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Thank you for taking the time to consider the English Major program at Saint Vincent College. We realize the importance of
your college education and we hope our website will guide you in the right direction for studying English at Saint Vincent
College. Our main goal is geared toward providing you with a background of our English Department and a clear understanding
of the concentration requirements. We have established insightful links for you to check out-- course syllabi, writing contests
and many more that we hope you will take advantage of. Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or suggestions
regarding our website. Our English Department is represented by seven full-time faculty members and three adjunct faculty
members who are always available for meetings and conversations. The class size for the majority of our English courses ranges
from ten to twenty-three students and on average there are twenty-four English courses offered each semester. Regardless of
your chosen concentration, all English majors must complete the following courses: EL 200 Literary Criticism I; EL 201 Literary
Criticism II; EL 202 Intermediate Writing; EL 310 Junior Seminar; EL 400 Senior Project
Course requirements for each concentration are different and we recommend that you view our Concentrations link in order to
find out more information on the concentration of your choice. The four English concentrations offered at Saint Vincent College
are: Literature, English Secondary Education, Professional Writing, and Creative Writing. It is important that you choose
the concentration that best fits your career goals. For example, most students intending on going to law school are recommended
to concentrate in Literature. As well, individuals that want to become teachers are required to pursue the English Secondary
Education Concentration. If you are interested in working in the business field or editing and publishing then the Professional
Writing Concentration is your match. Lastly, those intending to pursue writing short stories, narratives, screen-plays etc.
should lean towards the Creative Writing Concentration. We have made the contact information for faculty members involved
with each concentration available to you, as well as contact information for at least one student currently studying in each
concentration. Please take advantage of the contact information which can be found under the List of Majors and Minors link
on the home page. Overall, studying English at Saint Vincent College is a great opportunity and viewing our website is only
half as exciting as the classroom experience! The English professors at SVC know how to and always do "keep it real" by making
their lectures stimulating and enjoyable. There are also many activities outside of the classroom for English majors to get
involved with such as the English Club, Pre-Law Society, Sigma Tau Delta, Speakeasy, The Review and many more. Links for a
description and contact information for all of the English major recreations can be found under the Activities heading found
on the home page. We hope our detailed and easy-to-follow website helps answer any previous questions you may have had and
positively influences your desire to study English at Saint Vincent College.
(contributed by Emily Petrovich, Professional Writing Concentration)
Here are links to syllabi for freshman courses. Go to "Courses and Syllabi" to view upper curriculum classes:
Language and Rhetoric
Questions? These students and faculty would be glad to offer responses:
Emily Petrovich
Emily is a junior English major, with a concentration in professional writing.
Dennis McDaniel
Dr. McDaniel teaches Business Communications, Technical Writing, Rock and Roll Criticism, Literary Criticism II, Shakespeare,
The Beat Generation, British Renaissance Literature, Sensibility and Satire: Eighteenth-Century Literature
Fr. Wulfstan Clough, OSB
Fr. Wulfstan teaches History of the English Language, Arthurian Literature, The History and Development of Science Fiction,
Literature and the Bible, Shakespeare on Film, Modern Catholic Literature, Chaucer, Classical Greek Poetry and Drama, Shakespeare,
J.R.R. Tolkien, Dramatic Literature
Richard Wissolik
Dr. Wissolik teaches Major British and American Authors. Faces of Battle: War and Peace in History, Literature and the Arts;
African Studies, Myth, The Epic, Satire, American Realism and Naturalism, Medieval Studies, Shakespeare, British Modernism,
Modern European Literature
William C Snyder
Dr. Snyder teaches Intermediate Writing, Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking, Literary Criticism I, Pedagogy of Composition,
Junior Seminar, American Short Story, The Romantic Age
Michelle Gil-Montero
Michelle Gil-Montero is in her second year as a Saint Vincent creative writing professor. She comes to Saint Vincent from
the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop via Brown University in Providence. She teaches Intro to Creative Writing, Poetry Workshop,
Poetry Survey, and Special Topics in Narrative Techniques. As well, she is the moderator for the campus literary magazine,
Generation.
Sara Lindey
Sara Lindey will be joining the Saint Vincent English Department in the Fall of 2008. Dr. Lindey comes to us from the University
of Minnesota via the University of Missouri. She is an Emily Dickinson scholar, and will be covering courses in American
literature.
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