Whether you're
considering law, medicine, advertising, teaching, or journalism,
a background in English can offer you a good foundation
for a future career. Majoring in English, you gain strong
critical reading, analytical thinking, focused research,
and precise writing skills. Our new curriculum is designed
to be comprehensive, integrated, intensive, and interesting
to all English majors. The core courses you'll take will
enable you to fulfill requirements for state teaching accreditation,
graduate work in the humanities, and admission to a wide
variety of professional schools. You'll choose from an
array of specialized writing courses, including intermediate
and advanced exposition and argumentation, technical writing,
legal writing, business and professional writing, and creative
writing.
Contact
Dr.
Eleanor Traylor
Chairman
Department of English
College of Arts and Sciences
Howard University
(202) 806-6730
