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Department of English and Comparative Literature
Congratulations to Susan Shillinglaw
2012-2013 President's Scholar. Click here to read more.
English at San José State
English majors enter a wide array of careers, including teaching, technical writing, law, and business.
Small Classes
Enjoy small classes taught by actively publishing faculty. Work with your professors to become the best writer possible.
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Creative Writing Program
The department offers undergraduate and graduate programs in creative writing.
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Congratulations to this year's Dorthy Wright Teaching award winners.~ * ~
Congratulations to Michelle Hager (Lecturer and Writing Center Associate Director) and MFA students Jessy Goodman and Andrew Tucker, whose panel proposal, "Running a Writing Center as a Business: Creating a Professional Tutoring Environment to Enhance Student Success," was accepted for the 2013 Northern California Writing Centers Association Conference in Sacramento on April 13.
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Congratulations to M.A. student Alicia McClintic, whose paper has been accepted for presentation at the 14th International Willa Cather Seminar in Flagstaff this June. Alicia's paper is entitled "Home Lost, Home Regained: Locating the Church in Cather's Fiction."
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The Department of English & Comparative Literature will celebrate Commencement with a Department Ceremony on Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Graduating seniors, please click here for more info.
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Join the English Department Google Email Group!
Majors/Minors: Send an email to engdept-group+subscribe@sjsu.edu
MFA/MAs: Send an email to enggrad-group+subscribe@sjsu.edu
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Erica Goss, MFA alum, named the 2013 Poet Laureate for Los Gatos!
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Download course greensheets(syllabi) for select Spring 2013 courses.
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Important dates for MFA students (2012-2013 academic year)
IMPACTION STATEMENT
The Department of English and Comparative Literature welcomes all students admitted to the University. There are no extra criteria for admissions to the Department's major programs. University policies relating to disqualification and probation may be accessed at http://www.sjsu.edu/aars/policies/.








