Brigham Young University. English Dept.

The Dept. of English was a part of the Church Teachers College until the college was split in 1920. The department was placed under the direction of the School of Arts and Sciences. The department was abolished in 1921 when the School of Arts and Sciences was renamed the College of Arts and Sciences. Alfred Osmond was the chairman of the Dept. of English.

Description

Established: 1920

Abolished: 1921

Location: Provo, Utah (1920-1921)

Functions

The Dept. of English includes classes of: rhetoric and composition, advanced composition, short story writing, news writing, advanced narration, teacher's course in grammar, Anglo-Saxon, philology, Chaucer, Shakespeare's tragedies, Shakespeare's comedies, Milton, love and the light, the history and development of the English novel, the Romantic poets, modern continental European drama, modern British drama, the English modern novel, the American modern novel, Tennyson's minor poems, Tennyson's major poems, and Browning.

Assets and Administrative Structure

Alfred Osmond was the chairman of the Dept. of English.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. School of Arts and Sciences (1920-1921)

Earlier unit: Church Teachers College. Dept. of English (1909-1920)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Arts and Sciences. Dept. of English (1922-1954)

Sources

Brigham Young University Annual School Catalog, 1920-1921: p. 71-73 (courses offered by the department).

Brigham Young University The First One Hundred Years, 1975: v. 4 p. 498 (Alfred Osmond appears to be Department Chairman).

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00095

Creator: UPB