Our Undergraduate Program offers a versatile major that can be tailored to suit the needs and interests of its students.
Our Graduate Program provides extensive teaching opportunities, emphasizes professional development, and boasts an outstanding placement record for its graduates.
The Department’s award-winning Faculty combine excellence in teaching, research and service.
The Center for Writing Excellence supports writing in significant ways through University-required classes such as English 101, 102, and 103; through the Writing Center; through distance writing courses; through work with area teachers engaged in the National Writing Project; and through programs in creative writing and professional writing at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The Department’s Centers and Projects include a Center for Writing Excellence, a Center for Literary Computing, the West Virginia Dialect Project, the scholarly journal, Victorian Poetry, and the WVU Press.
Learn about the exciting things happening at the English Department in the Chair’s Welcome Message.
