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EnglishDepartment Chairperson: Tremper, EllenDeputy Chairperson: Brooks, Elaine Deputy, Counseling: Natov, Roni Location: 2308 Boylan Hall Phone: 718-951-5195 Fax: 718-951-4612 
The Brooklyn College English Department, a community of scholars, teachers, and writers, is responsible for many undergraduate programs, from introductory writing courses to a bachelor of arts in English; a bachelor of arts in comparative literature, a bachelor of fine arts in creative writing; a bachelor of arts in journalism, and three minors-in English, comparative literature, and journalism. The department also offers a bachelor of arts degree in adolescence education for English teachers as well as a concentration for education majors in the following programs: early childhood education teacher (birth-grade 2); childhood education teacher (grades 1-6). Through reading and research assignments and class discussions, our students learn to appreciate the written word in its many contexts and uses. They learn to correctly and cogently express their ideas in oral and written work. The English Department instills in students an understanding of the beauty and importance of language and literature, from the past to the present, from a multiplicity of traditions and languages (in translation). Students are exposed to various theoretical and critical approaches to the analysis of literary texts. The English Department endeavors to teach students respect for a plurality of ideas and perspectives in preparation for citizenship in the global community that our world has become. Our graduates find careers in communications and media; journalism and law; in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education; government; and the commercial and nonprofit worlds. Students who wish to pursue graduate studies may apply to the master's and doctoral degree programs offered by or in conjunction with this department.
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