Discover your new favorite author. Discover big ideas. Discover how literature illuminates the diversity of the human experience. In this English degree specialization, you’ll explore American, British and world literature; hone your research, writing and speaking skills; and learn various critical approaches to texts.
Advanced Literary Study students engage in robust discussions around major historical periods and genres, works of individual writers, and literary history and criticism—from Romanticism to Modernism, from Shakespeare to contemporary Latin American fiction. Your professors are practicing poets, playwrights and novelists who ask the tough questions, and inspire real creativity.
Cultivate your craft by contributing to Sandhill Review literary magazine, and The Lions' Pride student newspaper. Become an active member of the SLU Writer’s Circle. Curl up with a good book on the docks of campus' peaceful Lake Jovita. Walk in the footsteps of Jane Austen and Victor Hugo on a faculty-led trip to London and Paris.
Saint Leo also offers English degree specializations in Professional Writing and Dramaturgy. If you aim to teach English at the secondary level, combine your English degree with an Education minor in place of a concentration.
Graduates attend M.A. and M.F.A. programs in Writing. They also succeed in a variety of careers in advertising, public relations, editing, publishing and teaching. Some also pursue graduate study in English, library science and law.
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