B.A.,
English,
Language Studies Track
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
What You’ll Do
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s English Studies program offers an intellectual environment in which people who have been marginalized and texts that are innovative in form are an integral part of the curriculum along with the more traditional concerns of English. As an English Studies major, you’ll be encouraged to design your own course of study, beginning with core requirements in literature, language, and writing. Working with your advisor, you’ll focus on a particular field of English as your Track: Film Studies; Language Studies; Literary, Textual, and Cultural Studies; Writing Studies; or English Pre-law Studies.
As an English Studies major in the Language Studies Track, you’ll be studying language development, structure, and use. You’ll be learning to identify and analyze the social and political applications of language used in different linguistic communities. As you learn to analyze specific discourse contexts, you’ll also be learning to apply an increased language sensibility to personal, academic, social, and professional communication.
What You’ll Become
Like all English Studies majors, you’ll have the skills to become an active and capable member of the global community and an effective contributor to the multicultural workplace. As an English Studies major in the Language Studies Track, you’ll be prepared for any profession that requires strong analytic skills or for continuing your education in rhetoric and linguistics graduate programs.