Undergraduate Information

Welcome to the Undergraduate English Program at the University of Nevada. Our faculty prepare students for a variety of professions which range from teaching to law, publication to management, public administration to technical writing. We are strongly committed to the arts and humanities as well as to developing the essential skills of analysis, inquiry, research, and expression. Students can major in one of four area: literature; writing; language and linguistics; English for secondary education. We offer seven areas of study in a minor: literature; writing; language and linguistics; dramatic literature; English for secondary teaching; TESOL;1 literature and the environment.2 Consult the links in the sidebar.

Why talk with an advisor

Even though you are responsible for your progress, an advisor can help you plan your curriculum, keep track of your progress, and graduate in a timely manner. Advisors can answer questions about DARS, course substitutions, and classes of special interest to you. Make an appointment before you register for each semester's classes.

List of advisors

Our Listserve

If you want to receive timely, useful updates for our majors and minors, get on our listserve. It's easy. Just send a note to our office asking to be added. You should use your UNR email for this, although other addresses will work, but your UNR account is the only one the university uses for official notification to you, so it's a good idea to be sure it's activated. Listserve Help

1. The new TESOL minor will not ceritfy you as an ESL instructor; a Masters in ESL is required for that, but the minor can prepare you to teach abroad.

2. The Literature and Environment minor is not available to literature majors, but is available to writing or linguistics majors. It is designed especially to supplement studies in the physical sciences, agriculture or engineering.