Welcome to the Department of English
Ready, set, write!
Loyola's Department of English offers a diverse curriculum in literature, critical theory, film history, creative writing, nonfiction and professional writing, linguistics, and rhetoric. Students receive a strong foundation in classical and contemporary works, with writing style and skills emphasized in every course.
English majors and minors can take advantage of many extracurricular activities within the department. They can join Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, as well as ALEPH, an English department club. They work on ReVisions, our student literary magazine, and The Reader’s Response, our annual anthology of students’ academic writing. The department also sponsors regular poetry readings involving students and faculty and presents guest lecturers.
English majors can expand their academic program by participating in our summer Irish studies program in Dublin, our summer Paris studies program, or our exchange programs with Keele University in England and the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
English majors may take a minor in another discipline, to be determined in consultation with the adviser. Students must consult their assigned advisers in curriculum matters before registering for each semester.
Student Successes
English major is director of reading series, editor of literary magazine
Soft-spoken when she arrived, Lesley became the editor of ReVisions and the director of the 1718 reading series. 1718 is a student-run reading series that takes place the first Tuesday of every month. Revisions is an undergraduate literary magazine.
Faculty Successes
John Sebastian receives excellence in advising award
During the Loyola University New Orleans faculty and staff spring convocation on Jan. 23, the University Faculty Senate honored four of its colleagues with prestigious awards.
Alumni Successes
English alumna receives prestigious writing award.
In June, English alumna, Claire Keegan was awarded the 2009 Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award.
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