• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

在这里学什么？

Human beings live in language. Many religious traditions and quite a few modern archaeologists hold that we became human when we began to use language, and we certainly cannot imagine human life without language. Yet with all the emphasis on the tangible tools used in twenty-first century scientific and technical fields, it can be easy to forget that language is perhaps the most fundamental tool of all. It allows us to think figuratively and abstractly, thereby allowing us to gain conceptual purchase on ourselves and the world around us. And it allows us to communicate with other human beings, opening up the possibility of cooperative action in place of comparatively ineffectual individual efforts.

In studying English literature, you will be honing your ability to use language as a tool for analysis and communication. That is to say, you will deepen your literacy to the point where you can make literal and figurative sense of virtually any English-language text. You will sharpen your skills in research and critical analysis in order to reach reasoned judgments – and your skills in writing and oral argumentation in order to persuade others of the validity of your positions. And you will do all this by studying some of the most aesthetically beautiful creations in the English language, from Beowulf to Beloved, from faculty members who have won teaching award after teaching award from Northwestern University, Weinberg College, and the Associated Student Government.

Given these credentials, it’s not surprising that Northwestern English majors have achieved success in a wide variety of fields. Top employers for our recent graduates range from Teach for America and Chicago Public Schools to Buzzfeed and the Washington Post to Google and Deloitte. In the last few years, our alumni have also gone on to nearly every kind of professional school—including business, law, medicine, education, public policy—and have pursued graduate studies in literature at some of the best universities in the world. All of these organizations, and many more, value the top-notch analytical and communication skills you will learn in your Northwestern English classes.

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 International applicants whose primary language is not English or whose secondary school curriculum has not been in English must submit exam results from either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

课程信息

学制：全日制(4 年)

学费：US$56,232.00 (¥ 364,040) /年

开学时间：预计在九月 2022

申请截止日期：

留学地点：Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences1918 Sheridan Road,EVANSTON,Illinois,60208, United States