English

www.smu.edu/english

Associate Professor Richard Bozorth, Department Chair

Professors: David Caplan, Darryl Dickson-Carr, Thomas DiPiero, Rhonda Garelick, Christopher Gonzalez, Ezra Greenspan, Timothy Rosendale, Rajani Sudan 
Associate Professors: Richard Bozorth, Greg Brownderville, Timothy Cassedy, Daniel Moss, Beth Newman, Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue, Bonnie Wheeler
Assistant Professors: Katherine Condon, Samantha Pergadia, Jacob Rubin (Director of Creative Writing), Martha Satz, Emma Wilson
Professor of Practice: Carol Dickson-Carr
Assistant Professor of Practice: Sanderia Smith
Senior Lecturers: Stephanie Amsel (Director of Writing and Reasoning), Vanessa Hopper, Marta Krogh, Bruce Levy, Pauline Newton, Ona Seaney, Lori Ann Stephens
Lecturers: Joan Arbery, Madhavi Biswas, Triauna Carey, Shu Feng, BW Hamilton, Richard Hermes, Meghan Johnson, Misty Lawrenson, Samantha Mabry, Russell McConnell, Jonathon McGregor, Mary Catherine Mueller, Susan Norman, Ashley O’Neill, Kristen Polster, Sam Ross Sloan, Richard Treat, Angela Wood

General Information

The B.A. in English offers a rich intellectual experience through the study of American, British and other literature written in English. The course of study engages with contemporary modes of literary inquiry in order to arrive at an understanding of how language, culture and society work. At the same time, it emphasizes the aesthetic, emotional and intellectual pleasures of imaginative writing. The degree is appropriate for students who wish to obtain a broad liberal education as a foundation for careers or further study, and is especially recommended as preprofessional training for fields such as law, administration, and business that require high proficiency in written and oral communication and in analytical thinking.

Departmental Distinction

This program is open to seniors by invitation. To enter the program, a student ordinarily must earn an overall GPA of at least 3.000 by the middle of the junior year, and a 3.500 average or better in courses fulfilling requirements for the major. Candidates for distinction must take ENGL 4397  in the fall of the senior year. Candidates completing ENGL 4397  with a grade of B+ or better will then choose from the following options: ENGL 4399  (culminating in a senior thesis); or a graduate pro-seminar in English numbered 6320–6380 (requires permission of instructor); or (for creative writing specialists only) ENGL 4390 . Candidates must earn a B+ or better in the option selected, and attain a 3.500 GPA in all courses counting toward the major and distinction. ENGL 4390 , ENGL 4397  and ENGL 4399  and may not be used to satisfy the 12 hours required in 4000-level literature courses. A minimum of 36 hours is required to graduate with departmental distinction.

Programs

• English, B.A.

• English Minor