Through the immersive study of poetry, prose, drama, and popular culture, undergraduate students in the Literature concentration learn how to craft evidence-based written and verbal arguments, communicate complex information with clarity and efficiency, and develop habits of critical and analytical thinking. While gaining exposure to a vast range of historical and contemporary writing (including popular […]
Are you curious about how language works—how we learn it, use it, and shape it to connect with others? The Linguistics concentration lets you explore the science behind human language, with a special focus on English and how it’s used in the real world. You’ll dive into big questions about how people acquire language, how […]
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 […]
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 […]
A degree in Communication Studies is fiercely relevant. You will learn from award-winning faculty who inspire students to discover their voices and expand their horizons while bringing passion for scholarship mixed with fun to the classroom. Your coursework encompasses the study of oral, written, nonverbal, visual, electronic and computer-mediated communication whether through film, television, popular […]
In sculpture, undergraduate students are encouraged to experiment and innovate while exploring content in the areas of object making, installation, site-based work, performance, time-based art, and digital processes. The sculpture curriculum is designed to enable students to explore concepts and content relevant both in today’s contemporary society and in the art world. The MFA program […]
As an undergraduate student in printmaking, you will have the opportunity to explore the rich historical traditions of various techniques as well as new innovative approaches to print media. Relief woodcut, Intaglio etching, lithography, screen-printing, handmade paper and post-digital applications will be explored during your coursework. Students who graduate with a degree in printmaking are […]
The Pottery curriculum introduces you to a range of processes and concepts present in contemporary ceramic art. You will develop critical, technical, and manual skills alongside a rigorous exploration of forming and decorating processes and technology.
Students in Photo Image Making courses work with a variety of processes to explore the photographic medium, completing projects with digital cameras and inkjet printers, film cameras and darkroom work, and multiple alternative processes to create work on a variety of materials.
