Departments, Schools, Colleges

ENGLISH (ENGL)

Contact Information:

Department of English The University of Arizona Modern Languages Building, 445 PO Box 210067 Tucson, AZ 85721-0067

Phone: (520) 621-1836 Fax: (520) 621-7397 Email: englchan@u.arizona.edu Web: Department Homepage

Go directly to:

• ENGL Course Descriptions
• Composition/Writing Requirements for undergraduate education
• Center for English as a Second Language

Degrees, Majors, Minors, Options and Certificates:

Baccalaureate Degree

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Graduate Degrees -- consult the Graduate Catalog or the department office for details.

• Master of Arts (M.A.)
• Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Majors and Degrees

• Creative Writing (B.A., M.F.A.)
• English (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
• English (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)

Undergraduate Minors

• Creative Writing Minor
• English Minor
• English Teaching Minor

The Department:

The Department of English is in the College of Humanities.

English courses are offered in a number of topics which will allow the undergraduate to experience a wide variety of approaches to and kinds of literature, develop writing skills, and appreciate the nature of the language. As well as courses in the traditional fields of English and American literature, Mexican-American literature, African-American literature, English language/linguistics, composition, and creative writing, the department offers courses in such areas as film and literature, women's studies, folklore, American Indian studies, fantasy, and the oral tradition. Students may participate in the study-abroad program in London. Undergraduate majors in English can expect to attain writing, organizational, and analytical skills which will allow them to pursue careers in professional graduate studies in literature, or in business, law, medicine, and a number of fields of endeavor which demand these skills.