Axe ’Em, Jacks!
A literary curriculum to build marketable skills
If you love reading, researching, and writing, a degree in English is a great option. The English BA program (36 hours) offers many avenues of literary study and a wide range of interesting courses across subareas of literary, composition, and cultural studies.
Our expert teacher-scholars can help you build analytical, writing, editorial, and performative skills needed to be successful in a wide variety of careers.
Choice of three tracks
All courses are discussion-based, writing intensive, and designed for one-on-one interaction with your professors. Each track offers a comprehensive curriculum of beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses geared toward building cultural literacy and professional skills. To help channel students' career paths, students in the English BA program choose from one of three tracks:
All tracks culminate in a professionalization course, student teaching, or internship experience to help students test-drive career options and develop networking and job-search materials.