The English Department of Lakeland Community College strengthens students' critical analysis of both the diverse and universal in human experience, as embodied in language, literature, and visual media, and as shaped by time and place, race and religion, gender and sexuality, class and personal history.

The Department broadens students' understanding of the grammatical and rhetorical conventions of language and enhances their ability to write effectively, creatively, and ethically in the personal, academic, professional, and public spheres.