What is English?

The English degree at Kennesaw State University offers students a focused education in English studies including specializations in creative and professional writing, film, literature, linguistics, and cultural studies. English majors take 18 hours of courses in lower-division major requirements before selecting a concentration from among four options:

Literature and Culture
Film, TV, and Screen Studies
Writing and Linguistics
General English Studies

The BA in English prepares students for careers in professional writing, editing, publishing, content development, social media management, and more.

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Admission Requirements

None.

This program does not have specific admission requirements and only admission to Kennesaw State University is required.

 

Double Owl Pathways

World Language Requirement

Complete 6 credit hours of world language courses, of which at least 3 credit hours are from the 2000-level. You may select from any 1000 and 2000-level FL, SPAN, FREN, GRMN, ITAL, RUSS, CHIN, JPN, LATN, PORT, KOR, HEBR.

 

Related Minors or Certificates Available

  • Language and Literary Studies Minor
  • Linguistics Minor
  • Professional Writing Minor

Sample Classes

  • An advanced course in interpretive theoretical paradigms as applied to the study of literature and culture, focusing on critical models such as Marxism, Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalytic criticism, and Gender, Ethnic, and Cultural studies.
  • This course is a study of selected comedies, histories, and tragedies, covering the range of Shakespeare’s dramatic art. It may include dramatic form and poetic composition as commentaries on the dramatic genres and an examination of performance theory and practice.
  • This course is a study of the development of English, with attention to influential historical events and to the evolving structure of the language.
  • This course is a multi-genre creative writing survey incorporating the study of three genres from the following list: short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, playwriting, and screenplay writing. Pairing creativity with technique, this content-based course introduces students to concepts, approaches, and methods. As students develop a portfolio of work, they learn to contextualize their own writing with writings from celebrated authors by completing short critical commentaries. This course introduces students to the workshop format.