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Department's Writing Awards Submissions

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and the Cohodas Literary Prize 2009-09 Topics Announced
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English Composition Placement and Appeal Process

All incoming students will be “evaluated” for English placement based on their recalculated H.S. GPA. If a student would like to appeal...

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Pen MFA Recruits Nationally

The Master of Fine Arts in Writing is a relatively young program—eight years—but its reputation has quickly reached national status. Today, the MFA program brings students from across the country to Northern. Application deadline for the 2009-10 school year is Feb. 1, 2009. MFA Writing Program
Winter 2009 English Courses

Here you will find more description of a few of our course offerings.

EN 411Z -

Topics in World Literature:  Teaching World Literature

EN 462/ED 462 -

Literature for Young Adults

EN 495 -

Special Topics - First Amendment

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EDEN

One upon a time coverEDEN is NMU English Department’s electronic newsletter.  It features information on what faculty and students are publishing, new course offerings or programs and helpful resources for students.

Liberal Studies Requirements
Composition book coverThe English Department oversees NMU’s formal communications liberal studies requirement  that is designed to insure that all of the university’s graduates can express creative and analytical thoughts properly in written form.  Unless receiving a waiver, all degree-seeking students are required to take EN 111: College Composition I and one of the four options of EN 211: College Composition II, and must pass both with a C grade or higher in order to graduate.  Learn more

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