Writing, Literature, and Publishing: Literature Concentration, B.A.

The undergraduate faculty of Writing, Literature, and Publishing is committed to the following learning objectives for the BA in the Writing, Literature, and Publishing program with a Literature concentration.

Students will:

• Develop close reading skills and the ability to think and communicate critically.

• Recognize literary forms and the ways context deepens an understanding of literary texts.

• Demonstrate research skills and actively engage with a variety of sources.

• Articulate how writing creates meaning and conveys values and ideas, and may also reflect, contribute to, or critique social, cultural, economic, and political perspectives and biases. 

• Showcase research, analytical, and writing skills in a final project. 

Students take courses in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, magazine writing, and publishing, in addition to the concentration’s increased number of courses in literature that ground them in the English-language tradition and introduce them to other traditions.