Bachelor of Arts - English - Literature 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 literature emphasis teaches students to become scholars who can think critically and analyze written, oral, and visual texts in a variety of genres. The focus helps to develop an understanding of the relationship between writer and audience and teaches students to situate texts within relative social, cultural, and historical 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.