B.A.,
English,
Literary, Textual and Cultural 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 Literary, Textual, and Cultural Studies Track, you’ll be studying the history, meaning, function, and aesthetics of texts of all kinds, especially literary texts. As you learn to analyze a variety of texts and their contexts, you’ll also come to understand the ways in which questions of race, gender, sexual orientation, and identity affect our interactions with both traditional and nontraditional literature and theory.
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 Literary, Textual, and Cultural Studies Track, you’ll be prepared for any profession that requires strong analytic, communication, cultural, and aesthetic skills or for continuing your education in literary and cultural studies graduate programs.