What You’ll Learn
The study of English expands your imagination and builds verbal and written communication skills. Explore literature from Shakespeare to Science Fiction, Toni Morrison to Ovid. Learn how to analyze the written word. Deploy the English language with increasing precision and power in expository and creative formats. The path you choose can lead to an advanced degree or career. Many graduates become teachers, lawyers, social workers, business leaders, professional writers or editors.
What better way to learn than from the masters themselves? Leading contemporary writers visit campus for our critically acclaimed Writers Forum.
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Curriculum
A skills-based curriculum gives you ample opportunity to explore your own interests. We offer courses on a range of topics in English, American, and World literature. There are also courses that focus on film.
Recent classes offered include: Shakespeare’s Histories and Tragedies, Contemporary European Literature, Young Adult Literature, Nobel Laureates, Black Poets, and Film Noir.
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Admission Requirements
We recommend submitting first-year applications in October or early November. We decide your admission once you complete your application.
Next Deadline for Transfer Students
Fall Semester: August 1
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Career Outlook
The English degree is ideal for many pursuing teaching certification, but the skills in critical thinking, analytical problem solving, and expository writing that the English degree offers can set ambitious students apart from their peers, especially when they combine the major with an internship or a secondary major. Graduates have gone on to careers in government, business, the arts, service, and much more. They have also pursued master’s programs.
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Schedule a Visit“With a fantastic faculty of professors (especially Dr. Elizabeth Whittingham), Brockport’s English department quickly turned my writing from non sequitur rambling into concise and poignant arguments. Brockport excels at plugging you into applicable fields of study and work to make your education work for you.” Kent Lester ’13