The English major at Rutgers–Camden provides students with an opportunity to work closely with professors who publish books and articles in distinguished venues and present their work around the world. Equally committed to scholarship and teaching, these professors foster the study and appreciation of the English language and literatures within several specialties: medieval through present-day literature, creative writing, and linguistics.
Learn more about the Department of English at Rutgers–Camden.
Dual Degree Program (BA/MA)
English majors interested in graduate school should consider applying to the BA/MA dual degree program during the spring term of their junior year. Qualified students can earn their bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years by taking two graduate-level courses during their senior year. These two courses fulfill undergraduate and major requirements and are billed at the undergraduate tuition rate.
Highlights
- The Department of English offers students several hands-on experiences through Story Quarterly, The Mickle Street Review, the Nick Virgilio Haiku Project, and the Writers House.
- Writers’ Bloc, an online creative arts magazine and project of the English Students Organization at Rutgers–Camden, has just published its third issue of poetry and stories, attracting readers and contributors from across the United States and abroad. To see the latest issue, visit writersblocmag.org.
- A course on horror films allowed students to interact with Academy Award-winning directors. Read more here.
Faculty Highlights
- Dr. Keith Green received a Minority Junior Faculty Award for $15,000 from the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation in support of his current book Not Just Slavery: African Americans Write Captivity Narratives, Too: 1816-1879.
- Prof. Lauren Grodstein’s second novel, A Friend of the Family, was published by Algonquin Books in 2009. Reviews describe the book as “wise and enormously compelling,” a “Jewish family saga” that is also a “page-turner.”
- Dr. Carol Singley and Dr. Tyler Hoffman are participating in a grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities that supports research across several universities to study Walt Whitman’s poetry and its connection to local geography and history. The work at Rutgers explores the relationship between Whitman’s later work and the City of Camden, where he spent his last years.
Programs
- Major (BA)
- Minors: American literature, communications, English literature, English, journalism, linguistics, Walt Whitman Program in American Studies, writing
- Graduate programs (MA and MFA)
- Teacher preparation
- Dual degree program (BA/MA)
