English
Expand your reading, writing, and critical thinking skills and open the door to career opportunities with an English degree.
At Park University, our Bachelor of Arts in English degree program is designed for students who want to develop critical practices in reading, writing, and thinking—practices that lead not only to creative and academic fulfillment but also to career success. No matter what your personal and professional goals are, the English major can provide you with the skills to reach them.
We also offer an English minor for students who want to supplement their major in another field with the strong foundation of critical reading and writing that English offers.
For those specifically interested in the technical and professional writing side of English studies, or for distance students looking for a major in English studies, we offer the English and Professional Writing major as well as a minor and certificate in Professional and Technical Writing.
Students interested in teaching English in a primary, middle, or secondary school setting should check out the Elementary Education, Middle School Education, and Secondary Education majors.
Locations & Learning Options
The Bachelor of Arts in English is open to students attending our Parkville, Missouri, campus. It requires a minimum of 122 credit hours overall, with the English major itself requiring 42 hours in the following areas:
- English Core Curriculum (15 hours)
- Literature (9 hours)
- Writing and Rhetoric (9 hours)
- Electives (9 hours)
Parkville
English, Bachelor of Arts – 42 hours
English Minor – 18 hours
Online
English Minor – 18 hours
Dr. Stacey Kikendall
Chair, Department of English & Modern Languages
Associate Professor of English
stacey.kikendall@park.edu
Dr. Silvia Byer
Program Coordinator - Modern Languages
Professor of Modern Languages
silvia.byer@park.edu
Dr. Stephen David Grover
Program Coordinator - First Year Writing & Professional Writing
Assistant Professor of English
david.grover@park.edu
Dr. Amy Mecklenburg-Faenger
Director of ParkWrites
Associate Professor of English
amy.mecklenburgfaenger@park.edu
Careers with an english degree
- Writing (Creative, Technical, Scientific, Business)
- Publishing and Editing
- Communication and Journalism
- Law
- Government and Political Science
- Education
And future careers that prize writing, communication, and analytical thinking – which means that an English degree prepares you for all kinds of careers!
english degree Program Highlights
In our English classes, you might engage with literature through traditional academic essays, but you might also respond to a poem with a mixed media art piece or create a comic version of a short story. You might challenge your writing skills by composing a micro memoir. You might develop and direct a film adaptation of a literary work, or research a peer’s writing process, or plan and host a university event, or you might get a job with the resume and cover letter you develop in professional writing.
As a member of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, you might present your work at a national conference, publish your critical or creative writing in a national journal, or sponsor a writing workshop. Or, get involved with The Scribe, Park’s student literary arts club and magazine, where you might edit a literary magazine, workshop your writing-in-progress, and make life-long friends!
