English - Emory and Henry College

English from Emory and Henry College is a Campus Bachelor English degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Emory & Henry English Department welcomes you into a nurturing community where a strong faculty and interesting classmates help you to develop as readers, critics, creative writers, and future professionals who want to share their love of language and literature with a wider community upon graduation. English is a major that attracts future teachers, writers, librarians, attorneys, and more. It is a versatile degree that offers a strong liberal arts background to prepare students for graduate study or various professions. Instruction in our English Department, which offers several courses of study, is distinctive. Professionally active professors draw upon traditional and cutting-edge critical perspectives to help students to sharpen their powers of critical inquiry as they become more mindful of our rich heritage of literary texts. Course offerings will introduce you to consider a variety of texts and cultural traditions. In addition to English and American literature, the Department offers courses to encourage you to explore perspectives from around the world. For those interested in creative writing, workshop courses draw upon the expertise of committed authors who want to encourage student writers to become members of a broader literary community. Central to student-centered classes in English is an emphasis on reading, writing, and communicating. Students are encouraged to pursue their own interests in courses they help to design, through either Honors projects or independent study opportunities or internships. You will enjoy the personal attention that comes with an individualized course that allows you to read texts not covered in the standard curriculum or to create unique plays, poems, and works of fiction. Past Honors projects have included critical essays, original plays, and collections of poetry. Independent study courses have addressed sports literature, multicultural children's literature, and poetry writing. Degree Programs Four programs of study lead to the Bachelor of Arts degree: Literature, Literature and Creative Writing, English-Teacher Preparation (for students interested in teaching high school), and Interdisciplinary English (for students interested in teaching K-8). View more details on Emory and Henry College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related English courses.