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Are you interested in:聽

• Reading and discussing great novels, poems, and plays
• Expressing yourself creatively
• Building career-focused writing skills
  
  

罢丑别听English聽major chooses to make language and literature the source of intellectual growth and career preparation. In the classroom community, students explore imaginative worlds and tackle complex questions. Along the way, students develop skills that lead to successful careers in professional writing and editing, marketing and entrepreneurship, project management, and teaching.

Types of jobs:

• Education
• Social media
• Journalism
• Nonprofit management
• Editing
• Professional writing
• Project management
• Public administration/government
• Museum installation/design
• Publishing
• Public relations
• Advertising/marketing
• Library science
  
  

Attend graduate school for:

• Literature, creative writing, or rhetoric
• Digital communication
• Law
• Paralegal program
• Education
• Business
• Library information systems
  
  

Options for the major:

• B.A. in English
• Double major or minor in any additional related area of interest
• Specific electives as needed for licensure requirements聽 in elementary, middle, or high school teaching
• Consider the following second major or minor:
  • Professional writing and media
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Graphic design
  • Business
  • Foreign language
• Experiential opportunities
  • Intern at leading companies and organizations in North Carolina鈥檚 capital city and Research Triangle Park
  • Write for the聽Meredith Herald, the weekly newspaper;聽The Colton Review, an arts and literary journal; or聽The Oak Leaves, the yearbook
  • Tutor at the learning center
  • Join the Colton English Club
  • Participate in MeredithReads
    
    

Professional associations:

• Association for Business Communication聽
• College Composition and Communication聽
• International Reading Association聽
• Modern Language Association聽
• National Association of Professional Writers聽
• National Council for Teachers of English聽
• North Carolina English Teachers Association聽
• Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society聽
• Society for Technical Communication聽
• Writers Guild of America聽
  
  

Career outlook:

Additional information:

Meredith’s English major 禄

Where do Meredith English majors go after graduation? The top four choices are teaching, graduate school, writing and editing, and media and technology!