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Gain access to a wide range of career options with a degree from the Department of Humanities at Liberty University. The ability to read and analyze information, come up with unique solutions, and communicate complex concepts allows Liberty students to succeed in both the marketplace and in life.
Because English is the international language of commerce and diplomacy, the writing and communication skills you learn with an English degree can prepare you for success in the global marketplace.
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Writing, Editing, and Publishing
Pursue your writing dreams with a degree from the Department of Humanities. Liberty graduates are working in the exciting fields of journalism, television, radio, and publishing. Some are also well-known, published authors.
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With a B.Ed. in English Education (6-12), graduates can teach English in public, private, and missionary schools, as well as in TESL programs. Graduates can also teach in a university setting with an M.A. in English.
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Enhance your career opportunities with graduate studies. After completing your bachelor’s degree, you can get your master’s or doctoral degree through Liberty’s Department of Humanities or further your education elsewhere.
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English majors are sought-after law school applicants. Critical thinking skills developed through the analysis and interpretation of literature help English graduates succeed. Excel in a field that requires encyclopedic knowledge, practical skills, and creative problem-solving.
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What is really original about all of this — and this really is your own exclusive property, much to my horror — is that you condone the shedding of blood on the grounds of conscience.
— Dmitri Prokofich Razumikhin, Crime and Punishment, pg. 313.
Conscience runs like blood all the way through the body of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment. It is the impetus for axing an old pawnbroker to death, and it is that which draws a confession from the murderer. Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov is but a poor former student who murders a bitter, spiteful old woman ostensibly for her money, but it is not as simple as that. The novel is a murder mystery carried not by the question ‘whodunnit?’ but ‘whydunnit?’ As Raskolnikov himself does not seem to know the answer, it has been the subject of much literary interpretation, but conscience is undoubtedly part of the reason.
Raskolnikov grew bitter with his crushing poverty, grew bitter with the injustice he saw everywhere, and deemed he must take action against it. He sought to see if he dared to take a step to better man by stepping over the corpse of a rich pawnbroker for her money so he might use it to do good. All throughout the novel, the times Raskolnikov grows the most bitter are when he is the most helpless, and his best deeds are always in providing for others. He wants to provide for others; he wants to make things better, and he wishes to have the power to do so. His conscience was warped and twisted to fit his pride and desire to be lord, master, and provider to all people, and his inability to be that man ate at him until he fell and sought the means to become what he deemed he must be. He fell and committed the sin of Satan, the sin of pride, and he found himself utterly unequal to the consequences. The conscience which had been abused to drive him to the deed now rent his mind asunder for having done it. In the end, he became yet more helpless and servile until he repented and suffered the Punishment of his Crime.
Sep 17
Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Cho! His article titled "Allusions to John the Baptist in Willa Cather`s O Pioneers!" has been accepted for publication in the journal Willa Cather Review. It is scheduled to appear later this year.
Jul 15
Modern Grammar is a course that emphasizes the nature, structure, and modifications of the English language, with an emphasis on traditional, structural, and generative-transformational grammars. Join the waitlist for this Fall 2026 residential course with Dr. Bruce Bell!
Jun 9
This residential course, taught by Dr. Dow, is a survey of English Literature from its beginning to 1660. Works studied include Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Othello, The Canterbury Tales, and more. Additionally, this course will focus on integrating theoretical and applied knowledge within the context of a Christian worldview. Register now for Fall 2026!
Jun 8
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