Middle East University - Lebanon
Bachelor of Arts in English
Baouchriyeh, Lebanon
BA
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
May 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor of Arts in English at MEU focuses on composition, language, and literature in a faith-affirming, multicultural environment. You’ll explore writing styles, English language history and structure, literature reflecting diverse human experiences, and critical literary theory and textual analysis. The program builds communicative skills, analytical scholarship, creative writing, and critical reading, and offers engagement opportunities. You can apply for a Teaching Diploma to complement BA and prepare to teach.
Career Outcomes: Graduates move into teaching (with a Teaching Diploma), education, writing, editing, publishing, communications, public relations, content strategy, curriculum development, literacy specialist, research, and nonprofit or community roles.
The Bachelor of Arts in English emphasizes composition, language, and literature.
You will be introduced to various writing styles, the background and structure of the English language, a range of human experiences reflected in literature, and critical literary theory and analysis of texts.
Do you want to teach English in elementary or high school? You can also apply for the Teaching Diploma, to complement your English degree.
We provide outstanding education that will develop our graduates into competent communicators, analytical scholars, creative writers, and critical readers.
The Department of English offers an undergraduate degree. The department provides its students with foundational skills in the English language that will serve them in a variety of careers.
The department offers the following degree programs:
- Bachelor of Arts in English (BA)
The BA degree in English emphasizes composition, language, and literature. It introduces students to various writing styles, the background and structure of the English language, a range of human experience reflected in literature, and critical literary theory and analysis of texts. Students preparing to teach English at a scholastic level must apply separately for the Teaching Diploma. Students must complete 94 credits as follows:
General Education Courses
- COMM211 Communication Skills
- CPTR208 Foundations of Information Technology
- ENLG211 English Composition I
- ENLG212 English Composition II
- ENLG215 Research Methodology
- HLED135 Wellness 360
- PEAC101 Basic Physical Education
- PHIL241 Ethics in Modern Society
- RLGN274 God and Human Life
- SOCI200 Philosophy of Service
- ARAB101 Arabic for Beginners I
- ARAB211 Arabic Language Skills
- RLGN212 Jesus in His Time and Ours
- RLGN213 Old Testament Survey
- RLGN214 New Testament Survey
- RLGN281 Introduction to World Religions
- PSYC201 General Psychology
- SOCI210 General Sociology
Major Courses
- ENLG220 Introduction to Rhetoric
- ENLG310 Creative Writing
- ENLG315 Media Writing
- ENLG323 Teaching and Tutoring Writing
- ENLG423 Advanced Composition
- ENLG230 Introduction to Study of Language
- ENLG332 Language, Culture, and Society
- ENLG334 Phonetics and Phonology
- ENLG335 Methods for Teaching English as a Second Language
- ENLG338 Second Language Acquisition
- ENLG440 Advanced English Grammar
- ENLG445 Development of the English Language
- ENLG250 Literary Genres
- ENLG267 Literature for Children and Adolescents
- ENLG268 World Literature in English
- ENLG280 Drama
- ENLG361 English Literature
- ENLG363 Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
- ENLG365 American Literature
- ENLG471 Literary Criticism and Theory
