Bachelor of Arts - English (Optional Co-op)

Program Description

UNB’s English program will expose students to literature that will deepen their understanding of different cultures and different people. It will refine their writing, oral communication, and critical thinking skills, show students how language is vital to daily life, and deepen their appreciation of beauty. Students will study poetry, drama, films, and fiction that anchor the collective imagination.

The faculty members have been recognized locally, regionally, and nationally for their excellence in teaching.

University of New Brunswick has developed innovative classes that enable students to debate, express, explore, and refine their ideas about the culture around them.

Hands-on learning

• Opportunities to teach Shakespearean plays at local schools, as part of the Shakespeare and Pedagogy course
• Coursework involving hands-on experience with live theatre
• Opportunities to publish poetry in the VOX, the student creative writing journal

Skills students will acquire: 

• Close critical reading of complex materials
• Critical thinking
• Written and oral communication
• Research and assessment
• Creative writing
• Understanding complex cultures
• Organizational
• Interpersonal
• Research