Mission Statement
The Department of English and Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Stout will strive to achieve and maintain excellence in all its programs by offering curricula that are both rich and varied and that contribute humanistic context for professional careers in a global society. Such an effort involves developing and offering courses at both the basic and advanced levels that explore the diverse ways in which people create knowledge about communication, culture, and values through literature, rhetoric, philosophy, writing, and technical communication.
Personnel Policies
- University Policies
- Job Descriptions
- Review of Department Members
- Summer Session Appointments
- Staff Committee Responsibilities
- Hiring, Retention, Promotion and Tenure
- Peer and Student Evaluation
Teaching and Test Policies
- Attendance Policy
- Freshman Objectives
- Grading Criteria
- Technical Writing Objectives
- Business Writing Objectives
- Independent Study Guidelines
- Placement and Test-out
- Policy for Use of Laptops in English Courses
- Policy on Plagiarism
- The Value of Literary Study