Students interested in a BA in English experience a broad range of literature from around the globe through a flexible and challenging curriculum that interweaves the skills of the professional writer and the literary critic.
As part of the English program, you will pursue your interests as writers and readers by choosing courses from a wide range of literary periods, and a full range of craft, editing, publishing, and rhetoric courses.
Experiential and service-learning is encouraged through year-long honors thesis projects, semester-long internships, and many co-curricular opportunities in publishing and writing. Our literature and writing courses encourage and support student-driven collaborative learning, intellectual risk-taking, and the pursuit of challenging projects, thus exemplifying the university's mission to educate lifelong learners who make a difference.
50%
Of English majors gain global experience by spending a semester abroad.
95%
of incoming first-year Regis students receive merit scholarship or need-based aid from the university
100%
of Regis undergraduate students participate in an internship.
Creative Writing Opportunities
- Represent Regis at the annual Intercollegiate Poetry Festival
- Write and edit for the university's literary magazine Hemetera
- Travel to study writing in Dublin or theatre in London
- Submit an essay for the Joline Reddan Lessells Essay Prize
Recent Internships
English majors at Regis have pursued internships at:
- Gregg House
- EH Publishing
- Fletcher Tilton and Whipple
- Backbone Media
- Lesson Logic
- Charles Publishing
- Women's Express/Teen Voices
- David R. Godine Publishers
Current students and recent graduates are working in education, high-tech, political campaigns and government.
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