Program Overview & Outcomes

The English BA program at Clayton State offers two tracks that serve different populations of students: literature and writing. Students awarded this degree find careers in journalism, editing, business communication, public relations, technical or professional writing, and other fields. For both tracks, the main objectives of the proposed degree are as follows.

Program Outcomes

• to enhance preparation of students for graduate study (English, technical/professional writing, comparative literature, library science, and other related fields)
• to prepare students for certain professional schools (law, divinity, and others)
• to provide content/discipline foundation for careers in education, media, public relations, writing/editing, and others
• to enhance students’ critical thinking skills through detailed, intensive analysis and evaluation of texts and other research materials
• to improve students’ research and writing skills to levels of excellence expected of English majors