literary scholars, composition specialists and writers of creative nonfiction. Join us in studying […]
Through small seminars and individual study, students learn historiography – the fundamentals of how people study history – and develop advanced research methods. CSU has special strengths in cultural and environmental U.S. History.
The Social Studies Teaching concentration is for students who aspire to teach social studies in middle school, junior high, or high school. This program equips future history and social studies teachers with the content knowledge and teaching skills needed for success in today’s classrooms. These students must also complete the requirements for the social studies […]
The language concentration encourages students to combine language learning with historical study. Students take courses that explore the history of the regions that traditionally speak the language(s) they are mastering. Students can choose from Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, ASL, and Russian.
This concentration allows students to take a wide array of history courses, empowering students to consider the impact the past has had on race, gender, religion, politics, law, social class, and the environment. Beyond foundational courses, students can select a path of courses that align with their own historical interests and career goals. This concentration […]
The History major is designed to expand your knowledge about the past, improve your ability to think logically and critically, and evaluate evidence, perspectives, and resources. Our majors use these foundations to open doors to career paths in government and law, public education, environmental protection, and more. Through traditional and project-based courses, students develop historical […]
