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The Bachelor of Arts in English follows a course of historical and topical study in the English language and the literatures of Britain and the United States, as well as related English-language traditions across the globe, and also in world literature in English translation. Students are trained in composition and proceed with a solid grounding in practical criticism and critical theory to explore literature as an artistic medium and an intellectual discipline. They acquire skills in writing and textual analysis designed to complement other academic studies, and later to enhance professional skills and to achieve personal goals.

Available Options

• Concentration in Creative Writing
  • The Creative Writing concentration is a course of study in which students develop their craft in creative writing, informed by international literature. Students will develop their ability to write, revise, and discuss creative work in a workshop setting while examining a range of approaches to writing in related literature courses. The critical thinking skills developed during the concentration are professional skills valuable in publishing, advertising, film, television, journalism, nonprofit organizations, and those businesses that depend upon clear oral and written communication. The concentration also prepares students for graduate study in English and Creative Writing, while familiarizing them with the venues where they may consider publishing their own creative work.
• Concentration in Professional Writing
  • The Bachelor of Arts in English follows a course of historical study in the English language and the literatures of Britain and the United States, as well as related English-language traditions and literary works in translation. Students are trained in composition and proceed with a solid grounding in critical theory to explore literature as an artistic medium and an intellectual discipline. They acquire skills in writing and textual analysis designed to complement other academic studies and to enhance later professional and personal goals.
• Concentration in Literature
  • The Literature Concentration follows a course of historical study in the English language and the literatures of Britain and the United States, as well as a range of multi-ethnic literatures and literary works in translation. Students are trained in composition and proceed with a solid grounding in critical theory to explore literature as an artistic medium and an intellectual discipline. They acquire skills in writing and textual analysis designed to complement other academic studies and to enhance later professional and personal goals, and it prepares them for fields of law, communications, and journalism.
• Concentration in Cultural Studies
  • The Cultural Studies Concentration emphasizes the analysis of various forms of cultural expression, particularly popular culture and electronic media culture. It approaches cultural genres such as film, television, and various popular literary forms like science fiction, crime and graphic novels, through critical models shaped by cultural theory. This theory reads popular cultural texts as both narratives that conform to a variety of storytelling methods and works which perform an ideological and political function. Cultural theory incorporates ideas from fields such as Film Studies, Materialist Philosophy, Ethnic and Race Studies, Feminist and Gender Studies, and Queer Studies. The Cultural Studies Concentration develops students' analytical and interpretive skills while introducing them to various critical approaches to popular culture and electronic media culture.
• Concentration in Writing and Rhetoric
  • The writing and rhetoric concentration encompasses fields ranging from writing studies to professional writing to technical communication. Underscoring the concentration is a fundamental attention to how the wide variety of texts we encounter and produce—spanning genres and mediums from the public sphere to the workplace to our daily lives—can best achieve their purposes and meet the needs of diverse audiences. Combining theory with practice, students in the writing and rhetoric concentration take courses that provide both a theoretical foundation for understanding effective writing and also the skills in analysis, research, writing, and editing that prepare them to engage productively in both public life and a wide variety of industries and fields.