WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- To read perceptively and critically
- To write with clarity and sophistication
- To speak persuasively and from a position of knowledge
WHO YOU COULD BE
- Editor, publisher
- Attorney
- Journalist
- Digital marketing strategist
- Professor, teacher
- Communications director
- Screenwriter
- Research analyst
OVERVIEW
How do we evaluate and interpret the stories around us, and what is at stake in our choices? If narrative is understood to reflect and shape our world, experiences, and beliefs, how does it do so, and what kind of creative and critical thinking does it inspire? How does language—both literary and non-literary—order and reorder our perceptions?
The study of English at Puget Sound engages such questions analytically and artistically. Literature courses range from the classic to the contemporary, and include multiple perspectives of identity, place, and culture. Creative writing workshops develop the crafts of poetry and fiction, as well as non-fiction forms such as journalism and the personal essay. Seminars in media and non-literary analysis explore film, critical theory, true crime, and linguistics, while our writing internship course connects the skills you learn in our classrooms with local businesses seeking writers, analysts, and editors of print and digital media.
Ranging in focus from close textual analysis to hands-on experiential learning, from creative portfolio development to interdisciplinary historical and theoretical approaches, our curriculum prepares students for a wide variety of career paths.
"Studying English made me a more persuasive writer, critical reader, and creative thinker; along with that, engaging with the lived experience of diverse writers gave me two of the most transportable skills a person can have: self-awareness and an ability to empathize with others."
