Department of English
4198 JFSB Provo, UT 84602801-422-4938
When not teaching and mentoring students, BYU English professors spend a good portion of their time researching and publishing in their particular subdisciplines. Over the past five years, English Department faculty members have published scores of articles and a large collection of books.
In the fall of 2009, BYU’s English Department began offering a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. The MFA represents an important step forward for creative writers at BYU because it has become the primary degree of record in the field. The MFA degree is also increasingly important for those students who want to teach in colleges and universities and those who want to continue their studies at the PhD level.
Studying abroad has long been recognized as one of the best ways to enhance a liberal arts education, and the English Department, in association with the Office for International Studies, sponsors several programs each year for students wishing to experience new cultures or to explore the landscapes that inspired some of the world's greatest literature.
For a list of upcoming study abroad opportunities, click here.
Registration for English department courses for Spring/Summer 2010 began on February 1st. In order to help students make decisions about which courses to enroll in, the English department has published a list of extended course descriptions for 300- and 400- level courses. Students may also contact the department or individual instructors for more information about course content.
Spring classes begin on April 27, 2010, while Summer classes begin on June 21, 2010.
Stanley Crouch, literary and cultural critic, will do a reading from his novel Don't the Moon Look Lonesome? as part of the English Reading Series.
International Cinema is hosting Stanley Crouch as part of the Black History Month series on jazz films. Mr. Crouch will lecture on Charlie Parker (jazz musician), the film Paris Blues, Improvisation and American democracy.
