Degrees offered: |
B.A., M.A., M.F.A. |
Number of faculty: |
37 undergraduate*, 27 graduate* |
Number of majors in the program: |
Undergraduate 277*, Graduates 75* |
Faculty Liaison: |
Kate Mangelsdorf |
Library Subject Specialist: |
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Department Chair: |
David Ruiter |
* Fall, 2003 data as reported in The University of Texas at El Paso FACT BOOK, 2003-04, Center for Institutional Evaluation Research and Planning, University of Texas at El Paso, 2000 |
Program Description
The English Department offers a B.A. in English and American Literature, a B.A. in Creative Writing, a M.A. in English and American Literature, a M.A. in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing (which is described in a separate collection development policy statement).
Description of Existing Collection
NCIP Code: 3
The collection is primarily composed of English language works, with a limited number of titles in Spanish. Following are the results of a shelflist count done in October of 1996 for the following Library of Congress classification number ranges:
GR72-79, 100-133, 550-552 (Folk literature): 497 titles
PE1097-1497, 1501-1693 (Modern English grammar, rhetoric, style, and composition; prosody, metrics, and rhythmics, lexicology; etymology and lexicography): 2,875 titles
PN1-1551, 1600-1861, 3311-3503, 6010-8998 (General literature): 7,551 titles
PR (English literature): 30,050 titles
PS (American literature): 33,800 titles
TOTAL NUMBER OF TITLES: 74,773
As demonstrated by the shelflist counts above, most of the collection consists of books and journals of general, English, and American literature. In addition, the collection contains several relatively small groups of materials on provincial literatures (literatures of areas in the British Isles and present and former British colonies and dependencies, excluding the
The library has current subscriptions to 148 journals that have been identified as relating to English and American literature and creative writing. In the Current Periodicals and Microforms area, there are a small number of uncataloged microfilm reels on Charles Dickens, John Keats, Robert Burns, and the Wright American fiction collection; there is also a set of uncataloged microcards: the Shakespeare Society publications. The MLA International Bibliography is an online version of the MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literature, and is available on the Web and accessible on Nugget. Gale's Literary Index, available on the Library LAN, is a master index to literary series published by Gale Research, Inc, (these series contain com
Current Collecting Intensity
NCIP Code: 3
Through the approval
Last updated: 3/20/03
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