English

What can you expect at Carroll College as an English Major or Minor?

• Study life-changing works from Shakespeare’s plays to Beyonce’s visual album Lemonade
• Write—a lot—maybe a collection of poems, an analysis of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and/or a digital edition of a nineteenth-century short story
• Produce our annual Literary Festival, featuring works by Carroll students and the community
• Edit and publish our annual literary magazine, Colors
• Intern at a variety of organizations—local publishing companies, the Montana Historical Society, an independent bookstore
• Study abroad: everywhere from Ireland to Madrid, Chile to Italy

Students in the English program will:

• demonstrate close critical reading by speaking about literature clearly and persuasively;
• demonstrate close critical reading by writing essays that are engaging, clear, and supported by primary and secondary research;
• be familiar with major texts and contexts of United States, British, and Global literatures;
• be familiar with major theories in linguistics and literary criticism;
• create literary works;
• learn about another culture by speaking, reading, and writing in a language other than English;
• apply skills of close reading, writing, literary analysis, and research in a variety of real-world experiences.