Program(s) Available: B.A., Minor
Do you love reading and writing? Do you find yourself correcting your friends and family members on their grammar? If you enjoy learning about literature, linguistics and writing, the English major may be for you.
At Northwest, English majors explore literature, writing, linguistics and the history of the English language. If you want to use writing in your future career, this may be the program for you. Your writing and grammar skills will improve tremendously! Courses teach linguistics, writing pedagogy, community literacies, publishing, workplace writing and creative writing. You'll also get to discuss pieces of work and analyze them through artistic, social and scientific lenses.
Without language, where would we be? How would we communicate with one another? How would we express ourselves? English is a special major because it can be utilized in every industry. Everyone needs good writers, Whether with the social media team at a construction company or literary creative-writing. Northwest's English major molds students into excellent writers and communicators.
Department of Language, Literature and Writing
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