The Department of English is a traditional advantageous humanistic discipline department of Boston College, which mainly undertakes the teaching and research work of western literature, English language culture and academic standardized writing. It is the preferred major for many overseas students who love literary research and intend to engage in English teaching, literary creation and academic paper writing guidance work.
The undergraduate courses involve British and American classic literature reading, literary genre analysis, English cultural origin sorting and basic academic English writing training. The postgraduate direction is more inclined to modern literary trend research, cross-cultural literary comparison and professional academic writing specification research. The classroom teaching focuses on cultivating students' text analysis ability and standardized written expression ability.
The department regularly holds literary reading meetings, English original works sharing sessions and academic writing training salons to create a strong language and literature learning atmosphere. Teachers are proficient in literary research and academic writing norms, and can carry out targeted guidance for overseas students' English expression habits and academic writing weaknesses. After graduation, students can be engaged in overseas university language teaching, foreign literature research, academic journal editing and other work, and have stable employment channels in the field of international language and literature education.
Department of English Website(https://www.bc.edu/morrissey/departments/english)
