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Degree Options
- Traditions of Innovation
- History
- Journalism
- Political Science
- Secondary Education English
- Sexuality and Gender Studies
- Theater
- Women’s Studies
About the Program
- You enjoy composing texts that are varied in genre, style, and medium, including critical essays, short stories, poems, reviews, digital media, podcasts, and others.
- You find yourself compelled to make connections between literary texts and ideas that are both present across historical eras and pertinent to current realities.
- You are interested in how audiences treat and use texts, whether the texts are print or digital, technical, critical, and/or creative.
- You want to solve problems through deliberate communication, in arenas that overlap with other areas of human life, like science, law, art, business, and the social sciences.
- Written Communication
- Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills
- Analytical Reading Skills
- Research and Organization
- Creativity
Coursework
- Creative Writing
- American and British Literature
- Race and Gender Studies
- Professional and Media Writing
- Rhetoric and Composition
Out-of-Classroom Experiences
- Barash Media
- Mid-State Literacy Council
- Penn State University Press
- Penn State University Libraries
- Elsevier, Inc.
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Penn State Digital English Studio
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Career Paths
- Law school
- Medical school
- Graduate school to study English, creative writing, cinema and media studies, communications, curriculum and instruction, global markets, publishing, rhetoric and composition, technical communication, theology, and theatre
- Marketing Communications Specialist
- Public Relations Manager
- Digital Content Specialist
- Nonprofit Program Manager
- Writer
- Editor
- Professor
- Research Project Manager
- Amazon
- ACTFL
- Pearson
- Microsoft AI
- L’Oreal
- Education Testing Service (ETS)
- U.S. Department of State
- Penguin Random House
- NYC Department of Education
Have questions about this program?
Future students, contact the Liberal Arts Recruitment Team.
Current students, contact your academic adviser.
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