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English BA Degree

Delve Into Language and Literature for Myriad Career Paths

The bachelor’s degree in English from The University of Texas at Tyler is a unique, interdisciplinary program that prepares students for a variety of career paths including entering business or law school, pursuing academic research, becoming an editor, high school English teacher and more. When you graduate, you will possess strong critical reading, thinking and writing skills that will enhance your success in any professional field.

  • Study in small classes that average about 25 students, ensuring interaction and attention not typically available in classes with hundreds of students at other state universities.
  • Enhance your English major with additional courses in education that will prepare you to teach English in elementary schools or high schools.

Graduates of the UT Tyler bachelor of arts in English program go on to such diverse employment opportunities as: Brookshire Grocery Human Resources Department; Japanese Assistant Teacher Program; working as grant-funding agents; and teaching in school districts throughout Texas and beyond.

Other graduates have pursued master’s degrees in English at UT Tyler and other institutions or entered law school.

Bachelor’s in English: Explore Literature, Creative Writing, Language

  • Expand your language literacy: UT Tyler is the only university in Texas where you can take foreign languages such as Chinese and Spanish to fulfill foreign language requirements for the English degree and, at the same time, for minors in Asian studies, classical studies and Spanish.
  • Join the Costa Rica Spanish Immersion program for three weeks in Summer II at the National University of Costa Rica in Heredia, where you will study and explore while earning six academic credit hours.

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English Courses: Stimulating. Global.

  • Creative Writing

    Undertake studies in composing and evaluating creative writing. Designed to give students an opportunity to write under supervision, learn techniques of expression and develop creative writing craftsmanship.

  • Studies in World Literature

    Complete a detailed study of selected themes, literary types and authors in world literature.

  • Classical Literature in Translation

    Make an intensive study of the literature of the Greeks and Romans in translation. Explore a variety of ancient authors and genres.

    Learn more about UT Tyler’s English program of study.

Art Faculty - UT Tyler

English Faculty: Award-Winning. Student-Focused.

--Study with professors recognized for their academic excellence through such honors as Outstanding Faculty Award; Theresa J. Enos 25th Anniversary Award for Best Article in Rhetoric Review; and Honorary Professor at East China Normal University.

--Learn from professors who are published authors of such books as Key to a Cold City: How the Generation of Black Ballplayers After Jackie Robinson was Restrained in the Big Leagues; and Once Iron Girls: Essays on Gender by Post-Mao Chinese Literary Women.

--Gain a fresh perspective on literature and writing from professors who are frequent presenters at such national and international gatherings as the Conference on College Composition and Communication and Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts Annual Conference.

Learn more about UT Tyler's English faculty.