The breadth of historical and cultural knowledge, critical reading, writing, and thinking skills, and facility with language offered in an English degree makes graduates pursuing careers in the financial and corporate industries more marketable to employers.
A minimum grade of C is required for courses to satisfy these requirements. The English minor for business entails only two additional courses over existing degree requirements:
Required Courses: (3) ENGL 110 or ENGL 210, ENGL 211, ENGL 293
Electives: (2) 200 or 300-level English courses
*This represents the need for only two English courses beyond those currently required for students in the O'Malley School of Business. A minimum grade of C is required for courses to satisfy these requirements.
Note: if a student places out of ENGL 110, they will need to take an additional English elective at the 200 or 300-level.
ENGL 293: Literature and Business
This course is tailored to business students and focuses on the representation of business issues in literature (the Industrial Revolution, the rise of capitalism, the Great Depression, and the 2008 financial crisis) with a special focus on ethics. The assignments for this course will be designed to target critical thinking and writing skills valuable in a professional context: a presentation with a digital component, a group project requiring collaborative research and analysis, and a research paper requiring a proposal.