2025-2026 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog  
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Dr. David Johnson, Chair 
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Dr. Stephanie Bernahrd, Graduate Program Director 
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Department Faculty and Staff 
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The Department of English offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts in English, enhancing written communication skills, sharpening critical thinking skills, broadening knowledge of the power of language, refining understanding of literature as art and cultivating knowledge in the critical approaches used to analyze literature. 
The English concentrations/tracks prepare students for careers and graduate study in such fields as law, copyediting, professional reviewing, technical and grant writing, research, communications, and teaching. The department’s teacher certification program prepares students for teaching English in secondary schools. Students who complete this program are certified to teach English in the state of Maryland and those states that have reciprocity agreements with Maryland. 
ProgramsBachelor of ArtsMaster of ArtsPost-Baccalaureate CertificateUndergraduate Minors
				  
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