College of Liberal Arts → A Cornerstone College Texas A&M University
Document Actions
  • Send this page to somebody
  • Print this page

English

Department Head
Jimmie Killingsworth
Location
Blocker Building 227
Phone
979-845-3451
Mail Stop
4227
Web Address

http://www-english.tamu.edu
The Department of English at Texas A&M University has played an important role on campus since the University's founding in 1876, when "Languages and Literature" was designated as one of the original four courses of study. The English Department proper was founded in 1877, with Professor and General L.M. Lewis as its head. English was the first department in the College of Liberal Arts to offer graduate degrees, establishing its MA program in 1962 and the PhD in 1967. Now in its second century, the Department of English maintains a tradition of excellence in research and teaching at all levels.


Undergraduate

Degree(s):
  • BA
  • Minor
Concentration/Tracks:
  • Literature Track
  • Rhetoric Track
  • Creative Writing Track
Minor:
  • Optional
Undergraduate Advisor(s):
  • Claude Gibson
  • Barbara Newsom
Career Options:
  • Technical writing
  • Editing and publishing
  • Government service
  • Public relations
  • Personnel work
  • Advertising or administrative positions in business and industry
  • Preparation for later professional training in law, medicine, business and the ministry, as well as for graduate work in the humanities
  • Teaching or educational administration

Graduate

Degree(s):
  • MA
  • PhD
  • Certificate
Concentration/Tracks:
  • African-American Literature
  • American Studies
  • Comparative Literature and Culture
  • Creative Writing
  • Discourse Studies
  • Film Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • New Modern British Studies
  • Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Graduate Advisor(s):
  • Sally Robinson