English

Degree Type Bachelor of Arts
Department English
Academic Division The College
Offerings Major
与敬业的教职员工密切合作, 这个系的学生磨练了批判性思考和阅读的能力, 通过对不断发展的课程范围的探索,有说服力地推理和雄辩地写作.

English

English majors at W&L learn methodologies and vocabularies for literary study; contemplate forms and purposes of literary art in a variety of periods and cultures; and investigate intersections between English and many other disciplines.

该部门培养好奇心和智力努力的文化, 以及对各种文化和智力方法的尊重, through advising, internships and service-learning, study abroad, and extracurricular programming. 选修创意写作课程的学生在批判性学习和创造性努力之间取得平衡, 以学徒的身份学习文学艺术的历史和形式.

这个11门课程的专业让学生可以轻松地出国留学,主修双专业或完成辅修. 该专业也适用于医学预科或卫生专业的准备. 英语专业的学生有机会经常阅读和访问作家和学者的讲座.

Opportunities 

Study Abroad: 提前计划的英语专业学生可以参加春季学期, one of the long terms, 甚至整个大三都在国外. 也可以安排暑期学习. 出国留学通常是在英语国家的一所大学学习一年或一个学期. English majors have had good experiences at Advanced Studies in England in Bath; University College, Oxford; The Virginia Program at Oxford (summer); University College, London; York University; Melbourne; and other universities abroad.

Prizes and Awards: 该系提供若干奖学金,以及创意和批判性写作奖.

Shenandoah Magazine: 实习机会在W&L的著名文学杂志《外围十大菠菜app》. 学生可以在编辑、项目管理、设计和宣传等方面获得实践经验.

Senior Honors Theses: 每个英语专业的学生都可以选择写一篇高级荣誉论文,以满足英语专业的高级顶点写作要求.

Outcomes

在2017届毕业生中,100%的人在毕业六个月后找到了工作. Our majors, 经常把英语和其他专业配对的人, go on to graduate school, prestigious fellowships, and careers in law, teaching, publishing, marketing and communications, finance, government and much more. 拥有强大的校友网络意味着我们的校友经常介入提供个人指导,并将当前学生与潜在雇主联系起来. 

Lesley Wheeler

Department Head

Charity Corman

Administrative Assistant

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At W&L,学生们喜欢小班授课,并与教授保持密切的关系,教授负责教育和培养学生.