为什么在PBA主修英语?
Nurture your love of words in an environment that prizes experiential discovery. In collaboration with your peers and supportive professors, you’ll investigate how great literary works have been created, 包括文化背景, and by examining authors who were willing to take risks. 受文学传统和分析的影响, you’ll generate your own 的想法 in a diverse community that guides and celebrates your voice. Bachelor’s in English program at PBA pushes your creativity beyond its natural bounds with opportunities to critique, 发布, and experiment with your work in local and global contexts.
The concentration provides academic training and internship opportunities that prepare students for entry-level positions in the 发布ing industry or in any business or organization where writers and editors are needed.
- 在基督里有分辨力: Unearth meaning through the lens of Scriptural truth and the traditions of Christian faith.
- 发表你的作品: Earn competitive acclaim with a writing credit in the 活水检讨 literary journal.
- 学生俱乐部: Share your curiosity in the Sigma Tau Delta Honors Society or the Jane Austen Society of North America. 探索英语专业的俱乐部和组织.
- 出国留学: 漫步在伦敦著名剧院的舞台上, 进入佛罗伦萨的文艺复兴时期, or study in the libraries of literary greats in Edinburgh. 了解更多PBA出国留学的机会.
你会学到什么
B.A. in English with a concentration in Professional Writing and Editing nurtures your deep understanding to:
- 确定主要的历史时期, 关键动作, and significant authors and techniques in American and British 文学
- Appreciate and employ the structures, 细微差别, 以及修辞效果 of standard written English
- 应用 key literary terms, interpretive strategies, and major literary theories
- Write mature, 文学文本的实质性分析
- Employ critical, creative, and Christ-centered thinking in reading and interpretive contexts
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项目学习成果
1. Students will identify the major historical periods and 关键动作 in American and British 文学, demonstrating an understanding of the major authors, 的想法, and literary techniques (including genres and subgenres) of those respective periods and movements.
2. Students will display a command of standard written English and an appreciation for its structures, 细微差别, 以及修辞效果.
3. Students will know and apply key literary terms and interpretive strategies, demonstrating a basic familiarity with major literary theories.
4. 学生会写得很成熟, 文学文本的实质性分析, informed by the appropriate tools of the profession.
5. Students will employ critical and creative thinking in various reading and interpretive processes.
6. Students will demonstrate the ability to read and interpret literary texts with reference to a Christian perspective
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被出版
展示你的想象力 活水检讨, PBA’s literary journal for writing and artwork by students and alumni. 入选作品 活水检讨 are notable, and the competitive submission process mirrors that of other high-quality lit mags. As an English major, you’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to the journal as an editor.
职业生涯
Convey dynamic expressions of Christ in roles that foster innovative thinking and bold engagement with language, 文学, 以及交流的方方面面. Bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in Professional Writinf and Editing equips you for media, 教学, and creative positions with meaningful impacts in communities and society at large. 根据 劳工统计局, the median annual salary for careers in media and communication is $62,340. Share your innate gifts and practiced talents in roles like:
- 数字文案
- 编辑助理
- 英语作为外语教师
- 技术作家
- 记者
项目课程
Part of PBA’s commitment as a nurturing and guiding community is our investment in your future through 奖学金 and 金融援助. 每年, 97%的本科生获得某种形式的资助, 作为一名即将到来的英语专业学生, you may be eligible for the renewable Barbara Ferrin Scholarship.
Engage boldly with fellow creatives in Sigma Tau Delta, 国际英语荣誉协会, where you’ll collaborate on community service projects, 在年度会议上发表论文, and submit creative and critical works to a national journal. You can also stir your inquisitive nature in the Jane Austen Society of North America, 包括每月一次的会议(喝茶!)和一年一度的征文比赛.