英语文学学士

范德比尔特英语系多年来一直在培训明天的领导者进入各种领域。我们的毕业生继续获得医学，法律，商业，新闻学的学位，并在创意写作或英语语言和文学方面追求高级学位。但是，无论他们最终追求的是哪个领域，我们的专业学生都必须具备在分析性阅读，写作和论证方面经过精心磨练的技能才能进入自己的职业。他们可以要求接受英语文学传统的全面教育。此外，该系越来越注重跨学科和跨国的关注，这使专业人士能够熟悉非西方的文学文本，传统和文学理论。除教授大量文学作品外，该系的课程还旨在为我们的学生提供文学和文化分析方面的先进技能，这些技能将
Fiction, poetry, new media, memoirs, and non-fiction: whether as reading or writing, these aesthetic experiences are ways of both understanding and inventing cultures and identities, of grasping the emotional and intellectual histories of societies, of exploring your own creativity and potential. The Department of English trains tomorrow's leaders to enter a variety of fields. Our graduates have gone on to work in medicine, law, business, entrepreneurship, and journalism, as well as to pursue advanced degrees in either creative writing or English literature. Whatever field they eventually pursue, our majors enter their careers with carefully-honed skills in analytic reading, writing, and argumentation. They possess a solid education in the English literary tradition. In addition, the department's increasingly interdisciplinary and transnational focus enables majors to become conversant with non-Western literary texts, traditions, and literary theory. The department's courses aim to give our students sophisticated skills in literary and cultural analysis-skills that equip them well for a lifetime of ongoing education. To hear the stories of some of our alumni, see the Career Outcomes page on the department's website.<br><br>Offering three distinct programs, the English major encourages individual students, in consultation with faculty advisers, to personalize their studies while still acquiring the breadth of knowledge and skills of the traditional English major. Our curriculum provides extensive coursework in British, American, and world literatures, literary theory and new media, and creative writing, including fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, with opportunities for playwriting and scriptwriting workshops from the Theatre and Cinema and Media Arts departments. Our diverse classes reflect the interests of students and faculty in the ever-expanding areas of literary studies.