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Careers in English

What can you do with a degree in English?

               anything you want to.

 

Top skills the English major develops:

  • critical thinking habits
  • an analytical mind
  • the ability to write clearly and cogently
  • confidence in oral communications
  • a keen sense of audience
  • the ability to think on your feet
  • ethnic and cultural awareness
  • independent thinking
  • organizational skills
  • research skills

 

Top careers for English majors:

  • writing
  • editing
  • publishing
  • teaching
  • law
  • advertising / marketing
  • human resources
  • business adminstration and management
  • library science

Want more information?  

Read an excerpt from English: A Degree for All Seasons, the introduction to Great Jobs for English Majors by Julie DeGalan and Stephen Lambert.

 

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