English
Majo/Minor
A major in English helps students develop the essential skills in reading, analyzing, researching, writing, and speaking for success in nearly all occupations and professions. Students may major in English in one of four concentrations. The general concentration allows students to shape their own program within a traditional framework of courses in literary history, theory, and analysis. The creative writing concentration offers a full series of introductory and advanced courses in creative writing. The professional writing concentration includes courses in business, writing, technical writing, and journalism. A combination of linguistics and current methods of language instruction creates the foundation of the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) concentration.
- Certificate programs in Technical Writing, TESOL, and Professional Writing are available.
- Students interested in teaching English at the secondary level should pursue the Integrated Language Arts/English Education program. Students will be required to the complete the Professional Educator Program through the College of Education and Human Services to qualify for Ohio licensure.
| Bachelor of Arts in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing - Suggested Curriculum |
Freshman
·Comp I&II
·History Course
·Mathematics
·Psychology
·Foreign Language I, II, III
·Choose three: Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics |
Sophomore
·Sociology
·English Core
·Foreign Language IV, V
·Electives
·Non-Western World Course |
Junior
·American Survey
·English Survey
·Writing Introduction
·Fiction Writing
· Poetry Writing
·Writing Workshop
·Electives |
Senior
·English Literature
·Major American Writers
·Linguistics
·Writing Seminar
·Electives |
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English - journalist, publisher's representative, published writers |
