English at St. Kate’s

Receiving personal attention from expert faculty, conducting detailed research, discussing great works of literature, getting writing advice from published authors — these are things you'll do when you pursue an English major at St. Kate’s, which provides bountiful opportunities to enhance your knowledge and appreciation of language and literature.

You will develop your expository and creative writing skills and your analytical skills as you sharpen your imaginative, critical and collaborative thinking abilities. Along the way, you will have opportunities to attend conferences, present papers and conduct detailed research.

You will share your thoughts with a community of women in small classes and working together with faculty to study and explore literature and language in-depth.

Areas of concentration

St. Kate’s offers three concentrations of the English major: writing, literature or core. Whichever concentration you choose, you will work closely with an adviser to plan a course of study that includes:

• The tradition of literature and its principal genres
• In-depth study of at least one major writer
• The development of the English language
• The process of writing

What can you do with an English major?

The answer: pretty much anything. St. Kate’s English majors have pursued careers in education, marketing, advertising, public relations, publishing, sales, management, medicine and law.

English majors with interests in writing have a wide variety of career options, including journalistic writing for magazines, newspapers or trade publications, editing, teaching, public relations and advertising.