English Department

WELCOME TO THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY!

Whatever you hope to get out of college, you’ll find it here in the English Department. Our programs are designed to let you pick and choose from a variety of courses until you find the right fit for you. You’ll have access to clubs, programs, internships, and other opportunities to help you get to know other students, build up your resume, and prepare for your career.

Our Mission

The English Department at Utah Tech University strives to instill in students an appreciation for the centrality of language and literature in human culture, particularly their function in social, historical, and political contexts. Students who major in English master skills in analyzing and evaluating texts and other media, as well as learning how to produce focused critical essays.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Critical Strategies: Apply critical terms, theoretical concepts, and interpretative strategies in the study of the English language with its written and visual texts.
• Cultural and Ideological Awareness: Identify and examine the ideologies and core cultural beliefs present in multiple genres, forms, and modes.
• Collaborative Learning: Analyze and evaluate texts, apply research methods, and produce scholarly, technical, and/or creative writing through varying collaborative activities.
• Research and Information Literacy: Conduct advanced research and produce scholarly, technical, and/or creative writing for potential publication or formal presentation that exhibits sound rhetorical structure and source integration.
• Professional Development: Prepare for employment by developing and demonstrating skills in critical thinking and sophistication in scholarly, technical, and/or creative writing.