The Department of English empowers students “to seek, to know, to serve” by training them to better understand the world through insightful reading, and to better express themselves through incisive writing. While the department’s objectives target our majors and reflect our disciplines, our mission extends to the entire student body through the composition program, the University Studies courses we teach, and the Writing Center. A minor in English provides an opportunity for students who major in other fields to pursue their interests in developing expertise in writing and literary studies.