The English Department at Grand Valley State University houses 19 Tenured and Tenure-track faculty members, 3 Affiliate faculty, 2 Visiting faculty and approximately 5 part-time faculty per semester.

The English Department offers 2 undergraduate Majors:

• English BA – Secondary Education with Education Major 
• English BA – Language and Literature

The English Department offers 3 minors:

• Applied Linguistics minor
• Standard English minor
• ESL minor (and teaching endorsement)

English Study Abroad programs:

• Netherlands
• Ghana

Cross-curricular involvement includes:

• African/African American Studies
• Bachelor of Science in Writing
• Digital Studies
• Environmental and Sustainability Studies
• Honors College
• Human Rights Minor
• Latin American Studies
• Medical Humanities Certificate
• PCKET (Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Elementary Teaching)
• Religious Studies
• Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Scholarships:

• English Faculty Endowed Scholarship for New Majors
• English Special Programs Gift Fund 
• Robert Chamberlain Scholarship Endowment 
• Gilbert R. and Patricia K. Davis Endowed Merit English Scholarship
• The Robert Franciosi American Literature Scholarship