Department of English Language & Literature

Discover what you can do with a degree in English!

Imagine immersing yourself in the exploration of diverse texts and language practices. Picture classes where analysis meets imagination, and your education becomes a dynamic, collaborative intellectual journey. What if your learning could turn ideas into influence, and words into social action?

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Why Study English at SF State?

The Department of English consists of vibrant and interdisciplinary programs to study communicative practices of cultures and writers all over the world. We have a robust and talented faculty who engage with our undergraduate and graduate students and offer advising and mentorship throughout your time at SFSU.

Our diverse array of courses will inspire new thinking about who majors in English and where an English degree can take you. Across our degree programs in literatures, writing, linguistics, and education, you’ll see a commitment to the study of English in global contexts.

Our student-centered classrooms offer opportunities to use multiple technologies, modalities, genres, and theoretical frameworks to read critically the word and the world around us, with an eye toward writing the future. Check out the resources and opportunities that await you: