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English Department
Why do students choose an English major? For the many things we study: language, ideas, and theories. We are really six overlapping sub-divisions under one umbrella—the English Department. We study literature, composition and rhetoric, linguistics, editing and publishing, English education, and creative writing.
What can you do with an English degree? Many things. Our graduates work as teachers (elementary through university, in the U.S. and overseas), editors, publishers, writers for television and movies, software publishers, lawyers, doctors, bankers—the list goes on and on.
Whatever combination of our six disciplines you choose to focus on, we'll help you develop communication skills, written and oral. And those skills will open many doors for you.
For more information about our programs, visit the pages along the top navigation, and feel free to stop by the department office in Taylor 209 any time.
Announcements
"Kudos"- Faculty and Student Achievements
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Ela Thurgood presented "Nonmodal phonation and monophthongization in Hainan Cham (Tsat)" at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (Portland, Oregon, January 7, 2012).
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Saundra Wright presented “Naming Decisions Made by International Students Studying in the U.S.” at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Society of America (Portland, Oregon, January 6, 2012).
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Peter Kittle won a grant, $42,468, for the Northern California Writing Project 11/12.
Events
The Writer's Voice
The Writer’s Voice is California State University, Chico’s literary arts reading series. Funded by contributions from the Department of English and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, the Writer’s Voice introduces contemporary writers to citizens of the North Valley. All readings are free and open to the public.
