The Department of English offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English, enhancing written communication skills, sharpening critical thinking skills, broadening knowledge of the power of language, refining understanding of literature as art and cultivating knowledge in the critical approaches used to analyze literature.

Various concentrations prepare students for careers and graduate study in law, editing, professional reviewing, advertising, public relations and journalism. The department’s teacher certification programs prepares students for teaching English in secondary schools. Students who complete the program are certified to teach English in the state of Maryland and those states that have reciprocity agreements with Maryland.