The Department of English and Philosophy combines two scholarly disciplines, each with its separate faculty and academic programs. The four year program in English leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English. The department also offers minors in English (Writing Emphasis), Philosophy, and Religious Studies.

The Department is housed on the fourth floor of the Liberal Arts Building.  The primary function and mission of the Department of English and Philosophy is to serve the needs of General Education through high quality course instruction in basic writing skills, by introducing students to the understanding and appreciation of literature, philosophy and humanities and to deliver high quality content instruction in two degree programs, the Bachelor of Arts major/minor in English and Bachelor of Arts major in English Teaching Certificate Option.  Faculty are engaged in continuous pursuit of scholarly activities.  Between 2001-2004, collectively, the faculty in the department have published two books, ten articles, made 27 scholarly presentations at conferences and 12 poetry readings.

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