Are you interested in: 

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

The English 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  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’s capital city and Research Triangle Park
  • Write for the Meredith Herald, the weekly newspaper; The Colton Review, an arts and literary journal; or The Oak Leaves, the yearbook
  • Tutor at the learning center
  • Join the Colton English Club
  • Participate in MeredithReads
    
    

Professional associations:

• Association for Business Communication www.businesscommunication.org
• College Composition and Communication www.ncte.org/cccc/ccc
• International Reading Association www.reading.org/
• Modern Language Association www.mla.org
• National Association of Professional Writers www.naiwe.com
• National Council for Teachers of English www.ncte.org
• North Carolina English Teachers Association www.ncenglishteachersassociation.org
• Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society www.english.org
• Society for Technical Communication www.stc.org
• Writers Guild of America www.wgaeast.org
  
  

Career outlook:

Advertising, promotions, and marketing manager
College instructor/professor
Editor
Elementary, middle, or high school teacher
Grant writer
Journalist
Librarian
Public relations specialist
Science writer
Technical writer
Writer or author

Additional information:

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