Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [English - Writing] From Marist College

Students also have the opportunity to fulfill requirements for the concentration by taking writing courses offered by other divisions of the College (e.g., Writing for Radio and TV and a variety of Journalism courses). Internships with business, media, and civic organizations offer students in the writing concentration the opportunity to gain work experience that utilizes the writing and analytical skills that the concentration develops.

The English program offers concentrations in literature, writing, and theatre; the goals and principles underlying these concentrations are the same:?

(1) To increase the student?s appreciation and understanding of the literary, pragmatic, rhetorical, and dramatic uses of language.?

(2) To develop the student?s ability to write effectively in a variety of situations.?

(3) To help the student become more receptive to the many-sided pleasures of reading, writing, and oral presentation.?

(4) To enable the student to see how literary and nonliterary texts illuminate the complexity of human experience.

?(5) To heighten the student?s awareness of the moral and ethical implications of literary and nonliterary texts.?

(6) To foster the student?s intellectual, aesthetic, and professional creativity.