Bachelor of Arts in English - Creative Writing

Get stronger in reading, writing, and critical thinking. Use those strengths to navigate our ever-changing world and create your own place in it. Through Suffolk's English program, youll master a wide array of language skills to help you direct your own life and career and become a dynamic contributor in any industry. Through narrative, rhetoric, analytical writing, poetry, and lyrical prose, youll engage with topics of social significance from the local to the global. Youll compose original texts, strengthen your rhetorical awareness, skillfully apply historical and theoretical contexts, claim power in creative expression, and collect useful tools to reach diverse audiences.

English graduates often go on to careers in publishing, government, education, library science, healthcare, arts administration, journalism, and marketing. Others pursue advanced degrees in fields like literature, linguistics, creative writing, rhetoric and composition, and law As an English major, youll study and create texts in a broad range of genres, forms, and literary, cultural, and historical contexts. Our core curriculum will ground you in world literature while introducing you to the theories and practices of textual interpretation. Youll also take three electives with a wide variety of upper-level courses to choose from.

Essay/personal statement
Official high school transcript* or GED/HiSET results
Letter of recommendation
Official College/University Transcripts (in English or with official translation) from all institutions attended.
Proof of English Proficiency Option - select one of the options below:
SAT or ACT scores in lieu of English Proficiency (SAT/ACT is not required of International Students)
TOEFL or IELTS score (TOEFL minimum is a 79, IELTS a 6.5)