English
Majors
English, BA
English: Creative Writing, BA
English: Pre-Law, BA
English: Professional Writing, BA
English: Screen Studies, BA
As an English major, you can count on your English professors to take you to the leading edge of the discipline. The English faculty regularly garner major teaching awards and take pride in their quality of teaching.
Enjoy small class sizes in lecture and discussion courses.
Learn from and become well acquainted with your fellow English majors through freewheeling writers’ workshops, group projects and class discussions.
Program Highlights
Creative Writing - students learn the craft of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in a supportive community with highly accomplished faculty.
Professional Writing - teaches writing and language as a means of generating and exchanging ideas and information in various professional settings.
Screen Studies - emphasizes coursework across disciplines, and encourages research approaches to film and media, whether avant-garde or genre, American or international, classical or contemporary.
Literature - students learn to think critically and write persuasively through the study of diverse literature.
Pre-Law - prepares students for law school and careers in the legal field by teaching rhetoric, critical thinking and communication skills.
Potential Careers
- Publishing and Editing
- Library Science
- Business Management
- Attorney / Judge
- Human Resources
- Sales and Marketing
- Technical Writing
- Film / Television / Radio Media
- Public Relations
- Advocacy and Non-Profit
- Counseling
Courses to Look For
- Great Works of Literature
- Fiction Writing
- Screenwriting
- Popular Fiction
- Style and Edit
- History of Film
- Fiction Editing
- Women's Literature
- Fantasy Fiction
Research and Opportunities
- Creative Writing
- Literature
- Rhetoric and Composition
- Screen Studies
- Tutoring
- Staff Membership
- Travel Courses
- Teaching English
- as a Second Language
- Travel Courses
- Wentz Research Projects
- Organizations
- Linguistics Minor
- Publishing and
- Editing Experience
Student Internships
- Article Writer for YukonsBest.com - Stillwater, OK
- Student Videographer for OSU Research Communications - Stillwater, OK
- Observer for OSU TESOL - Stillwater, OK
Get Involved
- Stay active on campus while making lifelong friends.
- Get involved with groups, such as:
- TESLing Club
- Creative Writers Association
- CAS Ambassadors
- CAS Student Council
- Frontier Mosaic
- FOOLS
- Exciterbulb Film Series