Department of English and Modern Languages

What will you get in English and Modern Languages at Sage?

• small class sizes

• personal interaction, instruction, and advising from a staff concerned about your individual education and future

• contact with visiting writers, speakers, scholars (recent visitors include Sandra Gilbert, Marilyn Nelson, Sharon Olds, W.D. Snodgrass, Lucille Clifton, Marilyn Chin)

• an active community of faculty scholars and artists

• an emphasis on critical thinking and transferring that thinking to a clarity in writing and research

• the opportunity to intern at a wide variety of businesses and organizations; recent placements include Cengage Publishing (Clifton Park), the Rensselaer County District Attorney's Office, and the Albany Institute of History and Art

• major in English at RSC and enroll in the Early Assurance Program with Albany Medical School

• major in English at RSC and participate in the 3+3 Pre-Law Program with Albany Law School

Congratulations Graduates of the Class of 2008!

Carriage House Notes: The English and Modern Languages Newsletter, Summer 08-Fall 08 (pdf format)

Our Mission

English and Modern Languages focuses on critical and evaluative thinking, analytical and persuasive writing, and linguistic capability in English and foreign languages. Students often combine Education programs with one of the majors. Community service and internship programs encourage students to gain valuable career and personal experience while they are pursuing a degree. Students in all majors in the department have an opportunity to complete a research project or paper during their final year of study.

The Modern Languages program operates three residential language centers as part of its teaching and co-curricular missions to Russell Sage College. Three Victorian brownstones on the Troy Campus, La Casa Espanola (Spanish House), La Maison Francaise (French House), and Das Deutches Haus (German House), have supported the multicultural development of more than three generations of Sage alumnae in all majors.

Our Programs

English (BA, BA/DPT, minor)
English/Childhood Education (BS)
English/Childhood Education/Middle Childhood Ext. (BS)
English/Adolescence Education (BA/MAT, MAT)
Creative Studies (BS)
French (minor)
Inderdisciplinary Studies (BS)
Spanish (BA, BA/DPT, minor)
Spanish/Childhood Education (BS)
Spanish/Childhood Education/Middle Childhood Ext. (BS)
Writing (minor)

"What is the best thing about Russell Sage College English and Modern Languages?"