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The Bachelor of Arts in English curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, writing and analytical skills through its advanced grammar, English and American literature and humanities course requirements. The program is designed to provide students with flexibility in selecting electives that correspond to their career aspirations.
English students have the option of concentrating in creative or technical writing.
Creative writing concentration
The creative writing concentration allows students to develop their creative writing skills through practice under the direction of an established poet and fiction writer and through the study of masters of poetry, the short story and the novel. No prior experience in writing verse or fiction is necessary.
The concentration helps to prepare students for careers as:
- creative writers,
- teachers of creative writing and modern literature or
- editors.
Technical writing concentration
The technical writing concentration prepares students for careers in technical and professional writing and introduces students to theories of rhetoric and communication that guide the preparation of documents used in industry and technological and scientific disciplines.
The concentration emphasizes:
- ethical issues in writing,
- collaborative planning and writing,
- visual rhetoric and
- the use of computers and other technologies in the writing process.
Students are prepared for careers as technical writers, editors or document designers.
English minor
A minor in English requires the completion of 24 semester hours with a minimum grade of C in all courses in English, to include:
- English 101 and 102,
- English 251 or 252,
- English 321 or 322 and
- at least nine semester hours of 300-level or above English electives.