
Degrees Offered:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Degrees Offered:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
A strong background in English and writing will prepare you for almost any profession. As an English major at Barton, you’ll develop both a broad knowledge of literature and the ability to express your ideas, which will give you the edge in whatever career field you choose—whether that’s teaching, writing and editing, law, public service, religious and counseling vocations, or business.
Barton’s English faculty are experienced professionals who believe in challenging and developing students. Many have received the Jefferson- Pilot Faculty Member of the Year Award, the highest award for teaching at the college. Jim Clark, our Writer in Residence, was recently named as the Jordan Chair of Southern Literature.
By majoring in English, you’ll have opportunities for active participation in your learning in classes and in extracurricular activities. Our students have recently studied in London and China, and you’ll be able to follow your own interests through special internships and independent studies. In addition, you can choose to participate in one of the frequent travel courses to England, sponsored by the English and Theatre programs.
Along with bringing visiting writers to campus, we sponsor special programs such as Writing Center tutoring and the English Club, which produces its own literary publication, LifeLines. Classes participate in field trips to plays and other cultural events in nearby cities.
The department publishes an international literary magazine, Crucible.
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The English major provides a strong foundation in literature, covering all major areas of British and American literature as well as women writers, African-American literature, and non-western works. We’ve also just introduced a focus in Literature of the American South to complement the various writing series we sponsor.
If you’re interested in writing, you’ll find courses on writing for many different genres, from creative writing to journalism to technical writing.
The department has four scholarships for English majors:
All are awarded to students in the program based upon their academic progress.
Department majors have interned with many organizations, including:
All English with licensure students intern in local schools.
While the opportunities for employment with an English major are numerous, many Barton English majors choose to pursue graduate degrees in English. They’ve gone on to study at these universities:
But the versatility of an English major means you have many choices in terms of graduate school. Some of our graduates have earned advanced degrees in counseling at Radford University, in divinity at Duke University, and in library science at UNC – Chapel Hill.
The English Club is open to all students interested in literature and writing, but the officers are generally English majors. The Club produces the student literary magazine LifeLines and hosts coffee houses.
Many English majors contribute to the college newspaper, The Collegiate.
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