English Department

The English Department aims to help students become Independent readers who are able to analyze, synthesize, and critique sophisticated literature and complex concepts in their writing and speech. We encourage students to think critically, identify problems and evolve creative and appropriate solutions. Students are taken through the entire writing process in order to recognize and produce finished, coherent, and unified analyses and arguments. We encourage our students to become self-motivated workers who understand and value the process of inquiry, reading, and writing as intrinsically valuable. Therefore it is essential that our students strive to communicate clear viewpoints, and understand and respect the fundamental merits of opposing perspectives.