As an English major, you develop a heightened awareness of the power of language. Your considerable vocabulary, understanding of style, advanced critical thinking and strengthened verbal capabilities serve you well in a range of fields and have a long-lasting impact on your quality of life and career. While all our majors share some of the same coursework the program offers you three different concentrations for preparing your path beyond graduation.
What sets two equally qualified job candidates apart can be as simple as who has the better communication skills. You get that edge from training experience, developing advanced writing skills and a knowledge base that prepares you for a range of careers. You can intern at local agencies, television and radio stations, and educational institutions. You can also gain hands-on experience through clinicals, service learning projects, tutoring in the Writing Lab and studying abroad.
Professional Writing concentration
This concentration prepares you for a career or for graduate study in writing. You develop writing skills in several genres, analyzing published works and producing texts of your own.
In language and in rhetoric courses, you learn the history and working structures of language and study the influences of audience and style that have shaped discourse.
*See the 4-year major guide for recommended order in which to take courses