English and World Literature Field Group
At Pitzer College, Field Groups (similar to a discipline or department) organize major requirements and courses.
Through the aesthetic, historical, and theoretical dimensions of literature we learn to read other lives and our own. We learn those lessons best when the literature we study includes the voices of a diverse array of writers and when we are responsive to the ways in which such voices and texts change our conceptions of art, culture and society.
Literature stirs us and is stirred by us; it is not something to be experienced at arm’s length. For this reason, we encourage our students to practice becoming engaged readers and writers of literature.
We also encourage our students to explore other disciplines, in order to broaden the sources for developing their own writing and critical thinking skills. Abilities gained in coursework are essential for other academic disciplines, are indispensable for graduate study as well as for careers in many fields.
Students may choose from three tracks:
- Literature
- Creative Writing
- Narrative Arts for Social Justice
Alumni Pathways
- Art
- Law
- Journalism
- Education
- Nonprofit and non-governmental organizations
- Business
- Advertising
- Creative and professional writing
English and World Literature Program
Visit the Africana Studies Program page to learn more about the major requirements, student stories, and how we connect with Pitzer's core values.
English and World Literature Field Group Advisers
- Professor of English & World Literature/Creative Writing
- English & World Literature Field Group
- Professor of English and World Literature
- English and World Literature Field Group
- First-Year Seminar Director
- Professor of English and World Literature and Africana Studies
- Africana Studies Field Group
- Assistant Professor of English & World Literature
- English and World Literature Field Group
- Associate Professor of English and World Literature
- English and World Literature Field Group