The English major at Boston College offers a wide range of curricular choices while it helps you to develop fundamental skills in close reading, literary analysis, and critical thinking. As a major, you ll become deeply familiar with some of the major developments in British, American and World literatures, choosing among courses that explore issues fundamental to the human condition through multiple periods, cultures, and approaches

The English major provides students with a deep immersion in American, British, and World literature and an opportunity to become outstanding writers and communicators. Students are introduced to major writings in English spanning several centuries, learning the narrative and stylistic techniques employed by classic writers of fiction and nonfiction. Simultaneously, they develop their own ability to craft clear, compelling, and original pieces of writing.