The department's program is built around a core of courses intended to give you excellent training in literature, langauge, and mass media. Creative Writing Finally, students complete their major with additional courses which best meet such career objectives as law, teaching, journalism, media design, public relations, advertising, insurance, real estate, radio or television production, technical writing, consumer relations, editing, politics, and many more.
All majors take the following eight courses.
Each student selects a concentration within the major, a subject where you take four courses. You might want to discuss with your advisor which concentration best meets your interests and talents. The six hours of English electives that complete the major's requirements provide flexibility in your preparation. Working closely with your advisor, you choose the electives that will strengthen your area of concentration by taking additional courses directly in the chosen concentration, enrich your possibilities of specialization, and broaden your qualifications. In any case, a student's choice of electives should follow a coherent plan, reflect the student's career goals, and broaden a student's exposure to the field.