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Welcome to UMBC’s English Department

UMBC’s English Department is a vibrant center for research, teaching, and learning. We offer a Master of Arts in Texts, Technologies, and Literature and two undergraduate major tracks: the Literature Track, for the broad range and diverse traditions of literature written in English, and the Communication and Technology Track, for written and spoken communication and new information technologies. The English minors feature literature, communication and technology, creative writing, journalism, rhetoric and communication, and professional writing. The Department is also the home of UMBC’s innovative First-Year Composition Program. Click here to learn more about the English Department.

Alumni Spotlight

Our featured alumnus, Aditya Desai ‘09, is a former English major who is now a Program Officer for Literature at Maryland Humanities and pursuing a PhD in English Studies at Old Dominion University. Read more about his experience at UMBC and his journey through graduate school here.