For Undergraduate English Majors
As an English major, you design your own concentration — a program of study based on your areas of interest, organized around a controlling theme or topic — with the help of your advisor. Below are some recommendations for students interested in this area.
Recommended Courses
- ENGL 254: Writing and Communities
- ENGL 275: Introduction to Rhetorical Theory
- ENGL 354: Writing: Uses of Literacy
- ENGL 357*: Composition Theory and Practice
- ENGL 376: Rhetoric: Argument and Society
- ENGL 377*: Reading Theory and Practice
- ENGL 454: Advanced Writing Projects
- ENGL 475: Rhetoric: The Essay
- ENGL 475A: Rhetoric of Women Writers
- ENGL 380/880: Writing Center Theory and Practice for Consultants
- ENGL 482: Literacy Issues and Community
*Enrollment restricted to students admitted to the TLTE Second English and Language Arts Education program
Recommended Experiences
Internships, Volunteering, Publishing, etc.
- Work as a consultant in the Writing Center
- Apply for an internship with Young Writers Program (through Nebraska Writing Project)
- Apply for an internship with the Nebraska Writers Collective's "Louder than a Bomb" Youth Poetry Festival
- Volunteer with literacy tutoring & service-learning projects such as Writing Lincoln Initiative or Lincoln Literacy
- Conduct UCARE research projects with faculty
- Publish and/or read for Laurus or Prairie Schooner
- Intern at nonprofit agencies that use writing for public advocacy
- Write for Daily Nebraskan or other local media outlets
- Present at local, national and/or international conferences
Recommended Reading
Journals, Books, etc.
- College Composition and Communication
- English Journal
- Writing on the Edge
- Kairos
- Cross-Talk in Composition
- Writing to Change the World
- Young Scholars in Writing
- The Everyday Writing Center
- Reflections
Career Opportunities
- Community advocacy work (i.e. grant writing or public service writing)
- Teaching
- Writing for media outlets
- Editing or publishing
- Professional writing: business, entertainment, government
- Graduate or Professional school (law, communications, public relations)
- Writing/Literacy Center teacher/coordinator