The Millsaps English Department has designed a curriculum which reflects both our respect for intellectual traditions and an appreciation of the way those traditions have been transformed by the inclusion of other voices. Although we as faculty and students come from diverse backgrounds, we can find common ground as readers, writers, and thinkers. Millsaps English majors learn how to read and interpret complex texts, how to relate one text to another and to a tradition, and how to read texts within their cultural and historical contexts.

These skills are both essential to living productive and imaginative lives and are excellent preparations for careers in advertising, business, journalism, law, government, and teaching—just a few of the most common choices of English majors. Framed by Introduction to Interpretation and Senior Colloquium, the English program allows students to pursue particular interests and lines of inquiry within broad distribution requirements.