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If you enjoy studying and creating texts, film, and multimedia compositions, you’ve come to the right department. In our courses, minors, and majors, you will analyze and critically engage many kinds of texts for their craft and meaning in their cultural contexts. Many of our courses involve written, visual, and auditory texts, challenging students to develop 21st century digital literacy skills and exploring new ways to create and seek meaning.

Whether you seek to take courses in our program as a major, minor, or elective, our award-winning faculty members are committed to supporting you. We are active writers and scholars who publish and teach about literature, cinema, memoir, nonfiction, poetry, teacher education, multimodal communication, antiracist pedagogy, digital rhetorics and literature, environmental literature and rhetoric, Appalachian studies, and many other timely topics.

We offer a B.A. program with specializations in Creative Writing, Film Studies, Literary Studies and Professional Writing, a B.S. in English Education, and minors in English and Film Studies. Our graduate program is being redesigned to offer concentrations in Literary Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, and Teaching Literature and Writing.

Our department’s goal is to contribute to students’ success in their professional aspirations. Our graduates frequently teach at the secondary and postsecondary levels, go on to complete graduate degrees, and pursue fruitful careers in creative and technical writing, business, medicine, entertainment, publishing, broadcasting, advertising, journalism, government, and the law.

If you are interested in taking courses, becoming an English major, or doing a minor within our department, you might:

  • Explore our website for information about our diverse, engaging programs.

  • Reach out to a program’s director about your interest as a potential major, minor, or student taking elective courses.

  • Check out our course promos, so you can see how some of the courses are taught.

  • Discuss your interest in our courses with your academic advisor.

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ENG 3280: Rhetorics of Health Justice

Interested in learning more about medical writing and communication? Consider taking ENG 3280: Rhetorics of Health Justice with Dr. Stone!This course ...

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ENG 5535: Electronic Literature and Digital Writing (Dr. Flores - Summer 1)

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ENG 4520: Capstone in Literary Studies (Dr. Flores)

This new capstone course replaces all other capstone courses in Literary Studies. It is a completely redesigned experience for our Literary Studies ma...

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We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures

We have initiated a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in English with expertise in North American Indigenous Literatures.Here's a link to ...

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The New and Improved BA in English!

Have you heard about the new and improved BA in English?Last academic year, the English Department completely revamped its BA curriculum in several ex...

Appalachian State University's Nationally Competitive Scholarships (NCS), a division of University College, is pleased to announce that the Fulbright U.S. Student Program has selected two College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) alumni to receive awards for the 2025–26 cycle.

Alumnus Connor Montanya ’24 ’25 receives 2025–26 Student Fulbright

Montanya, who graduated from Appalachian in May, received a Fulbright ETA and has begun his teaching assignment in Penghu, Taiwan....

Earn a Secondary English Graduate Certificate in Just Three Semesters!

The English Department in conjunction with the Reich College of Education now offers a Secondary English Graduate Certificate. This certificate prepar...

Meet Our Hardworking Summer Interns!

This summer, Digital Writing Intern, Jacey Widner, had the opportunity to speak with our hardworking summer interns. Jacey wrote about her own experie...

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Meet Some of Our Newest Lecturers!

Our English department digital journalism intern, Jacey Widner, reached out to our fantastic group of lecturers that we've hired in the last few years...

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Introducing Dr. Lora Hawkins

Dr. Lora Hawkins joined the App State English Department in the fall of 2024 as a tenure-track professor in the secondary education degree program. Lo...