Major Focus: English

Major Focus-English: This KSU Tuscarawas program cultivates clear, organized written ideas & interprets literature with critical thinking.

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With over 30 degrees to choose from, Kent State University (KSU) at Tuscarawas has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English.  This degree offers all of the courses at the Tuscarawas campus as well as some virtual online options.

Major Focus on English

The degree program gives students the tools to understand:

• Demonstrate specialized knowledge/skills in three area of study: historical; writing and language; and genre studies, cultural studies and literary theory.
• Develop research tools and methods in the field of English studies.
• Expand reading skills that emphasize careful analytical and critical thought.
• Produce literary and non-literary texts with attention to academic conventions regarding format, documentation, style, etc.
• Read and understand a variety of critical theories and apply these to the study of literature.
• Write, with a special emphasis on interpretive and evaluative writing about texts in a variety of critical formats.
• Master basic literary research methods and build awareness of rhetorical context and discourse functions.

Choose a Concentration

There are 3 different concentrations an English major may select:

1. The General concentration allows students to combine elective choices in creative writing, professional writing, rhetoric, historical literature, genre studies and literary theory based on personal interest.
2. The Literature concentration emphasizes the interpretation of literary texts drawn from a variety of historical and cultural contexts. Students develop an understanding of genre conventions and different theoretical and critical methods of analysis.
3. The Professional Writing concentration offers courses in professional writing, editing, and rhetoric. The concentration requires a professional experience elective fulfilled by an internship, service-learning placement or an advanced course in editing.

Boost toward a Master’s Degree

• English students may apply early to the M.A. degree in English and double count 9 credit hours of graduate courses toward both degree programs.
• Find more information here: Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Program

Future Career Paths

Kent State Tuscarawas English graduates may work in the following types of positions:

• Reporter
• Copywriter
• Social media content writer
• Public relations communications
• Journalist
• Teacher
• SEO Specialist
• Paralegal

This knowledge is needed in numerous sectors of business, including education, manufacturing, healthcare, non-profit, & government.

Program Requirements

• 120 credit hours
• A roadmap for this program’s class schedule success is laid out here.

Enrollment

• Applications can be found online here

• No application fee

• No test scores needed for first-year students

Why Go Anywhere Else?

Unique classroom opportunities present themselves exclusively to Tuscarawas students.

• High-quality teaching
• Advising
• Mentoring
• Learning with small class sizes
• Dedicated teachers such as Kathy Davis Patterson, PhD Professor of English studies at Kent State University Tuscarawas.  Listen to her interview with Tuscarawas Broadcasting Company WBTC.

• State-of-the-art technology, software, and equipment to learn and create with.
• Gold standard curriculum and excellent Professors.
• Incredible ALC makerspace.
• Tutoring is offered for many Kent Core classes including; psychology, biology, math, chemistry, and writing.
• Local advisors dedicated to the Tuscarawas campus will assist with academic forms, information, classes as well as success tips virtually or in person.
• USCAA athletics on campus.
• Over $350K in scholarships are awarded annually.
• Convenient access to educational experience at the PAC.
• Ability to gain future career experience in the exclusive KSU Tuscarawas Research Colloquium.
• Andrew Swigert, a psychology and English major successfully presented his research during the Virtual Student Research Colloquium in 2021.
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Tuscarawas Campus Dedicated to Success

The job forecast for English careers, especially in education from the U.S. Beauru of Labor Statistics is predicted to grow at an average rate for the next eight years.  Major Focus- English Bachelor of Arts program at KSU Tuscarawas is able to prepare for a successful future.

Why go anywhere else when low tuition,  close to home, extraordinary education is right down the road!

Kent State University at Tuscarawas
330 University Drive NE
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
(330)-339-3391

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