English Literature - Missouri Western State University

English Literature from Missouri Western State University is a Campus Bachelor English degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Career Opportunities Employers prefer to hire a humanities graduate who has been educated to be reflective and articulate rather than someone with a more specialized degree and relatively poor reading, writing, reasoning, and interpersonal skills. And, in no other field will you likely have smaller classes or more extensive and meaningful contact with the most highly trained, experienced, and professionally active professors. A literature degree is ideal for those considering careers as writers, such as journalists, publicists, editors, researchers, marketers, fundraisers, copy writers, technical and popular science writers, creative writers and others. Students often continue their education to earn advanced degrees , and a literature degree is an excellent choice for anyone interested in a career in law, history, sociology, social work, teaching, psychology, business, or any field that calls for the ability to think critically, creatively, and independently, or in which the ability to work effectively with others and to write and speak clearly, succinctly, and persuasively are important. Some examples of special topics courses include Mark Twain: Mechanist Humorist; Satire-It Only Hurts When I Don't Laugh; Possession, Paradox, and Palimpsest; Ireland and Her Authors; The Jane Austen Experience; The Hardboiled School, 1920-Present; Sex, Greed and Gore: The Human Beast in Literature; Wilderness and the American Character; Literature of the British Empire; Japanese Literature; The Modern Fantasy Novel; Asian Women's Writing View more details on Missouri Western State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related English courses.