English, Liberal Arts (BA)

What is A English, Liberal Arts (BA) Degree?

Most people who study for the BA degree in English learn about linguistics: words, sentences, meanings, phonetics, phonology, and the patterns of sounds in the language.  Plus, they also study literature of both English and American writers.  They learn how to write logically and also to write creatively. They learn how to do the critical thinking that is required to write most anything. Plus, they’ll cover how to analyze and interpret all kinds of literature from different periods in history.

The BA degree in English, Liberal Arts is a broad-based degree that will cover literature that relates to the humanities, like philosophy and history—classical literature.  The focus will be on reading and analyzing some of the great works over time, looking at how they compare to more modern philosophical thinking.  Seminars and discussion groups will probably be pretty common, and students may also study one or more modern languages in addition to English.

The video below discusses a “typical” program, so it should help regardless of which school you are considering.