Acting Department Chair

Dr. Tim Black


Phone: 818-677-3431

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Current Students

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Job Outlook

With an English degree, graduates find diverse job prospects. Strong analytical and communication skills open doors in various industries. Here's a list of careers our graduates find job in:

  • lawyers
  • teachers
  • technical writers
  • marketers
  • consultants
  • editors
  • historians
  • psychologists
  • video programmers
  • doctors
  • politicians
  • screen writers
  • advertisers
  • publishers
  • actors 

Student Organizations

Join English Department student organizations to connect, learn, and grow outside the classroom. These groups offer opportunities to network, build skills, and enhance your experience at CSUN.

The Associated Graduate Students of English (AGSE) is an organization dedicated to serving the English graduate student population at CSUN. Our purpose is to coordinate events to help support and enhance the graduate student experience. Throughout the year, we sponsor and host a variety events, including book sales, social events, workshops, and marathon readings, presenting our students with opportunities to grow as scholars, intellectuals, and educators. We encourage professionalism, networking, and educational advancement through our various programs, workshops, and activities.

Contact Information

The CSUN Critical Theory Club embraces critical theoretical discussion in an open, comfortable space among English, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Social Science, and many other students at CSUN. We read and collectively parse engaging theoretical texts, invite guest professor/grad student speakers to discuss unique areas of expertise, and build community through thoughtful, engaging dialogue.

Planned Events/Meetings

CSUN Critical Theory Club will host Theory Study Nights throughout each semester to serve as supplemental workshops for students enrolled in English 436 and 638, required undergraduate and graduate critical theory classes.

The Northridge Creative Writing Circle is an out-of-classroom creative writing community for the students of California State University Northridge, no matter their major. The group does not seek to replace what is happening in creative writing classrooms, but to offer an extension of it. Its meetings and events will help the writers of California State University Northridge foster close, creative relationships with each other as well as provide venues for the further creative and professional development of its members' work.

Planned Events/Meetings: Regular workshop meetings are always held twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays in the afternoon.

For more information or details about upcoming events, please contact: ncwcgroup@gmail.com

Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society at California State University, Northridge.

Acting Department Chair

Dr. Tim Black


Phone: 818-677-3431

Send email

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