Dr. Nicholas Myklebust, Associate Professor, Chairperson

Dr. Scott Dimovitz, Professor

Dr. Lara Narcisi, Professor

Dr. Daryl Palmer, Professor 

Alyse Knorr, Associate Professor

Dr. Kate Partridge, Assistant Professor

Dr. Frank McGill, Senior Term Professor

Departmental Information

The English major is designed to offer a broad and balanced approach to the discipline. Course requirements are flexibly structured to emphasize genres, periods, and a diversity of literary traditions. Major requirements provide a substantive foundation upon which to base further reading and critical inquiry. Courses focus not only on primary texts, but on essential cultural, historical, and theoretical contexts as well. The English major takes a Diversity Across the Curriculum approach, so most courses discuss aspects of historical or current oppression and marginalization.

Each student in the major works closely with a departmental advisor to develop a plan of study compatible with the individual’s goals for graduate or professional school and employment.

Dual Degree Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

The BA/MFA dual-study degree allows undergrads to earn a semester’s worth of credit towards their master’s degree while completing undergraduate credits, so students can earn a master’s degree in one year.

Prerequisites

• Three undergraduate creative writing courses with grades of B+ or better.
• Undergraduate Major or Minor in English or Writing, with 3.00 GPA or better in EN courses.

Program Features

• 12 undergraduate credits are applied to the MFA degree (6 for the first semester, 3 for the intervening 9-day residency, and 3 for the second semester) during the student’s senior year.
• Student completes the MFA degree in three semesters instead of four and attends four residencies instead of five.
• BA/MFA Application: At the end of the student’s junior year, the student will submit

(a) a five-page writing sample in the genre they will want to study in graduate school

(b) a one-page letter of interest; and

(c) a letter of recommendation from a Regis College English writing instructor

These materials will be reviewed by the program co-directors, and acceptance will be based on the applicant’s writing proficiency and potential to succeed in an MFA program.