Department Of English, University Of Calgary

English is for students who want more than textbook learning. It develops speech and writing, and rewards curiosity and healthy skepticism. English courses improve critical thinking and teach thoughtful and effective reading and writing.

Studying the language in which we live—and its uses, from poetry to politics to the hidden metaphors of everyday life—offers a strong centre from which to explore the world within and beyond the university. Students in this program have opportunities for creativity and intellectual challenge, through broad and intensive reading, through writing, and through discussion with professors and fellow students. This is a program for students who cannot be satisfied by textbook learning: it demands, develops, and rewards intellectual curiosity, articulate speech and writing, and critical thinking.