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phone: (716) 839-8541 Hamish Dalley (716) 839-8416<\/p>\n hdalley@daemen.edu<\/a><\/p>\n An English major can best begin to see the broad range of applications for the skills developed in coursework by engaging in a Career Field Experience, which places students as interns in local businesses and organizations.\u00a0 One recent intern reports that her placement confirmed her choice of major: \u201cmy studies are heading me in the right direction because my job did not seem like work to me, but rather a welcoming community where I could put my skills to use every day.\u201d<\/p>\n Mission Statement<\/span><\/p>\n The Daemen University English Department prepares students for life in a complex, globally-interconnected world. Our three major programs (English, Adolescent Education in English, and Professional Writing and Rhetoric) cultivate critical thinking, imagination, and problem-solving skills by emphasizing close reading, writing as a process, and oral communication. We aim not only to impart skills but provoke transformation.<\/p>\n English department faculty are nationally and internationally recognized experts in literature, film, and writing. We place a strong emphasis on ideas and experiences that open new horizons. We are focused on helping students gain a broader understanding of the world and appreciation of diversity by encountering new concepts, nationalities, and cultures. Our faculty work closely with students inside and outside the classroom. Taking students to local sites, lectures by important authors, and international research, trips help us reinforce material introduced in the classroom. Our students are encouraged to publish in Insight<\/em>, our campus newspaper, and Iconoclast<\/em>, our creative writing journal.<\/p>\n We believe that whether your goal is to work in law, education, business, library science, nonprofits, publishing, or elsewhere, a strong grasp of reading and writing in diverse settings is the key to a successful career. Further, we know critical and rhetorical skills translate well across professional contexts, so if you switch career paths you will do so with the confidence that you are prepared.<\/p>\n In addition to our three major programs, we offer minors in literature, literature and composition, professional writing, public relations, and political communication. These shorter programs add breadth and distinction and can be integrated with a professional degree or major in another discipline. A minor in English provides a point of differentiation that sets our students apart from their peers.<\/p>\n We challenge our students to analyze texts they otherwise wouldn\u2019t encounter and consider ideas that are new and sometimes disorienting. We believe a rigorous educational experience and supportive faculty mentoring help our students reach their maximum potential.<\/p>\n Through this program of study, English majors will:<\/p>\n Contact Information 138 Duns Scotus Hall phone: (716) 839-8541 daemen.edu\/english Chair Hamish Dalley 138-2 Duns Scotus Hall (716) 839-8416 hdalley@daemen.edu Degrees Offered Bachelor of Arts in English Specialization in Professional Writing and Rhetoric Bachelor of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1332,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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