At the undergraduate level, the department offers B.A. degrees and B.S. in Education degrees in several concentrations as both a major and a minor, including world literature and creative writing.

At the graduate level, the department offers M.A. degrees in five specializations: (1) English Language and Literature, which now includes options in  (2) Creative Writing or (3) Children's Literature; (4) Composition and Communication; and (5) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. 

Faculty in the department are active in a number of areas, producing literary works as well as doing research in literature, linguistics, and pedagogical theory.

Contact Us

To learn more about CMU's undergraduate English programs, contact:

Department of English Language and Literature
Anspach Hall 215
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Telephone: (989) 774-3171

Or email english@cmich.edu

For an application to a graduate program, contact:

English Graduate Program
Bill Wandless, Department Chair
215 Anspach Hall
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
(989) 774-3171