English
Degree
Bachelor of Arts, Major, Minor
School/College
John Charles Meditz College of Arts & Sciences
The Department of English offers a flexible and challenging curriculum, allowing students to experience a wide range of approaches to literature and writing. The major provides a solid core of courses in literary studies while also allowing each student the opportunity to create an individualized program that reflects their interests and passions in literature, writing, and cultural studies.
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Course Requirements
30 credits
15 credits
15 credits
Contact Us
Undergraduate Admission
admis@fairfield.edu
(203) 254-4100
Career Outlook
Internships
Recent internship placements for English majors/minors.
Placements
- NBC Universal (New York)
- Brennan Law Firm (New York)
- The Capitol Theatre, Portchester (New York)
- NBC Sports (Stamford)
- Make-A-Wish CT (Trumbull)
- The Jimmy Fallon Show
- Woodhall Publishing Press
- Serendipity Magazine/Unger Publishing, LLC
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Vineyard Vines
- Flix Streaming Platform
- The Office of Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT)
My experience with an internship has been an incredible highlight of my academic career at ¼â½ÐÊÓÆµ. The internship program allowed me to connect to ¼â½ÐÊÓÆµ College Preparatory school and gain exposure to a real-world work setting that not only affirmed my future career aspirations, but also the importance of being an English major and developing my skills in professional writing and articulation.â€
– Emily Garry ’26