ENGLISH
Program Options
At Dordt College, you’ll study under professors who feel the excitement and value of literature. They’ll help you analyze and evaluate literary works from a Christian perspective, considering the moral vision and worldview of an author, along with the literary elements of his or her work.
They’ll help you become both critical and charitable in the way you approach words and the world. You’ll examine how authors use language to create imagined worlds and communicate meaning. You will see how literature from a variety of time periods and cultures challenges or affirms our values and enriches our lives.
Program Options
- English major with a literature emphasis
- English major with a writing emphasis
- Minors in writing and literature can be combined with other majors.
- English education for prospective teachers. The department has more than 50 years of combined high school teaching experience.
