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Make connections between ideas, construct persuasive arguments and gain new perspectives through the power of language.

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Besides honing your writing and communication skills, you’ll develop critical and creative thinking that translates to a range of professions, from law to journalism to social work.

Programs Offered

Sample Courses

  • Gender, Culture and Representation
  • Crime Fiction
  • American Poetry
  • Law and Literature

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Core Curriculum

Your success is at our Core. TCU’s Core Curriculum prepares you to live and work in today’s ever-evolving diverse and global society. It encourages you to be intellectually curious and ask big questions about the world and your place in it.

Special Admission Requirements

Please visit the program website for graduate admission requirements.

What Sets Us Apart

The English department at TCU offers you a comprehensive knowledge of the English language and its applications in our changing society. You’ll take courses ranging from specialized literature to rhetoric to digital writing and technology.

Career Prospects

An English degree helps you develop valuable communication skills, so you can chart your course in whatever field excites you. Our graduates have launched thriving careers as successful authors, magazine  writers, business consultants, museum curators, lawyers and appeals court judges, theater directors, clinical psychologists, pastors, college professors and software engineers.

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John V. Roach Honors College

Exceed your own expectations. Incoming and current undergraduate students of every major may apply. Unique classes are offered which connects students with a varied curriculum that is stimulating, supportive and cross-disciplinary.