Bachelor of Arts in English - Public and Professional Writing

Suffolk University

Get stronger in reading, writing, and critical thinking. Use those strengths to navigate our ever-changing world and create your own place in it. Through Suffolk’s English program, you’ll master a wide array of language skills to help you direct your own life and career and become a dynamic contributor in any industry.Through narrative, rhetoric, analytical writing, poetry, and lyrical prose, you’ll engage with topics of social significance from the local to the global. You’ll compose original texts, strengthen your rhetorical awareness, skillfully apply historical and theoretical contexts, claim power in creative expression, and collect useful tools to reach diverse audiences.English graduates often go on to careers in publishing, government, education, library science, healthcare, arts administration, journalism, and marketing. Others pursue advanced degrees in fields like literature, linguistics, creative writing, rhetoric and composition, and lawStudents in our English program will:Perform close textual analysis to develop original interpretations of texts, Create artful and original works on fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, Develop effective practices of writing process and craft, Identify and analyze structures, styles, and other formal features of texts, Write from research and build claims from evidence within specific contexts, Gain a broad understanding of literary traditions and history.As an English major, you’ll study and create texts in a broad range of genres, forms, and literary, cultural, and historical contexts. Our core curriculum will ground you in world literature while introducing you to the theories and practices of textual interpretation. You’ll also take three electives with a wide variety of upper-level courses to choose from.This concentration examines how writers engage audience, craft, and technology in private, nonprofit, and government settings. You’ll investigate the relationships between language and thought, and learn how rhetoric shapes public discourse about current issues and events. You’ll explore rhetorical conventions and persuasive discourse in new and diverse spaces such as digital and print publishing, visual rhetoric, documentation, and personal platforms. You’ll also study document design and the ethics of composing for a variety of audiences.