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English Major, B.A.

This program is available on-campus and online.

Major in English at MSU Denver and you can study what you love while amassing a resume and portfolio you can take with you into graduate school, law school and compelling careers in fields such as digital media, marketing, advertising, law, education, publishing, fundraising and many more. Your options for concentrations include:

  • Without a Declared Concentration
  • Literature Concentration
  • Literature, Film, and Media Studies Concentration
  • Writing Concentration
  • Secondary School Teaching Concentration.

We offer a well-rounded, diverse curriculum that will ask you to think harder, write better and read wider than you ever have before, you will encounter works across genders, genres, cultures and ethnicities that will expand your mind and your world.

You will also have the chance learn outside the classroom. Complete an internship at a local magazine. Travel to India to study Bollywood cinema. Present your research at a national conference. These are just a few of the ways you can build on the analytical, creative and communication skills you will develop as a MSU Denver English major.

Better yet, as an English major, you can study what you love while amassing a resume and portfolio you can take with you into graduate school, law school and compelling careers in fields such as digital media, marketing, advertising, law, education, publishing, fundraising and many more.

Learn about MSU Denver’s generous scholarships for English students.


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Program Options

English, B.A. Major

  • No concentration
  • Literature, film and media studies
  • Writing
  • Secondary school teaching, leading to licensure
  • Literature

Linguistics, B.A. Major

English Teacher Licensure 7-12th Grade

Minor in Film and Media Studies

Minor in Rhetoric, Composition and Professional Writing

Minor in English

  • Literature concentration
  • Writing concentration

Minor in Linguistics

  • Linguistics emphasis 
  • Language emphasis 

Benefits of Earning Your Degree at MSU Denver

The English degree program at MSU Denver offers you opportunities to stretch intellectually, creatively and professionally through internships, student teaching, the Sigma Tau Delta Honors Society and the following:


Career Opportunities for Our Graduates

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An MSU Denver Bachelor of Arts in English can be your springboard to careers ranging from writing and teaching to law and public service. Here are a few career paths to consider:

  • Web content strategist
  • Social media manager
  • Editor
  • Journalist
  • Technical writer
  • Teacher
  • Professor
  • Lawyer
  • Higher education consultant
  • Fundraiser
  • Nonprofit administrator
  • Brand manager
  • Grant writer
  • Screenwriter

Faculty

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Assistant Professor Chereka Dickerson teaches African American literature and Black women writers. She is in the process of completing her Ph.D. dissertation in U.S. minority and women’s literature.

 

 

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Cynthia Kuhn

Professor Cynthia Kuhn is the author of the Lila Maclean Mystery Series. Her debut novel, The Semester of Our Discontent, received the 2017 Agatha Award for best first mystery.

 

 

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Jason Miller

Professor Jason Miller is a fiction writer, screenwriter and Pushcart-Prize nominee whose work has been published in the Starry Night Literary Review, Literary Potpourri, Ink Pot #2, Burning Word and Outsider Ink among others.


Featured Alumni

“I’ve had wonderful professors who’ve inspired me to continue my education and get the best out of my education.”

Janet Hernandez, MSU Denver ’17, is the first student in MSU Denver history to receive a Fulbright Scholarship. During her Fulbright year she will teach English and Spanish to elementary school children in South Korea.

Read more about Janet.


Alumni at Work

MSU Denver English program alumni have been hired by the following organizations:

  • Colorado Office of the Attorney General
  • Servicios de la Raza
  • Brain Balance Achievement Center
  • Aurora Public Schools Foundation
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Colorado Historical Society
  • Cesar Chavez Academy
  • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
  • California Department of Justice
  • Colorado Office of the Governor
  • Neighborhood Solutions
  • University of Chicago Press
  • Aurora Central High School
  • Bear Creek High School

MSU Denver English alumni have been accepted for post-graduate study at numerous schools, including:

  • University of Colorado, Boulder
  • University of Denver
  • Regis University
  • University of London
  • University of Oregon
  • New York University
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • McGill University

Sample Classes

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As an English major, the spectrum of courses you can choose from is staggering. Here’s a small sample:

  • LGBT Literature
  • The English Bible as Literature
  • Harlem Renaissance
  • Cinema Genre: Horror
  • Gender in the Graphic Novel
  • Classical Mythology
  • Hip Hop and Literature
  • Young Adult Literature

Facilities and Resources

Adjacent to downtown Denver, MSU Denver’s campus is within walking distance from the city’s many cultural and entertainment attractions such as the Denver Public Library, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Complex, Denver Art Museum and the Colorado History Museum.

The MSU Denver Department of English also houses the MSU Denver Writing Center, a writing-help resource for all MSU Denver students.


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