Bachelor of Arts in English - Social Justice (Race, Class, Gender, Ability)

Whether writers depict injustice as arising from constraining social identities, from institutional practices, or from human nature itself, engaging with their work can be a step toward justice itself. The courses in this specialization take that step as they explore the ways novels, poems, speeches, songs, and essays cast a spotlight on injustices and help us imagine a more just world.

Some courses also take a further step and provide opportunities for students to work outside the classroom and seek justice through community service. These opportunities can be found in the English Department but also in such programs as Civic Engagement and Service-Learning.

Although most English courses could be construed as dealing with SJ, the SJ letter is meant to go beyond the major and to build additional knowledge and skill. For this reason, SJ courses should primarily be electives, not courses already required for the major.
English BA is a broad introduction to American, British, and Anglophone literature. Majors develop essential professional skills, learning to write and speak well, think analytically and critically, persuasively engage audiences, and solve problems quickly. As an English major youll combinefoundation courses and electives to customize the major to your interests. While youre not required to choose a particular focus for upper-level courses, you may concentrate on one area of literature or choose a specialization in American studies, creative writing, professional writing and technical communication, digital humanities and games, environmental humanities, literature as history, social justice, the study and practice of writing, teaching the English language arts, or an individualized option.

Official high school transcript (grades 9 -11)
Official transcripts for all completed college coursework
Letter of recommendation
TOEFL: minimum composite score of 80 no subscore lower than 20
IELTS: minimum composite score of 6.5 on the academic test with no subscore lower than 6.0 (We will not accept paper IELTS test report forms).