English - Agnes Scott College

English from Agnes Scott College is a Campus Bachelor English degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The English department believes that the study of language and literature has the power to elevate our minds, animate our imaginations and enlarge our capacity to understand one another. We offer courses in British, Irish and American literatures, postcolonial literatures, film and the history and structure of the language , as well as a full range of courses in creative writing. Our literature courses include broad surveys of British and American writers, focused surveys of African-American women writers, Irish literature and postcolonial literatures. Upper-level courses cover specific periods and genres such as romantic poetry and postmodern fiction. The English Department offers single-author courses about such figures as Geoffrey Chaucer and Jane Austen and topics courses that can be tailored to the current interests of an individual faculty member. The English department offers concentrations in English literature and in English literature-creative writing. There is also a six-course English minor. In addition, a student may design an interdisciplinary major with a specific concentration; for example, medieval studies or American studies. What will I study? All English majors sample courses from three areas of literature: medieval and early Renaissance, late Renaissance through Victorian and modern and contemporary. Each major also takes a foundation course, Perspectives on Literature, which presents an overview of historical and theoretical outlooks, and a capstone colloquium, which allows graduating seniors to study a specific issue in depth, usually across historical periods (for example, Forms of Comedy or The Figure of the Artist.) English majors also take creative writing courses, both to develop their own talents and to gain an additional perspective on the study of literature. Our creative writing program offers introductory courses, advanced workshops and independent studies in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and dramatic writing (taught by the theatre program faculty). The English -creative writing major, like the English literature major, obtains a good background in literary study but also takes courses in at least two creative forms, and she may do a creative project as an independent study. English majors are encouraged to study abroad during their junior year and to participate in internships during their senior year. A wide variety of internship possibilities is available in Atlanta and elsewhere. View more details on Agnes Scott College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related English courses.