The English Department at Grand Valley State University houses 29 Tenured and Tenure-track faculty members, 1 Affiliate faculty, 3 Visiting faculty and approximately 9 part-time faculty per semester.

The English Department offers 5 undergraduate Majors and 2 Master’s Programs:

• English BA (130 currently enrolled)
• English BA – Teaching (413 currently enrolled)
• English BA – Language Arts with Education Major and elementary certification minor (252 currently enrolled)
• English BA – Secondary Education with Education Major (Teachable minor required) (144 currently enrolled)
• English BA – Language and Literature (116 currently enrolled)
• Master of Arts in English (22 currently enrolled)
• Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics (17 currently enrolled)

The English Department offers 4 minors:

• Applied Linguistics minor (28 currently enrolled)
• Standard English minor (47 currently enrolled)
• Secondary Education Teachable minor (54 currently enrolled)
• ESL minor (and teaching endorsement) (42 currently enrolled)

English Study Abroad programs:

• England
• Netherlands
• Ghana

Cross-curricular involvement includes:

• African/African American Studies
• Bachelor of Science in Writing
• Comprehensive Science and Arts for Teaching (CSAT): Special Education
• Comprehensive Science and Arts for Teaching (CSAT): ESL
• Digital Studies
• Environmental and Sustainability Studies
• Honors College
• Human Rights Minor
• Latin American Studies
• Medical Humanities Certificate
• Religious Studies
• Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Scholarships:

• English Faculty Endowed Scholarship for New Majors = $8,587.66
• English Special Programs Gift Fund = $1,060.02
• Robert Chamberlain Scholarship Endowment = $72,263.66
• Gilbert R. and Patricia K. Davis Endowed Merit English Scholarship = $118,863.75