Mission and Goals

Students successfully completing English department requirements at
McMurry University will acquire the following:

•The ability to conduct literary research and report their findings

•A college-level acquaintance with literary traditions

•Improved critical reading

•An acquaintance with linguistics and language

•Improved higher-level thinking skills manifested in writing and discussion

•An acquaintance with how to teach literature, language, and writing

•Improved approaches to creative writing

•Adequate advisement from English department faculty about careers
or graduate work in English

•Benefit from an on-going curriculum and program review

 Special Programs and Opportunities

Associated with the English Department are two organizations of interest to students: Sigma Tau Delta, a professional and national honor society for students of literature and language; and the Galleon,the literary magazine of McMurry University.