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/Institutions/University-of-Northern-Colorado/json/Current/Undergraduate-Catalog.json

Department of English

Location: Ross 1284

Email: HSS@unco.edu

Website: www.unco.edu/hss/english/

Faculty: Roger Austin, Ph.D.; Stacy R. Bailey, Ph.D.; Kevin Bomely, M.A.; Kristin Bovaird-Abbo, Ph.D.; Yavanna Brownlee, Ph.D.; Joseph Chaves, Ph.D.; Sarah Cornish, Ph.D.; Molly Desjardins, Ph.D.; Lahcen E. Ezzaher, Ph.D.; Emily Golson, Ph.D.; Phillip Goodwin; Burke Hilsabeck, Ph.D.; Marc Santos, Ph.D.; Tracey A. Sedinger, Ph.D.; Tara Wood, Ph.D.; Lisa H. Zimmerman, M.F.A.

Course(s) Offered (Prefix):

• EED — English Education
• ENG — English
• FILM — Film Studies
• HUM — Humanities

Program(s) Offered:

• Bachelors Degrees
  • English B.A.
    • Liberal Arts Concentration
    • Writing, Editing, and Publishing Concentration
  • English Secondary Education B.A.
    • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Concentration
    • English Language and Literature Concentration
    • Special Education Concentration
• Minors
  • English
  • Film Studies
  • Writing

The Department of English studies reading, writing, language, and culture. Its goal is literacy, the ability to interpret and contextualize acts of signification in relation to the specific conditions of their production and reception. The study of English grounds students in the knowledge and practice of literary interpretation and history, as well as rhetorical theory and practice. In addition, we train teachers in a variety of pedagogical models and require them to reflect critically upon the teaching profession and their place in it. We produce literate citizens and highly effective teachers.

We expect our students to acquire:

• Knowledge of canonical and non-canonical works in American and British literatures in their historical contexts;
• Understanding of major theoretical and critical approaches to the study of literature, film, and culture;
• Awareness of global perspectives in the study of language and literature;
• Familiarity with the structure and history of the English language;
• Proficiency in written and oral expression;
• Commitment to effective teaching of language and literature.