What You'll Study
Gonzaga's Department of English offers a Bachelor's degree in English (B.A) with two areas of emphasis: a Literature Concentration and a Writing Concentration. Students choose one of these concentrations for their major. The department also offers a highly flexible English minor.
Stretch your Mind
Gonzaga University’s rigorous English curriculum, rooted in the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm, stimulates personal and intellectual growth. Faculty and 51³Ô¹Ïs engage in close reading, critical inquiry, and study how language and writing both reflect and create societies.
What Can I do With an English Degree?
An English graduate from Gonzaga University has the skills and habits of mind to succeed in a wide variety of vocations. Any field that values critical analysis, the ability to research and think creatively, and a deep understanding of language needs people who do what we do. Recent Gonzaga English graduates have found employment in a variety of fields, which include:
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- Advertising
- Armed Forces
- Copy Editing
- Government
- Insurance
- Jesuit Volunteer Corps
- Journalism
- Marketing
- Medicine
- Public Relations
- Publication Design
- Teaching
- Teaching ESL Abroad
- Technical Writing
- Video Production
