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"I am certain that when I graduate Presbyterian College in a year, I will be well prepared for a life of service and success. My diploma will be priceless."
"I am so very proud to be a student at Presbyterian College. As I approach my senior year, I am beginning to realize more clearly how PC has influenced my life. This institution, which has been my home for the past three years, has helped me to strengthen my values, decipher my interests, establish amazing friendships, and has developed in me a passion for serving others. I cannot speak highly enough for the professors at PC. I am thrilled to be taught by individuals who love what they're doing and want me to love it just as much. The personal relationships I have with professors and administrators truly add to the 'family experience' I enjoy here, which is unique to PC. I have become very involved in several organizations on campus and have the opportunity to live out the college's motto - 'While We Live, We Serve.' After spending the past fall semester studying in Florence, Italy, I am able to appreciate the PC community even more. I was given the opportunity to travel and see the world and I returned to the amazing love and support of my PC family and was honored to be elected student body president. The academic climate at PC is rigorous and challenging. I am certain that when I graduate Presbyterian College in a year, I will be well prepared for a life of service and success. My diploma will be priceless."
Brittany Flowe
English and Political Science Major from Greenwood, S.C.
President of Student Government Association; second vice president of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority; and member of Student Volunteer Services, Honor Council, Stirlings, Russell-Arnold Steering Committee, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Tau Delta, and Sigma Kappa Alpha
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A major in English opens the door to many careers -- from the most obvious fields such as college teaching, journalism, communications, and secondary education to others such as business, banking, the ministry and government work. Many employers welcome the opportunity to hire a graduate who has a strong liberal arts background and can communicate effectively. In addition, English majors from Presbyterian College have been accepted in medical schools and in law schools for the very reason that they know how to analyze a situation clearly and offer a solution eloquently.
In fact, as communications technology becomes more prevalent in all phases of society, a degree in English becomes more relevant than ever; the Information Age increasingly places a premium on individuals who can think and communicate with clarity, concreteness, and conciseness.
The English department at PC offers a diverse curriculum. All PC students are required to take the two-semester Composition and World Literature course unless granted an exemption through the Advanced Placement Test in English Literature and Composition. After completing their requirements in the department, many students continue to take English classes as electives.
In all, more than 25 English classes await PC students who want to improve their writing, appreciate literary works as art, and develop a better understanding of their cultural backgrounds through the study of language and literature. The English department faculty members are experts in their fields and include the S.C. Professors of the Year for 1991 and 1992. Several of the faculty members are accomplished authors of books, essays, and articles, including one professor who has been a movie reviewer for a regional weekly newspaper and another who has written on silent films.
The department offers courses in creative writing and also offers a journalism minor with a special internship in Washington, D.C., as well as internships in publishing, broadcasting, reporting, and related fields. Students are also encouraged to contribute to the student newspaper, yearbook, and the college's literary magazine, Figs & Thistles, which is sponsored by the English department.
Recent PC English majors have continued their studies in English, theology, library science, journalism, or law, and have received prestigious fellowships and awards, such as three recipients of Rotary International Scholarships and a national full-cost Jacob K. Javits Award to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
English majors gain a wealth of knowledge beneath the dome of Neville Hall, but the PC faculty is quick to point out that the learning experience is not limited to the classroom. Classes may be held as close as the steps of Neville Hall -- where the poetry of Walt Whitman takes on new meaning in the morning air -- or as far away as England, Spain, or Australia. Students are encouraged to study abroad -- and at least half of all English majors at PC take advantage of that opportunity to get a first-hand look at significant literary and historic sites.
The department also sponsors a chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the national English honor society.
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