Bachelor of Arts - English - General Writing Emphasis

Few majors provide students with more highly marketable skills for a variety of careers than the English major. The creative and critical thinking skills that students learn as an English major are highly valued in today's fast-paced and competitive market. The English program provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary curriculum designed to prepare students for successful careers in many diverse areas of education, public relations, communications, law, and marketing.  As an English major, students will develop skills to become a critical reader, writer, and thinker through the study of diverse literary genres, writing strategies, and research skills. 

The general writing emphasis provides students the opportunity to develop critical reading, writing, and thinking skills through exposure to a variety of primary and secondary texts. Students learn to recognize that all speech acts occur in a specific rhetorical context and are trained to communicate effectively in genres appropriate to those contexts. 

The English program offers many experiential learning opportunities that include creative works, undergraduate research as well as competing at national and international conferences through these distinct areas: present creative, non-fiction and poetry and/or present undergraduate research results. Other opportunities allow for practical training and include working as an intern, attending professional conferences and workshops, and working for the University's Writing Center. Such experiences help make students more attractive to graduate schools as well as prospective employers. Based in part on such training, recent graduates of Findlay's program have received scholarships to pursue graduate studies.