BA English

The Bachelor of Arts in English encourages you to think critically and write both persuasively and creatively, as well as perform publicly with attention to developing voice and an awareness of audience. Within the major, you may elect to pursue one of two additional options: the Drama Minor or the Creative Writing and Performance Concentration.

Caldwell English major graduates find rewarding careers in many fields where the ability to write clearly and synthesize complex ideas for a wider audience is important: marketing, business administration, publishing, advertising, technical writing, software development, medical humanities, health care, finance, the charitable and nonprofit sector and, of course, elementary and high-school education. Recent graduates have also completed M.A. degrees in English and M.F.A. degrees in creative writing to teach courses at the college level. Others have pursued graduate degrees in the fields of law, history, library science, and education administration. Still others write for professional publications.