English Careers & Outcomes
MSUM English graduates pursue careers far beyond English or English teaching. With an English degree, you can explore career opportunities in technical writing, editing, publishing, marketing, advertising, public relations, politics, management and other disciplines in which solid communication skills are required – and that’s just about everywhere!
What can I do with a degree in English?
- Advertising copywriter
- Author
- Book critic
- Columnist
- Copy editor/copy reader
- Drama critic
- Dramatist/Playwright
- Editor
- Freelance writer
- Grant writer
- Journalist
- Market research analyst
- Publications researcher
- Public relations specialist
- Publisher
- Radio/television reporter
- Screenwriter
- Speechwriter
- Teacher
- Technical editor
- Technical writer
Related Links
- American Society of Journalists and Authors
- American Society of Newspapers Editors
- Association for Women in Communications
- Association of American Publishers
- Book Jobs
- Magazine Publishers of America
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Newspaper Publishing Association
- National Society of Newspaper Columnists
- National Writers Association
- Write Jobs
- Society for Technical Communications
- National Writer’s Union
- The Writer's Center
- Writer’s Guild of America, West
- Writer's Digest
- Writers Write
- Newspaper Guild
- Authors Guild