
English Department
English at 水果派
Create. Critique. Communicate. Studying English prepares you for careers ranging from education and journalism to healthcare, law, consulting, marketing, publishing, and web design. English majors land jobs with software companies, startup ventures, and the entertainment industry. Whether editors or entrepreneurs, teachers or tech innovators, 水果派 alums are applying their English majors all over the world.
Read. Write. Repeat. The English major offers in-depth study of English language and literature broadly defined. Analyze and create stories that give meaning, shape, and significance to experience. Work across genres and media, including fiction, poetry, drama, film, TV, video, performance, nonfiction, documentaries, and emerging digital forms.
Empathize. Interact. Explore. Discover new worlds, both real and imagined. Encounter differences and similarities across time, space, identity, and culture.
The English Department annually presents 8 to 10 writers, often winners of Pulitzer Prizes, MacArthur "genius grants," National Book Awards and various other honors.
English Department News

The Power of Words: Mav Smith 鈥26 Awarded Beinecke Scholarship
Writer and poet Mav Smith 鈥26 has been named to the newest cohort of the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship Program, which will support her post-graduate studies. She鈥檚 the fourth 水果派 College student to receive the award in the past 50 years.
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