English & Languages COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES

With a English & Languages Degree, we are: Journalist Grant Writer Editor Speech Writer Book Reviewer Technical Writer English Teacher The Department of English and Languages offers two majors in English and minors in English, Script Writer Humanities, and Spanish, as well as course work in additional languages. Students who study Freelance Writer English, humanities, and languages enhance the reading and writing skills important in a Copy Editor variety of careers, absorb the cultural understanding necessary for success in a diverse society, Web Content Writer and develop the critical thinking skills which will lead to professional and advanced academic success. Social Media Manager ...or you can... Bachelor of Arts in English Teach English as a Second > Language ECU English majors have enjoyed success as college Go to Graduate School professors, administrative supervisors, creative Join a Professional writers, business owners, lawyers, journalists, Program in Ministry, Law librarians, politicians, and professional writers. or Business Recent graduates have been accepted to competitive ...and so much more! law schools and graduate programs, while others have gained employment with the Chickasaw Nation, The Ada News, Ram Jack, Fire Eye (a Dallas-based cybersecurity firm), Tinker Air Force Base, and Google. how Me the Money! Graduates with a degree in English typically earn Bachelor of Arts in English Education between $30,000 and > $37,500 for entry level jobs. English Teacher Certification majors take additional As a college graduate, you can earn an average of 75% courses in methods of teaching English to attain state more than those with only a certification qualifying them to teach English at the high school degree, per middle and high school levels. Since 2010, we have had The Chicago Tribune! a 100 percent placement rate for all English Education (NACE 2018 Salary Report) graduates and a 100 percent pass rate on certification tests since 2006. Recently, state statistics show five teacher openings for every one graduate.

East Central University www.ecok.edu/englang Campus Tours: 1100 E. 14th St. 580-559-5451 ecok.edu/take-a-tour Ada, Oklahoma 74820 Begin at ECU Admin, 102 580-559-5628 [email protected] Department of English & Languages > DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES Scissortail Creative Writing Festival The Scissortail Creative Writing TM Festival, a three-day event, celebrates published, established and emerging authors reading English from their creative works. It annually attracts over 50 local and & Languages international authors. Contact Dean: Dr. Kate Lang, department faculty Dr. Ken Hada for College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences more information at Assistant Dean & Chair: Dr. Sarah Peters 580-559-5557. Degree: Bachelor of Arts Concentrations: 2 Minor: 4 Faculty: 13 full-time Organizations: 4 Scholarships: 28 Location: 147 Faust Hall Oklahoma Literary Arts Festival The Oklahoma Literary Arts Festival, held annually in ECU at a Glance November, is an exciting departmental event designed to stir the love of literary arts by hosting authors such as Pulitzer Undergraduate Enrollment: 3,500+ Prize winner N. Scott Momaday and Slam Poet Taylor Mali. Undergraduate Majors: 70+ Through various workshops and activities taught by ECU Student to Faculty Ratio: 18 to 1 faculty and upper-level English and Language students, local Average Class Size: 22 students and teachers explore the many facets of literary Faculty with PhDs: 65% 28 arts. Contact department faculty Dr. Jennifer Dorsey for States Represented: Countries Represented: 30+ information at 580-559-5439. Sigma Tau Delta Year Founded: 1909 ECU’s Upsilon Pi chapter of the Campus Size: 140 Acres International English Honor Society Area Location: Ada, Oklahoma has been active since 1981. Faculty and students meet monthly on Fridays to discuss fiction, film and all Tiger Spirit things literary. Our volunteers help ECU SCREENS and the Scissortail Mascot: Roary the Tiger School Colors: Orange & Black Creative Writing Festival run ECU Screens Student Organizations: 60+ smoothly. Athletics: NCAA Division II Faculty and students work together to bring memorable cinematic experiences to campus. In recent years, ECU Screens Men’s: Football Cross Country Baseball Track & field offered a full season of recorded-live productions from the Basketball Royal National Theatre of London, featuring memorable stage performances by Benedict Cumberbatch, Helen Mirren, and Women’s: Basketball Soccer James Corden. ECU’s Foreign Film Festival features free films Volleyball Cross Country Softball Track & field on Fridays in February at four. To find out more, visitwww. facebook.com/ECU.SCREENS.

Originals We educate and empower students to ECU’s literary magazine is housed and published understand and transform our world. annually by our department. Submissions are accepted East Central University, in compliance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended), Executive Order 11246 (as amended), in the form of plays, poems, short stories, or essays. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended), the Americans With Disabilities Contact department faculty Dr. Mark Walling for more Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and other federal and state laws, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, information at 580-559-5440. age, religion, disability, sexual orientation or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices or procedures. This includes, but is not limited to, admissions, employment, financial aid, and education services. This publication is printed and issued by East Central University as authorized by Title 70 OS 1981, Section 3903. 500 copies have been prepared and distributed at a cost of $200.00. Copies have been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries in compliance with Section 3-114 of Title 65 of the Oklahoma Statutes. 08/2020