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B.A. in English


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Bring your gifts to the Great Conversation.

A premier college for English majors, Grove City College offers a Bachelor of Arts in English that will prepare you for a fruitful career in writing, publishing, human resources, business, law, education, and more. As an English major, you will pursue life-changing wisdom through literature, develop a valuable skillset, and be equipped to advance the Great Conversation as a clear communicator and talented writer. 

Program Highlights
  • Personal access to diversely accomplished faculty who serve as guides and mentors.
  • Internship opportunities in a wide range of professional environments. Recently students have interned with Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, MedExpress Urgent Care, Keystone State Music Theatre, the Coram Deo School (Dallas, TX), the Human Trafficking Institute, and Urban Impact.
  • Department-sponsored Christian Writers Conference that annually brings together writers, scholars, and students to explore and discuss the nature of writing and the role faith plays in it. Recent keynote speakers include Makoto Fujimura, Andrew Peterson, and Karen Swallow Prior.
  • Literary research opportunities and honors projects under the direction of experienced faculty on such writers as George Herbert, Robert Frost, Seamus Heaney, Marilynne Robinson, and Walker Percy.
  • Award-winning theatre program featuring two mainstage productions and numerous other student productions every academic year, open to all majors.
  • Active on-campus groups including Lambda Iota Tau (a literary honorary which sponsors poetry readings and other literary events) and Tau Alpha Pi (a theatre honorary which coordinates our student-directed one-act play festival each semester).
  • Student publications to which you can contribute as a writer or editor including The Quad and The Echo (departmental publications featuring creative literary pieces), as well as The Collegian (newspaper), The Bridge (yearbook), Journal of Law & Public Policy, and the Grove City Insider (blog).
  • 39 major credit hours of rigorous undergraduate coursework balancing breadth and depth to give you a solid literary foundation with space to double major or minor in business management, marketing, writing, history, economics, communication, political science, entrepreneurship, etc. For detailed course descriptions, access the College Catalog.

    • Major core requirements in British literature, American literature, and classical literature.
    • An introduction to Shakespeare and world literature from Asia or Africa/Latin America.
    • English electives surrounding periods and genres from options including Chaucer and the Middle Ages, romantic literature, science fiction, 19th and 20th century American and English novel, poetry and modern poetry, and modern drama, among many others.
  • Departmental minors available in writing, theatre, and classical studies, as well as other minors in classical Christian education, pre-law, marketing, graphic design, and more.
  • Vocation-enriching humanities core classes woven into your academic schedule that will strengthen your critical thinking and communication skills while cultivating empathy and a well-rounded understanding of the world.

    • Career Outcomes
  • If you’re like 95% of our graduates, you will be prepared to compete for exciting full-time positions or entry into prestigious graduate or professional programs within six months of graduation. Our highest achieving students have pursued graduate degrees at Oxford, NYU, The University of Chicago, Duke University, and Baylor University.
  • Build your career with great companies and organizations like UPMC Health, Certify, Inc., Net Health, Tor Books and Scholastic Publishers, the Human Trafficking Institute, the U.S. Department of State, and Carnegie Mellon University.
  • Stand out in your field as a thoughtful communicator who can discern truth, solve problems, and impact any industry—from publishing and teaching to healthcare and media.