This degree offers a small-college experience – with its close personal relationships – on ASU’s beautiful West Valley campus, plus the cutting-edge facilities and faculty of a top-tier research university. Explore literary works to gain a deeper understanding of issues of class, gender, race and ethnicity. Enhance your writing skills and improve critical thinking and communication skills in preparation for a variety of careers. The Bachelor of Arts in English program offers students tools to think critically and reflectively about language, literature and culture. Students develop advanced critical thinking abilities advanced skills for clear and effective verbal communication expertise in constructing well-supported and persuasive arguments experience performing complex textual analysis knowledge of historical trends in written discourse an awareness of the role of literary discourse in broader social and historical contexts and an ability to engage in big-picture thinking.
3.0 GPA or equivalent. Must have three years of high school coursework. (If you are currently in high school, ASU needs to see 9–11 grade coursework. If you have completed high school, ASU needs to see 10–12 grade coursework.) Must have and present a completed high school diploma or certificate.