Office: Faculty Offices 102

Telephone: 408-924-4425

Email: english@sjsu.edu

Website: www.sjsu.edu/english

Professors

Angela Noelle Brada-Williams, Chair
Adrienne Eastwood
Katherine Harris
Revathi Krishnaswamy
Richard McNabb
Kathleen McSharry
Linda Mitchell
Thomas Moriarty
Alan Soldofsky
Nancy P. Stork
Nicholas Taylor
Mary Warner

Associate Professors

Keenan Norris
Mark Thompson
​Ryan Skinnell

Assistant Professors

Selena Anderson
Meghan Gorman-DaRif
Scott Jarvie
​Allison Johnson
J. Michael Martinez
Brook McClurg
Maite Urcaregui

Overview

Study with award-winning teachers and professional writers. Develop editing and production skills by working on Reed Magazine, one of the oldest literary journals in the West. Prepare for a variety of careers in teaching, career and technical writing, or advanced study in English, law and medicine. The Department of English and Comparative Literature offers programs in English, American, world, and comparative literature, and creative and professional writing. Our MA prepares students for teaching careers or doctoral studies. Our MFA in creative writing trains professional writers in the history and craft of poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, script- and screen-writing. Home to the Steinbeck Fellows and the Lurie Visiting Distinguished Author programs, the department also houses the Center for Literary Arts, which brings distinguished poets, fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers to campus to give public readings.

Undergraduate Honors Program

Upper-division students with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 overall and 3.5 in the major are eligible for Departmental Honors. Honors students must complete a graduate course in English or ENGL 190 - Honors Colloquium . Application to the honors program should be made through the English Department Office (English@sjsu.edu).

Programs

• English, BA
• English, Creative Writing Concentration, BA
• English, Preparation for Teaching (Single Subject), BA
• English, Professional and Technical Writing Concentration, BA

• Comparative Literature Minor
• Creative Writing Minor
• Literature Minor
• Professional and Technical Writing Minor

• Creative Writing, MFA
• English, MA

Two types of certificates are available: Advanced Certificates  and Basic Certificates . The description of each certificate program identifies the type of certificate. 

• Professional and Technical Writing Certificate

Courses

• ENGL 225 - Seminar in Shakespeare
• ENGL 228 - Seminar in Genre Studies
• ENGL 230 - Seminar in Thematic Studies in British Literature
• ENGL 232 - Seminar in Form and Genre Studies in British Literature
• ENGL 233 - Seminar in Period Studies of British Literature
• ENGL 240 - Poetry Writing Workshop
• ENGL 241 - Fiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 242 - Nonfiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 253 - Seminar in Period Studies of American Literature
• ENGL 254 - Seminar in Genre Studies of American Literature
• ENGL 255 - Seminar in Thematic Studies of American Literature
• ENGL 256 - Seminar in Twentieth Century British Literature
• ENGL 257 - Seminar in the History of Rhetoric
• ENGL 259 - Seminar in Composition Studies
• ENGL 281 - Special Topics
• ENGL 291 - Lit Practicum
• ENGL 297 - MA Comprehensive Exam Preparation
• ENGL 298 - Special Study
• ENGL 299 - University Thesis
• ENGL 299D - Departmental Thesis
• ENGL 1290R - Culminating Experience Supervision

• ENED 184Y - Student Teaching II - Classroom Teaching
• ENED 184Z - Student Teaching III - Classroom Teaching
• ENED 353 - Methods of Teaching English
• ENED 365 - Seminar in English Education