English

Program Overview

English studies is an academic area that focuses on the power, beauty, and endless diversity of human language and literature. This area of study appeals to students who want to study well-crafted literary, expository, and analytical texts, including film, and who want to improve their ability to create such texts as well.

Why Apply?

Applying for an English degree here means delving into language and literature, with unique opportunities like the Creative Writing Series featuring notable authors. Students can pursue minors like Theatre and Journalism, enhancing employment prospects. The program's success is evident in graduates excelling in fields from creative writing to law. Involvement in the award-winning school newspaper, The Peru State Times, offers practical publishing experience. Housed in the Jindra Fine Arts building, the program fosters close faculty interaction and a blend of academic and creative growth.

Program Type: Major, Minor

Program Level: Undergraduate

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

School: School of Arts & Sciences

Program Location: On-Campus

Program Study Mode: Full-time, Part-time

Program Duration: 4 Years

What makes the program unique?

A dynamic Creative Writing Series that has brought such noted authors as Ted Kooser, former U.S. Poet Laureate, and William Kloefkorn, Nebraska State Poet, to campus to give readings.
An established record of students who have gone on to be successful at some of the nation’s top graduate schools in areas such as literary studies, rhetoric and composition, creative writing, journalism, mass communications, and law.
Availability of a variety of minors outside of English to allow students to develop a scope of knowledge that will improve their employment prospects, including Theatre, Journalism, and Creative Writing.
Opportunities to oversee, write for, and help publish the school’s newspaper, The Peru State Times, a student publication that has earned multiple awards.

What sets our faculty and facilities apart from other colleges?

Instructional format permitting students personal and extended contact with faculty and individualized guidance throughout all coursework.
Faculty who are excellent teachers, as well as active scholars, and who have published widely in such diverse areas as science fiction, Native American studies, Irish studies, Caribbean literature, and various genres of creative writing.
The English department is housed in the Jindra Fine Arts building. This building includes classrooms and faculty offices for the department, in addition to the music department and the Benford Recital Hall.

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Engagement

The Peru State Times, the College’s student newspaper, is written and designed entirely by Peru State College students.
Opportunities to be a part of theater productions throughout the school year, including stage managing, costume designing, directing, acting and writing.
The Writer’s Guild offers virtual writing workshops for creative writing and prose.
Internships allow students to gain valuable experience in various forms of writing and journalism.

Career Opportunities

Prepare for a wide variety of employment in areas that require strongly developed analytic and communication skills, such as the fields of journalism, editing and publishing, non-profit work, mass communications, law, and business
Prepare for graduate studies in British, American, world, or non-western literature, as well as in the fields of creative writing, rhetoric and composition, and journalism
Prepare to become a teacher of English at the secondary and college level