When students ask, "What can I do with an English major?" we respond, "What can't you do with an English major?" Join the Department of English to develop skills of text analysis and written expression and to gain a broad base of knowledge in the humanities. Ask us about designing your own Bachelor of Arts program that suits your needs and interests!
Did you know the the President of the University of Nebraska, J.B. Milliken, majored in English?
- Write for magazines
- Edit copy
- Work in museums
- Work in libraries
- Teach high school
- Teach middle school
- Teach college
- Coordinate Arts programming
- Go to law school
- Write grants
- Write for Newspapers
- Publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
- Have plays produced
- Work as administrators
- Write for television
- Alan Alda--actor, writer
- Russell Baker--journalist
- Dave Barry--humorist writer, actor
- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason--television writer/producer (Designing Women)
- Carol Browner--head of Environmental Protection Agency
- Chevy Chase--comedian, actor, writer
- Mario Cuomo--governor of New York
- Michael Eisner--Walt Disney CEO
- Jodi Foster--actress, filmmaker
- Kathryn Fuller--World Wildlife Fund CEO
- A. Bartlett Giamatti--Yale University president, Commisioner of Baseball
- Chris Isaak--songwriter, singer
- Stephen King--novelist
- Paul Newman--actor, food entrepreneur
- Sally Ride--astronaut
- Joan Rivers--comedian
- Diane Sawyer--broadcast journalist
- Paul Simon--songwriter, singer
- Steven Spielberg--filmmaker
- Superman (Christopher Reeve)--journalist, superhero
- Brandon Tartikoff--television executive
- Clarence Thomas--U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Grant Tinker--TV executive and producer
- Harold Varmus--Nobel Laureate in medicine, Director of National Institutes of Health
- Barbara Walters--broadcast journalist
- Sigourney Weaver--actress
- Pete Wilson--Governor of California
- BobWoodward--journalist, writer (All the President's Men)
(Thanks to Mississipi State University for the above list!)
Ten Jobs You Can Do with an English Degree
What Can I Do with a Major in English? UNC--Wilmington Career Center site
English Majors and Marketing
"Yeah, I'm an English Major -- wanna make somethin' of it?"