English Department at a Glance

The Concordia College English major develops …

• a creative and imaginative mind
• an appreciation of language in all its forms
• the ability to think critically
• various strategies for research
• intellectual curiosity
• discovery and expression in writing

The Concordia College English Department offers four major and minor degrees:

• English (literature track)
• English Writing
• English Education
• Print Journalism

• Literature and Human Experience
• Young Adult Literature
• Nonfiction Writing
• Reading and Writing Methods for the Secondary School
• Poetry Writing
• Theory and Practice of Criticism
• Fiction Writing
• Approaches to Texts and Contexts
• Journalism
• Mass Communication Law/Ethics
• Writing of Women
• English Language, Historical and Analytical
• Native American Literatures
• Writing for the World of Work
• Study of an Individual Author
• Medieval English Literature
• Traditions in Literary Genre
• The English Renaissance
• The Moderns
• The Age of Satire
• Post-Modern Literature
• Romantic Literature
• American Literature to 1900
• Victorian Literature
• Contemporary American Literature since 1900
• Shakespeare and the English Renaissance
• Senior Capstone in English

On campus opportunities available for English majors:

• English Club
• Sigma Tau Delta (National English Honor Society)
• New Voices (a Concordia journal of outstanding student academic essays from across the curriculum)
• The Concordian (student operated weekly newspaper)
• The Cobber (Concordia's yearbook)
• Education Minnesota Student Association
• AfterWork (student-operated literary magazine)
• Annual Creative Writing Contest (three categories: poetry, fiction, and nonfiction)
• Lectures and readings by local, state, and national authors
• Reading and Writing Center (tutoring opportunities)

• World Discovery Programs
• CSC (Campus Service Commission - community involvement, such as tutoring)
• Cooperative Education
• Internships
• May Seminars Abroad
• Study Abroad
• Faculty and Student Readings at various locations

• Concordia College home page: www.cord.edu/
• English Department and English Faculty: http://www4.cord.edu/english/faculty.html
• Education Department: www4.cord.edu/education/Default.htm
• Career Center: http://student.cord.edu/dept/career/
• Cooperative Education: http://www4.cord.edu/careerctr/Coop Ed/cooperative_ed_.htm
• International Education Office: www.cord.edu/inted/ 

For more information, contact Concordia College English Department at (218) 299-3812 or email Sandra Johnson, department office manager, at skjohnso@cord.edu
 

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