English

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Office Information:

308 Coulter Building/Main Campus
(828) 227-7264

Email: lwright@email.wcu.edu

Website  http://www.wcu.edu/learn/departments-schools-colleges/cas/casdepts/english/index.asp

Dr. Laura Wright, Department Head

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For more information and updates, please see department web site: http://english.wcu.edu

Majors

• BA English-Literature
• BA English-Professional Writing
• BA English-Motion Picture Studies
• BA English- English Studies Pedagogy (Coordinating major for the BSEd Comprehensive Education-Secondary English)

Minors
The following minors, also administered by the Department of English, are available to all majors, with the exception of some concentrations in English or Communications, as listed below.

• Minor in Creative Writing
• Minor in English
• Minor in Film Studies
• Minor in Literature
• Minor in Professional Writing

Other minors in which the Department of English participates includes the Following College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary minors:

• Minor in American Studies
• Minor in Multimedia

The Journalism Minor is currently being relocated from the Department of English to the Department of Communication. Please contact the Department of Communication for the current approved curriculum for the Journalism Minor.

Programs

• English (English Studies Pedagogy), B.A.
• English (Literature Concentration), B.A.
• English (Motion Picture Studies Concentration), B.A.

• Creative Writing, Minor
• English, Minor
• Film Studies, Minor
• Literature, Minor
• Professional Writing, Minor
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Minor

• English (Professional Writing Concentration), B.A.
• English, B.S.ED.

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