Departmental Honors
Learn About Our Departmental Honors
To graduate with departmental honors in English, a student must have a 3.75 GPA in the major, and a 3.5 GPA overall.
Eligible students do not have to apply for departmental honors. The office of Academic Advising will contact the English department with a list of eligible students prior to commencement that semester. Ms. Johnson, the department administrator, will contact all eligible students when their honors cords are available.
You will find out if you are eligible for Latin honors at your senior audit. If so, you will pick up those cords at the LAS check-in table at commencement.
All other cords or sashes from other entities (Sigma Tau Delta, National Honor Society, honors sororities or fraternities, military, etc.) are provided by those groups. Please contact the faculty representative for information about cords and sashes. Dr. Ginsberg (lginsber@uccs.edu) is the faculty mentor for Sigma Tau Delta.
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Faculty & Staff Profiles
The faculty and staff of the Department of English want you to succeed here and after you leave us. Let us all work together to ensure the best preparation possible for you and your classmates.
Meet Our Advisors
All English Majors are assigned to an advisor. Please see the list below to determine your advisor this semester. We encourage you to meet with your advisor if you want help choosing your English courses, to get approval and the required signature for your English assessment, or just to talk about all things English!
Careers
An English degree emphasizes one of the most positive advantages of a college education—the solid, adaptable communication skills that get you through university are attractive to potential employers. English majors help maintain high standards of accuracy, clarity, and cogency of the language used in any workplace he/she enters.
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