Victory University Leads through English – English Majors, the evergreen stream for learners

English – the music to the soul. The world would never have been so united, had this blissful language English not existed to soothe our ears. And to add to it, the most wonderful of the literature in the world has been written in the English language. To add more to the surprise, one gets all of this together at the Victory University (VU).

English is beautiful in every way possible. It embraces people across the world and unites them under the same cloud of oneness.

Learning English through literature, history, poetry, prose, etc. and vice versa is not an education alone. It is an experience. Probably, the best way to experience the history of the world.


VU offers a chance to the students to experience the same through an English major course. The course is also designed to engage the student community and the faculty alike, in a Christian Worldview through arts and literature of English language.

English Majors at Victory

The University offers the English major course as a 120-hour credit degree program called ‘Bachelor of Arts in English’. This course is available as both on-campus and online. It is made sure that by the end of the course, the students get well versed in the following:

• Reading and grasping ability of imaginative writing works


• Familiarity with major genres of literature


• Sensibility towards the literary history


• Ability to write rhetorically


• Ability to relate theology to culture


• Ability to apply the education knowledge in their future careers

Learning through Literature

An English major at Victory University is a great opportunity for students to know the history of the world they live in through the best available format – the literature. By reading and learning literature, the gains attained by a student in his/her own life are enormous. Literature helps a student to:

• Understand the language in all of its complexities


• Improve the language skills and communication skills such as speaking, writing, and comprehension


• Develop empathy


• Develop decision-making abilities through experience gained while learning and understanding historical incidents


• Understand history better in its true meaning


• Understand religious faiths, values, and various cultures that have existed for centuries and exist even now in our society


• Learn different ideas and communicate them more efficiently

Career options with a Major in English

Are you wondering what you would be doing after immersing yourself in the world of literature for 4 years? Well, you can continue your passion towards the subject and its amazing treasure throughout your life. Even better, you can spread the passion and knowledge you have gained during the course to others and try to make the world a better place.

In the real world, however, as an English major student, following are some of the career prospects that you can look forward to:

• A teaching profession as a Professor in a college or a teacher in a school. You can upgrade your knowledge and skills through various other higher education courses and go on to become even Doctorate holders in the subject and prove yourself as a thought leader.


• A profession as a trainer of English language and train non-native English speakers who come to our country for higher education and for various other jobs or related purposes;


• You can also consider career opportunities in the Library sector if you want to be surrounded by your favorite things all the time – the books!

Few other job options would be interpreters, authors, editors, writers, communication specialists, and so on. Of course, for some of these careers, you might need a certificate course or a special training to be job ready. But English major would definitely serve as a strong base for your whole career in the language sector.

The world is connected through Facebook and technology is all booming, and thanks to it that both English and literature live amongst us through them. For sure, this language does not seem to be declining in its position anytime sooner.

Congratulations if you have already made the decision to dive into this world of realized dreams.