Designed for a variety of students, including those who are seeking personal enrichment, the program from University of La Verne are appropriate as preparation for careers in education, law, business, or human relations, and for graduate study in literature.?

The approach is through a close study of language and literature as a discourse upon and communication of human concerns and values, with emphasis as well on the distinctive imaginative and aesthetic qualities of literary texts.

To complete an English major a student must demonstrate the ability to read and analyze critically the major genres, to write clearly and coherently, to understand and use basic linguistic concepts, to employ intelligently the vocabulary of literary study, and to be able to relate major events in literary history to the world at large.