English, B.A.
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
Our English program offers diverse courses designed to challenge and inspire you in the classroom and beyond, providing you with adaptable skills for a changing world.
As an English major, you'll be part of a vibrant intellectual community and work closely with award-winning teachers who care about your ideas, wellbeing and success. Our department is unique in housing faculty from multiple disciplines and fields, providing you with wide-ranging perspectives, diverse skills and unique opportunities for research.
Program Highlights
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Exciting Courses
Study Shakespeare, Toni Morrison, creative or professional writing, rhetoric, or film, television, and comics.
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Award-winning Faculty
Work with dynamic teacher-scholars in small classes that facilitate individualized attention and collaborative conversation.
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Flexible Curriculum
Personalize your program of study within five English major options, including an M.T in Secondary Education in your fifth year.
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Highly Portable Skills
Impress employers in a range of fields by honing skills in communication, research, critical thinking, collaboration and more.
Building Skills
Gain the professional and personal intelligence it takes to have a successful career.
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Writing
Creating professional written content for inclusion in scholarly journal articles, books and reports
Critical Thinking
Analyzing and evaluating information to make informed decisions or judgments
Argumentation
Constructing evidence-based arguments developed from logical and informed interpretation of credible sources
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Communication
Exchanging information and ideas through speaking, writing or other means of expression
Multicultural Awareness
Understanding cultural variation and adapting behaviors and communication styles accordingly
Collaboration
Working with others to achieve a common goal or objective
Using your degree
Make your college experience the foundation for a successful future.
Learn how alumni use degrees with outcome data from Gamecock GradStats, a service of the University of South Carolina Career Center.
Potential Careers
- Communications Specialist
- Editor
- Journalist
- Lawyer
- Teacher
- Writer
Job Titles of Alumni
- Brand Strategist
- Editor-in-Chief
- Lawyer
- Judge
- Public Relations Manager
- Social Media Manager
Average Alumni Salary
Five to 10 years after graduation without additional education $59,669
Workplace Settings
- Business
- Education
- Journalism and Publishing
- Law
- Library and Information Science
- Media and Communication
Employers of Alumni
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Cyberwoven
- MailChimp
- Nelson Mullins
- Penguin Random House
- PepsiCo
I quickly became swept up in the power that stories hold in our society. I was immediately exposed to perspectives and worlds other than the ones I had known, and it gave me a newfound passion for storytelling as a means to change the world.
