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English Department Academic Advising

Undergraduate Advisors

Freshmen

English majors and minors with less than 24 credit-hours are advised by University College. Honors students in English with less than 24 credit-hours are advised in the Honors Office.

English Department Academic Advising Goals

The goal of academic advising in the English Department is to assist students in the development of meaningful educational plans that are aligned with their individual career aspirations. In the English Department, academic advising is based on a system of shared responsibility between student and advisor. This entails a process of continuous improvement, clarification, and evaluation with the aim of furthering institutional advising goals with students' desired career and post graduate outcomes.

The English Department views the advising relationship as an on-going conversation that transcends course selection and attempts to assist students as they explore the breadth of a Liberal Arts curriculum, experience college life, focus on their English major or minor, and prepare for life after college.

Major/Minor Checklists and Plans of Study

Below are checklists for students in the English major, the five sequences, and the three minors. Four-year plans of study for students who start at ISU as Freshmen, as well as plans of study for those who transfer to ISU, are also available.

  • Upper Class English Majors

You must speak with your advisor for checklists prior to the current catalog. View the archived catalogs for previous years.

Creative Writing

English Studies

English Teacher Education

Literary and Cultural Studies

Publishing Studies

Technical Writing and Rhetorics

  • Minors

To apply to one of the English Department minors, log into My.IllinoisState.edu and under the "Academics" tab select the apply to program tool.

English Studies

2023-2024 Catalog: Minor Requirements

TESOL

2023-2024 Catalog: Minor Requirements

Writing

2023-2024 Catalog: Minor Requirements

  • Freshmen - Sophomore English Majors

You must speak with your advisor for checklists prior to the current catalog. View the archived catalogs for previous years.

Creative Writing

English Studies

English Teacher Education

Literary and Cultural Studies

Publishing Studies

Technical Writing and Rhetorics

  • First Year Writing Forms