Baton Rouge,
LA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in English- Rhetoric, Writing and Culture in Baton Rogue United States | Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
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Baton Rogue United States
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
29,000
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
Your natural creativity shines through in storytelling, poetry, or screenwriting, and you're eager to express your vision globally. Immerse yourself in an expansive literary universe with this program. The English curriculum spans from ancient epics like Beowulf to contemporary blockbusters. Both professors and students regularly engage in overseas summer programs across destinations including the UK and Ireland.
Rhetoric, Writing and Culture: Channel your enthusiasm for writing toward diverse readerships. This specialization explores multiple writing styles (such as crafting business reports, journalistic pieces, fiction works, or movie scripts) through various lenses, including linguistics (analyzing language structures), rhetoric (mastering impactful communication), and cultural studies (examining societal influences on texts).
Potential Career Paths
Literary critic
Business communications specialist
Publishing editor
Opinion columnist
Legal professional
Secondary education administrator
Secondary English instructor
Fiction author
Verse writer
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.0
Qualification Requirements
International students who have never attended a post-secondary education institution will apply as a freshman (first-year student), and must have the equivalent of a U.S. high school diploma with an academic average equivalent to a B (3.0 or better on the U.S. 4-point grading system).
Students must submit complete official records for the secondary level of education and are strongly encouraged to submit ACT or SAT scores.
An applicant whose native language is not English and/or who has been educated outside of the U.S. in a country or province where English is not the only official language must demonstrate proof of English proficiency by submitting either a TOEFL or an IELTS score.
TOEFL (paper-based exam) 550
TOEFL (web-based exam) 79
IELTS 6.5
Students must submit complete official records for the secondary level of education and are strongly encouraged to submit ACT or SAT scores.
An applicant whose native language is not English and/or who has been educated outside of the U.S. in a country or province where English is not the only official language must demonstrate proof of English proficiency by submitting either a TOEFL or an IELTS score.
TOEFL (paper-based exam) 550
TOEFL (web-based exam) 79
IELTS 6.5
Tuition
USD
29,000