Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [English] From Bucknell University

To those ends, Bucknell’s English Department offers three majors and accompanying minors: Creative Writing, Film/Media Studies, and Literary Studies. Students may also double-major or triple-major across programs in English, and in other fields.

In addition, English partners with the Stadler Center for Poetry, the Campus Theatre, the Griot Institute for Africana Studies, the Film/Media Production Studio, and the Bucknell University Press, to provide a wide range of opportunities for students in its majors and courses.

Majors are well prepared for careers in publishing, film and media, journalism, law, management, and other fields. They are novelists, travel writers, literary agents, filmmakers, public relations professionals, doctors, and educators. They work in business, arts administration, digital humanities, publishing, advertising, human relations, across both profit and nonprofit sectors. They also are well prepared for graduate school, and possess four of the top characteristics needed in successful careers everywhere: critical thinking, skillful communication, empathy, and creativity.