BA English

Studying English is about what reading and writing can do in the world, leading to a versatile array of careers for our majors from law, project management, and human resources to nonprofits, grant writing, and event planning, as well as traditional English careers like teaching, publishing, and librarianships. Your four-year academic experience will strengthen and refine your ability to communicate effectively, think critically and creatively, and collaborate with others—skills that are highly valued in any field you may pursue. With a degree in English, you will be prepared to:   

• effectively express ideas in writing for a variety of contexts and audiences;   

• explore issues and ideas from a variety of perspectives with empathy and intellectual curiosity;  

• utilize purposeful interpretive strategies to evaluate how the features of a text contribute to its meaning;  

• find appropriate and credible sources in an increasingly complex information landscape; and

• identify and address the historical and cultural contexts connected to the texts they're writing about.