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VERSATILE, VITAL SKILLS DEVELOPED IN ENGLISH PROGRAMS <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Department of English at UW-Stevens Point serves to educate students in the liberal studies of language and literature, which foster communication, critical reading, and critical thinking skills. We believe that studying and responding to literature play a crucial role in a liberal arts education that will help students become active and aware participants in our complex culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our English Department faculty pride themselves on the attention they give individual students to help them further and widen their interests and develop their strengths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career-Ready Experiences<\/h2><\/div>
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Connections Project<\/h3>

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Develop skills leading students and developing your own curriculum. Connections Project involves students enrolled in English 381-Reading for the English Teacher and provides hands-on practicum in middle and secondary school settings.<\/div>
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English High and Low Trip<\/h3>

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Students will study contemporary scholarship in England during a summer study abroad course. Highlights include the Charles Dickens Museum, John Keats House in London, visit to the Sherlock Holmes statue in front of Baker Street tube station, and a day trip to Bath.<\/div>
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Internships<\/h3>

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Students apply their knowledge and build on their foundational knowledge by working for a host of organizations, on and off campus.<\/div>
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University Writers<\/h3>

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Students develop their work in University Writers club and publish the best of it in Barney Street, an outstanding student-run literary magazine.<\/div>
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Student Resources<\/h2>
Our majors are connected with enriching career development opportunities, including work in our student-staffed independent university press.<\/div><\/div>
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Cornerstone Press<\/h3>

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The only press of its kind in the University of Wisconsin system, Cornerstone Press is one of four undergraduate, student-staffed presses in the United States. Our independent publishing and teaching press is located in the Collins Classroom Center on the UWSP main campus.<\/div>
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Department Scholarships<\/h3>

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Scholarships in the Department of English can either require an application, submission of essay or poetry, or be granted by faculty nomination.<\/div>
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Student Clubs<\/h3>

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Find a group to develop your writing outside of the classroom. Search SPIN for a chance to connect with other writers. Write for a campus magazine, for a student newspaper, or share your poetry in the Rising Voices Poetry Club.<\/div>
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Placement Requirements<\/h3>

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Sophomores may take 300 level courses with approval of the department chair. English majors may take 200 level courses as second semester freshmen. Get information about our minors and majors or requirements for the English honors program.<\/div>
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