Academics
The Department of English at Texas A & M University has played an important role on campus since the University's founding in 1876, when "Languages and Literature" was designated as one of the original four courses of study. The English department proper was founded in 1877, with Professor and General L. M. Lewis as its head. English was the first department in the College of Liberal Arts to offer graduate degrees, establishing its M. A. program in 1962 and the Ph. D. in 1967. Now in its second century, the Department of English maintains a tradition of excellence in research and teaching at all levels.