Undergraduate Programs
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Take a look here for information on joining Fredonia English!
How To Apply: A direct link to Undergraduate Admission's home page; make sure to tell them you want to be an English Major!
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Academic Programs in English
Each of the following links to the full list of required courses to complete each degree program:
- English: Bachelor of Arts combines required foundational courses with a wide range of options among skills- and content-based course categories in order to open pathways for every student to gain the most from the major and our faculty. Internships and other applied learning opportunities in English-related fields help our students turn those pathways into careers.
- English - Adolescence Education: Bachelor of Arts combines required foundational courses in pedagogy and literature and a plethora of field experiences in order to open pathways for all students to develop the ideas and practices that will make them effective in the classrooms of an increasingly complex and diverse society.
- English: Minor gives students maximum flexibility to explore the department’s range of offerings in American Studies, creative and persuasive writing, drama, English Education, film, linguistics, literary theory, popular culture, women’s and gender studies, and world literature.
- Writing and Rhetoric: Minor empowers students from an array of disciplines to write effective, persuasive prose for a variety of audiences, contexts, and purposes.
- Creative Writing: Minor offers talented fiction writers and poets a crucial opportunity to develop their voice and hone their craft through a series of increasingly rigorous workshop experiences taught by our award-winning writers.
- Professional Writing: Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) is for individuals interested in becoming more expressive, powerful writers of nonfiction prose. Working professionals and advanced undergraduates in any field are encouraged to apply.
Further information:
Spring 2019 Courses
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Undergraduate Portfolio Requirements
Honors Program
What YOU Can Do with an English Degree from Fredonia
Recommended Reading List
Listservs for English majors