English Present (2015-2016)
Department Description:
Concordia English majors engage the world through words. By participating in an English major or minor, you equip yourself for life by learning to read challenging texts; to communicate complex ideas concisely and precisely; to use reading, research, and writing to render the ordinary extraordinary and the extraordinary ordinary.
Department Head:
Jonathan Steinwand currently heads the English Department. He has a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and a Ph.D.Other Faculty:
- Dawn Duncan
- Karla Knutson
- Joan Kopperud
- Catherine McMullen
- W. Scott Olsen
- James Postema
- Vincent Reusch
- William Snyder
- David Sprunger
- Erika Strandjord
- Amy Watkin
Majors and Minors Offered:
- Major in English - Literature
- Minor in English - Literature
- Major in English - Writing
- Minor in English - Writing
- Major in English with Communication Arts/Literature Education
Sampling of Courses Taught:
- ENG 230 Introduction to Literary Scholarship
- ENG 326 British Literature: Medieval to Renaissance
- ENG 371 Editing and Grammar for Professionals
- ENG 379 Fiction Writing Seminar
- ENG 451 Postcolonial Literatures