OUR FACULTY
Faculty are nationally recognized for their scholarship and teaching excellence.

OUR PROGRAM

• Students regularly present at regional and national academic conferences.
• Students build their resumes and skills by working in on- and off-campus internships.
• We foster a vibrant community in which students publish and present in venues that extend beyond the classroom, including the New Perspective, the student newspaper; Century, the college art and literary journal; and local open mic nights.
• We sponsor a variety of cultural events such as The Distinguished Visiting Author series, the Wisconsin Book Festival and the United Nations film festival.

OUR COURSES

• Students participate in small discussion and workshop-based classes.
• Students complete a program of study that provides both a strong foundation in literature and writing, and opportunities to focus on special areas of interest.
• Courses range from Native American Literature to Science Fiction, great author studies including Shakespeare and Toni Morrison, and electives covering the Victorian period, film studies, post-colonial literature or creative writing.
• Students participate in a senior capstone experience in which they, working closely with faculty, complete a sustained scholarly or creative project.
• The program offers a number of courses in writing that allow students to develop their creative capacities as majors in English.

YOUR FUTURE

• Our majors pursue careers in:
  Advertising
  Business
  International and domestic education
  Journalism
  Marketing
  Non-profit management
  Publishing
  And more!
• Our majors serve in organizations such as:
  AmeriCorps
  Peace Corps
  Public Allies
  And many other leading public and private sector organizations
• Our majors attend graduate and professional schools in:
  Business administration
  Education
  English
  Health science
  Law
  Library science
  Psychology
  And more!

WANT TO LEARN MORE?
Have questions about a course or what to study? Contact us at eng_info@carrollu.edu
or go to http://www.carrollu.edu/programs/english/ for more ideas about how an English major can prepare you for life beyond college.