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Vanderbilt University, Bachelor, English

Vanderbilt University
 United States

 

Study mode Start date Duration Fee international Fee study period Year of study
Study modeFull-time Start date Aug Durationyears: 4 Fee international$46500 Fee study periodAcademic year Year of study2018
By offering three distinctive programs, With the option of Honors in the major, the Department of English allows individual students, consultation with faculty advisers, to personalize their studies while still acquiring the breadth of knowledge and skills of the traditional English major. The curriculum provides extensive courses in the history of British and American literature, in Anglophone literature from other countries, in literary theory, and in expository as well as Creative Writing. These diverse courses reflect the interests of students and the ever-widening area of English literary study. Students use the concentration in English as a foundation for a variety of careers where the analytic, reading, and writing skills gained in the major are especially valued as background for advanced training in professional schools such as law, medicine, journalism, and business, as well as for post-graduate work in literature. The Department of English also regards its goal as helping students to become readers of literature and culture throughout their lives.

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The Vanderbilt campus is located approximately 2.4 km southwest of downtown in the West End neighbourhood of midtown Nashville. It has an area of 1.3 km2, though this figure includes large tracts of sparsely used land in the southwest part of the main campus, as well as the Medical Centre. The historical core of campus encompasses approximately 0.3 km2.