English Department

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English Department

• An overview.
• Goals and methods.
• Core courses.
• Major and minor.
• Faculty.
• Internships and employment.
• Website.

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Mission Statement

• The chief goal of the English department is
  literacy, which means even more than the ability
  to read and write. It means being fully at home
  with language, being able to enter into critical
  dialogue with the writers we read, and being able
  to use our native language to organize and
  present our own thoughts and feelings.

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Methods Statement

• Courses in the English department introduce
  students to a wide variety of the most excitingly
  literate men and women of the past and present.
• These courses aim to train the student to read
  accurately and imaginatively, to think
  critically, to write clearly and forcefully, and
  to enjoy the potential for creative play afforded
  by our rich and complex language.
• These courses cultivate the habits of critical
  inquiry, serious reflection, aesthetic
  appreciation, and considered response.
• Critical writing is a key component of
  practically every course the English department
  offers.

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Core Courses in English

• En 130, Understanding Literature.
• Brief texts.
• Intensive Analysis.
• Critical concepts.
• Multiple analytical papers.

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The Second English Course

• Major Writers English Literature.
• Major Writers American Literature.
• Major Writer Shakespeare.
• Major Writers Classical Literatures in
  Translation.
• Larger texts and historical perspectives.
• Research projects.

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The English Major

• 10 courses, 300 level.
• En 300, English Literary History.
• 4 Courses En 301-359, Pre-Romantic and Theory.
• 5 Courses En 340-399, Post-Romantic and Theory.
• At least two classes must be seminars (15 student
  limit).

• Honors Option.
• Major Requirements Honors seminar (by
  invitation) and
• Honors thesis.

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The English Minor

• Major in another department.
• Complete five upper-division English classes.
• Two must be En 300-369, Romantic and before.
• Two must be En 340-399, Romantic and after.

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English Student Organizations

• LoCoLitSo Loyola College Literary Society.
• Sigma Tau Delta International English honor
  society.
• The two organizations, separately and in tandem,
  host 4-5 events per semester, including the
  annual Faculty Spelling Bee and the Occasional
  Dead Poets Presentation

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The Faculty

• Doctorates from
• Emory University
• University of Iowa
• Johns Hopkins University
• University of Maryland
• Miami University
• University of North Carolina
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Rochester
• University of Southern California
• University of Texas-Austin
• Vanderbilt University

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Faculty Achievements

• Books on many subjects, including
• Shakespeares Roman comedies and tragedies
• Sigmund Freud
• Seventeenth-century British sermons
• James Wright
• Stanley Elkin
• William Wordsworths metrics
• James Joyce and other Irish writers
• Don DeLillo
• Wine in America
• The Chaucerian Apocrypha
• Early ethnic American writers

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Careers pursued by graduates

• Professional writing Tom Clancy and Mark Bowden
• Publishing
• Stock brokerages
• Entrepreneurs
• Public service
• Library work
• Education

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Graduate Schools

• Law School
• Traditional Graduate Programs in English
• PhDs from Emory University, Fordham University,
  the University of California at Berkeley, the
  University of Leeds (U.K.), the University of
  North Carolina, and William and Mary.
• M. Ed.
• M.B.A.
• M.A.L.S.

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Internships

• An opportunity to apply the English major in a
  work environment
• Develop skills for careers in
• Publishing firms
• Law firms
• Philanthropic organizations
• Broadcast journalism
• Magazine journalism

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Website

• To learn more about the English department at
  Loyola College, please visit our website at
• http//www.loyola.edu/english