Degrees & Programs

English

The English Writing Center is located on the top floor of Padre Arrupe Hall. Our staff looks forward to working with students on various aspects of the writing process, including how to begin an essay, edit work for grammatical or stylistic problems, improve the structure of an essay, and strengthen claims and arguments.

If you have any questions regarding our services, please contact us at englishwc-madrid@slu.edu

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Online Resources for Writing and Research:

• Research
  
  
  • SLU Library Resources and Databases
  • Research and Documentation for the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences

• Documentation
  
  
  • APA Documentation (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
  • MLA Documentation (The OWL at Purdue)
  • Research and Documentation for the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences (MLA, APA, Chicago, CSE)
    

• Writing Guides
  
  
  • General
    
    • William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style (1918)
    • Tips for Writing an Academic Essay (Dartmouth Writing Program)
      
      
  • Art
  • Writing about Art (Dartmouth Writing Program)
  • Writing in Art History (American University in Paris)
    
    
  • Business
    
  • Writing in Business (State University of New York)
    
    
  • Humanities
  • Writing in the Humanities (Dartmouth Writing Program)
    
    
  • Literature
  • Norton Online Guide to Writing about Literature
    
    
  • Science and Engineering
  • Writing in the Sciences (Dartmouth Writing Program)
  • Writing in Engineering (Penn State)
  • Writing a Scientific Research Paper (MIT)
    
    
  • Social Sciences
  • Writing in the Social Sciences (Dartmouth Writing Program)

• SLU Writing Center Resources
  
  
  • Quick advice about writing, grammar, punctuation, etc.

• English Degree
  
  
  • Admission to the Major
  • Requirements for the Major
  • Graduation Requirements
  • The English Minor
  • Sample Program of Study
  • The English Department at the St. Louis Campus