Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree in English select one or more areas of emphasis: Literature, Creative Writing, Professional Writing, and/or Journalism.
Literature
The Literature Emphasis degree program serves to prepare students for graduate work in fields such as literature, composition, English education, communication, journalism, and linguistics.
Creative Writing
The Creative Writing Emphasis degree program serves to prepare students for graduate work in fields such as creative writing, literature, composition, English education, communication, journalism, and linguistics.
Professional Writing
The Professional Writing Emphasis program serves to prepare students for careers in which advanced writing skills are required and/or for graduate work in fields such as literature, composition, English education, communication, journalism, and linguistics.
Journalism
The Journalism Emphasis degree program is designed to prepare students who plan to (1) seek employment with small weekly or daily newspapers; (2) enter other fields of work involving the production of in-house publications and/or company communications; (3) transfer to other colleges and universities to pursue the Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism; or (4) undertake graduate study in journalism or communication.
The degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in English requires the successful completion of 120 semester hours.
