英语系提供的学习课程旨在培养学生负责任地，富有想象力地阅读文学的能力，以增进对我们文学传承的理解和欣赏，并提供历史视角来评估当代写作和生产它。预期以英语完成课程的学生已经掌握了在创意作品中表达想法的能力。这些学位要求由学术部门定期修订，学院保留在个别情况下认为必要的情况下进行例外和替代的权利。因此，学院强烈敦促学生在定稿之前，定期与主要顾问和CLAS顾问协商，确定最佳的学习计划。
The course of study offered by the Department of English is designed to develop a student's ability to read literature responsibly and imaginatively, to foster an understanding and appreciation of our literary inheritance, and to provide the historical perspective from which to evaluate contemporary writing and to produce it. Students who complete the program in English are expected to have mastered the ability to express their ideas in creative work.<br>These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.<br>English majors learn to acquire and synthesize information and to present their ideas and opinions skillfully. They find employment in fields in which the sophisticated use of language is necessary for achievement and advancement. Many graduates go on to postgraduate study, not only in writing, film studies and literature, but to schools of medicine, law, journalism and business.