Application and Admission Requirements
Please visit the Admissions Office website for application and admission information.
Course Descriptions
A current listing of courses is available in the current catalog.
Emphases for the B.A. in English
- Literature
The literature emphasis (combining two former emphases, General Literature and Liberal Arts) allows you to study a wide range of authors, genres, and periods in English and American literature, as well as English-language literature produced in post-colonial and ethnic minority cultures.
- Linguistics
The linguistics emphasis provides the opportunity for closer study of how language works and its connections with related fields such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology; the linguistics emphasis also leads to graduate study and careers in linguistics and teaching English as a second language.
The English teaching emphasis fulfills Idaho certification requirements and prepares students to teach in school districts around the country. A Minor Teaching Endorsement in English is also available.
In the technical communication emphasis, students learn to produce a wide variety of print and online documents for users in the computer industry, in the health sciences, and in many other fields.
- Writing
The writing emphasis, with components in poetry, fiction, non-fiction prose, and courses in book arts, gives students an opportunity to write, design, edit and publish their own work. It also includes a degree track in Rhetoric, Composition, and Communication.
Minor in English
Please click the link above in Course Descriptions to learn about the English minor, as described in the current catalog.
Undergraduate Advising
For information about English advising, visit our Advising website.
Distance/Online Courses
eCampus Course List
How To Contact Us
Contact the Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies:
Jill Heney
English Department
Boise State University
Boise, ID 83725-1525
Telephone: (208) 426-7055
Fax: (208) 426-4373
Email: Jill Heney (jheney@boisestate.edu)
Office: LA-211A