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Bachelor of Arts Major in English

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Reynolda Campus (Main), Winston-Salem, United States
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Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

The English major provides an excellent platform for post-graduate study in fields including law, medicine, literature, business, and the creative and performing arts. Our majors have careers in publishing, business, finance, accounting, human resources, consulting, social work, civil service, film, the arts, education, and more.The study of literature includes analysis and interpretation of aesthetics, investigation into literary history, the placement of literature within its contemporaneous cultural contexts, and immersion in the careers and works of individual authors. The English Major curriculum draws together all these aspects of literary study, with each course emphasizing one of these approaches.

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

The English major provides an excellent platform for post-graduate study in fields including law, medicine, literature, business, and the creative and performing arts. Our majors have careers in publishing, business, finance, accounting, human resources, consulting, social work, civil service, film, the arts, education, and more.The study of literature includes analysis and interpretation of aesthetics, investigation into literary history, the placement of literature within its contemporaneous cultural contexts, and immersion in the careers and works of individual authors. The English Major curriculum draws together all these aspects of literary study, with each course emphasizing one of these approaches.

Admission Requirements

7+

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