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Many Doors, Una Llave

A Message From Our Chair


Engagement. That’s what you should know about WLS. We have a bunch of faculty, teaching assistants, and staff focused on engaging you—our potential and current students. Every day, over 100 of us get to work trying to figure out how to put students at the center of our jobs. With experiential learning opportunities that immerse students in living research, we’re looking at how language and writing make things happen in the world. With many award-winning teachers and innovative programs, we’re building classroom spaces that buzz with collaboration and communication. And with energetic researchers and community partners in all our areas (Linguistics, Rhetoric & Composition, Translation and Interpreting, Asian Studies, English as a Second Language, French, and more), we are creating new knowledge with our colleagues and our students.

Our degrees and minors may have traditional names, but our department is building a new identity we’d love to explore with you. We’re multilingual, we’re invested in social impact, and we’re here to help you design the world through writing and language. Below, you’ll find quick links to the degrees that will help you DESIGN your future with writing, the programs that will help you EXPLORE through language, and the WLS events and partners that will CONNECT us in our work and play.

So welcome to WLS, where we like to think that are many doors and una llave. Let’s do this!

Colin Charlton, PhD
WLS Department Chair


Registration Information

If you would like to see some of our exciting upcoming course offerings, view our Student Engagement page.

If you need assistance with registering for classes, you can meet with one of our Degree Specialists.  They'll be able to review your progress through our programs and advise you on which courses to take.

For students who would like to register for above the maximum hours per semester, please use this Over-Hour Petition.  This form will require you to meet with the Degree Specialist for your major.

Design Books on English Studies Make your mark on the world with our rhetoric and writing specialists.
Connect Books on Spanish Studies WLS events are networks built for you
Explore Books on Asian Studies Go global with our language degrees and courses

Contact Us

Dr. Colin Charlton
Chair
Department of Writing and Language Studies
ELABS 329
Email: colin.charlton@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3441
Phone Alt: (956) 882-8246
Text: (956) 250-5613
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