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Campus Opportunities
In addition to dorm leadership, worship opportunities, athletics, and more, you'll find English majors participating in:
Student-run Publications
Including the campus newspaper, , and the creative magazine, Dialogue;
Art Spaces
Including the Calvin Theater Company, Calvin’s musical opportunities (orchestra, band, choirs), Rangeela, Dance Guild, and the Arts Collaborative;
Research Spaces
Including as Vande Kopple fellows and McGregor fellows
Center for Faith and Writing
In the , serving as Student Fellows and committee members for Center events.
Internships
As part of the major, English students complete a semester-long internship either on campus or off-campus.
Study English off-campus
Take part in one of Calvin's renowned off-campus programs, and see literature and language through new eyes. The semester programs below are some of those most commonly attended by English majors.
Semester in Britain
No matter what major you're pursuing—business, communication, education, English, film, history, information technology, sport and exercise, or religion—you'll find classes to take at Liverpool-Hope University.
Literature of Faith: On Pilgrimage with Dante
This class is an opportunity for students to engage a rich tradition and connect it to their own practices and those of people around them in Florence, the city of Dante’s birth.
Theatre, Literary Arts and Culture in Edinburgh and London
Edinburgh and London are important centers of theatre in the UK. On this interim, students will see a spectacular array of theatre performances from the Edinburgh, Stratford-Upon-Avon, and London.