Bachelor of Arts - English

In the St. Kate's English major, the student's voice matters. Together students and faculty explore diverse aesthetic, linguistic and cultural traditions in global contexts of social justice. 

The curriculum offers range and flexibility, with intensive advising that helps each student claim her own focus based on her interests and aims. Our faculty is committed to to meeting the various needs of all of our students, inviting them to think critically, write well, judge carefully, read wholeheartedly, and act with integrity. Visit the Literature, Language, Writing Department's website for more information, opportunities and events.

English students benefit from a rich learning experience. They develop and share their thoughts in discussion-based seminar classes; they meet distinguished visiting authors such as novelist Marilynne Robinson, poets Rita Dove and Wang Ping, memoirists Kao Kalia Yang and Kathleen Norris, and Nobel Prize-winners J. M. Coetzee and Toni Morrison; they develop their own voices and professional skills in small, workshop-based writing classes; and they build a strong portfolio for job and graduate school applications. Most English students also pursue advanced study in another language, and many study abroad, to deepen their overall language skills and cultural competency.