BYU English Department

OUR MISSION

Because we believe that literacy forms the core of education and that literature and language have the power to inspire both individuals and societies, we read, and we teach our students to read thoroughly and carefully. We embrace the prophetic admonitions to “teach one another words of wisdom”; to seek “out of the best books words of wisdom”; and to “seek learning, even by study and also by faith.” The English Department helps students build a foundation for lifelong learning through its commitment to reading, writing, literary study, rhetoric, and teacher training and focuses students on stories of our common humanity, supporting the university’s mission to “assist students in their quest” to “come unto Christ, and be perfected in him.”