Hands-on/Experiential Learning
This program prepares you for a wide variety of careers and opportunities, equipping you with the knowledge and skills you need to become an informed and engaged global citizen, ready to navigate and contribute to an increasingly interconnected world.
Majoring in English and Literary Studies is a practical choice that helps you develop the communications skills employers want. At the same time, you will enjoy studying your favorite authors and discovering new ones. With an eye toward your future, you will:
- Practice critical reading and develop your verbal skills using various interpretive approaches and tools
- Write in a range of forms, hone your research skills, and embrace the writing process
- Consider multiple perspectives and learn to recognize, read, and write in different literary traditions and genres
- Explore professional pathways through internships, co-op programs, and service learning
By the end of this program, you will have become a stronger thinker, reader, and writer. You will also have a clearer vision of how to achieve personal happiness and professional success.
Connect & Engage
Fire up your imagination by getting involved with the college’s literary magazine Trillium, attend performances by visiting writers, join the English and Literary Studies Club and the Omega Omega Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (the national English Honor Society).
Internships & Co-Ops
Ramapo College students have had internships, co-ops, and service learning placements at organizations such as John Wiley & Sons, Simon & Schuster, the New York Public Library, the Margaret Sanger Papers Project, the Jane Addams Papers Project, The Feminist Press, Foxbusiness.com, Paterson Public Schools, and Stryker Orthopaedics, The Washington Post, NBC Universal, and Penguin Random House.
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