Overview
What Sets Principia College Apart?
Whether you aim to critically analyze texts or produce your own work, you’ll find an engaging, professional faculty and a challenging and supportive learning community in the English Department. You’ll think, speak, and write with clarity, invention, and empathy, and you’ll gain transferable skills applicable beyond disciplinary boundaries. Participate in literary conferences, organize on-campus literary events, and edit our online journal, Mistake House, which has been listed as number 4 in Bookfox’s list of “30 Small But Awesome Online Literary Magazines.”
After Principia
Principia College English majors enroll in top graduate school programs to study Shakespeare, film, literature, dramatic writing, poetry, digital narratives, game theory, and law. Our graduates also pursue professional opportunities, including in the following careers:
- Education
- Law
- Teaching—from elementary school to college
- Writing and editing for print and online magazines and newspapers
- Writing for film and television
- Public relations
- Arts management
- Non-profit work