WELCOME

Welcome to the English Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills! We offer an exciting range of programs in literature, linguistics, education, creative writing, and rhetoric and composition. We strive to prepare our students for a world that values critical inquiry, rigorous debate, thoughtful writing, and informed pedagogy. Our students go on to pursue rewarding careers in education, publishing, law, entertainment, tech, marketing, medicine, and many other fields. Find your voice, tell your story, and make a difference in the world!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Application Deadline for the M.A. programs in English

M.A. programs in English Literature are currently accepting applications for the Spring 2025 semester for the following programs:

M.A. English Literature
M.A. English Literature with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition
M.A. English: Teaching English as a Second Language

To apply, go to Cal State Apply. The deadline for Spring 2025 admissions is Friday, November 1.

The main admissions criteria is a 3.0 GPA in your last 60 units of coursework, though we will consider students with a slightly lower GPA if they have mostly As and Bs in their English classes.

M.A. program classes are run in-person in the evenings in order to support working adults.

We do accept students with B.A.s in fields other than English, but they will need to take up to five prerequisite courses at the beginning of the program.

General Info for the English Department

Contact Information

Please visit us at our main office, located on the 3rd floor of LaCorte Hall (LCH E315). For general inquiries, you may email the department at english@csudh.edu. To contact the Department Chair or the Associate Chair, please email englishchair@csudh.edu. The Department Chair and the Associate chair can sign petitions. If you have a specific person or instructor that you need to contact, please go to our Contact Us page.

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Advisement

All of our full-time faculty serve as academic advisors for our undergraduate majors. The M.A. program coordinators are the primary advisors for their respective M.A. programs. Go to our Advisement page for a full list.

Programs

The English Department offers the following undergraduate programs:

Composition program: Writing courses in first year composition, summer bridge, and the GWAR-certifying course
B.A. English Literature
B.A. English Education
B.A. Linguistics
Minor in Creative Writing
Minor in English
Minor in Language and Linguistics
Certificate in Professional and Creative Writing

The English Department Offers the following graduate programs:

M.A. English Literature
M.A. English Literature with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition
M.A. English: Teaching English as a Second Language

For more information, visit the undergraduate program and graduate program pages.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or pay us a visit. We look forward to meeting you!

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Department of English Statement of Solidarity

We stand in solidarity with our Black colleagues, students, and staff, with the protesters in the ongoing fight for Black liberation, and with all of those who continue to call for equity and justice in our classrooms, schools, communities, and country. As educators dedicated to the study of English, rhetoric, and the humanities, we aim to identify, examine, and dismantle the systems of oppressions that perpetuate white supremacy in our academic programs and the society at large. We aim to affirm the principle that Black lives matter in the content and shape of our curriculum and in our pedagogical practice. We pledge to hold ourselves accountable for this on-going anti-racist work and to partner with students, staff, and faculty across campus in order to achieve these aims.

Tongva Peoples & Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that the land on which we are gathered here today is the home and traditional land belonging to the Tongva Nation. Today we come with respect and gratitude for the Tongva people who still consider themselves the caretakers of this land. It is through their examples that we are reminded of our greater responsibility to take care of Mother Earth and to take care of each other.

— Land Acknowledgement wording approved by Jimi Castillo, Pipe Carrier and Spiritual Leader from the Tongva Nation, a people that settled in the present day Los Angeles Basin and numbered approximately 5,000-10,000 before European contact