You?ll learn to think critically and creatively and hone your writing and communication skills, which will provide a solid foundation for a career in many fields. Our graduates have established careers in publishing, advertising, public relations, theater and film.

Students who need specialized expertise have the option of choosing the creative writing concentration, which develops compositional, reading and analytical skills in one or more genres, or the secondary education concentration, which prepares you to teach high school English and focuses on the state requirements for teachers.

Our professors are nationally renowned authors, essayists and scholars, and you?ll gain valuable, real-world insights from professional writers who visit campus. You?ll also have the opportunity to contribute to ?Montage,? our creative writing journal, read original work in our student writers? series or join Sigma Tau Delta, the English honors society.