English
What is English? | Related Career Titles |
Related Major Skills | Job & Internship Search Links |
Career Planning Links | Professional Association Links |
Miscellaneous Resources Links | UNCW Dept. of English |
What is English?
Students in English can choose from an exciting variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in such areas as American, British, and world literature; the English language and linguistics; professional writing, including technical writing, business writing, and journalism; expository writing, rhetoric, and composition; and teacher training. It is knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Related Career Titles
Account Executive | Editor, Film/Video | Literary Agent |
Actor/Actress | Editor, Magazine | Loan Officer |
Administrative Assistant | Editor, News | Lobbyist |
Administrator | Editor, Newspaper | Magazine Writer |
Advertising Copywriter | Editor, Publications | Management Trainee |
Analyst | Editor, Publications | Manuscript Reader |
Artist | Editor, Writer | Market Research |
Analyst | Editorial Assistant | Marketing Specialist |
Attorney | Education & Training | Marketing Writer |
Author - Fiction Non-Fiction | Educational Program Specialist | Mass Media |
Assistant Scientific Writer | Entertainment Agent | Media Planner |
Bank Officer | Fashion Merchandiser | Medical Records |
Biographer | Foreign Correspondent | Narrator |
Book Critic | Freelance Writer/Consultant | Novelist |
Business Manager | Fundraiser | Paralegal |
Circulation Assistant | Greeting Card Writer | Paralegal Assistant |
City Manager | Hearing Officer | Personnel Manager |
College Professor | Hotel & Motel Manager | Playwright |
Columnist/Commentator | Human Resource Specialist | Poet |
Comedy Writer | Human Service Practitioner | Politician |
Communications Manager | Humorist/Comedian | Probation and Parole Officer |
Congressional Aide | Information Abstractor | Product Manager |
Copywriter | Insurance Agent | Program Manager |
Corrective Therapist | Interior Designer | Proofreader |
Creative Writer | Interpreter & Translator | Property Manager |
Critic, Art/Book | Investment Counselor/Manager | Public Administrator |
Crossword Puzzle | Journalist | Public Relations Specialist |
Curator | Labor Relations Specialist | Public Speaker |
Customer Service | Lawyer | Publicity Assistant |
Desktop Publisher | Legal Assistant | Publisher |
Director | Librarian | Publishing Assistant |
Radio-TV Commentator | Sales Representative | Special Events Coordinator |
Radio-TV Newscaster | Sales/Service Manager | Speech Writer |
Reading Consultant | Script Reader | Sports Writer |
Reporter | Singer/Voice | Stockbroker |
Research Assistant | Teacher | Talent Agent |
Researcher/Pollster | Social Welfare Examiner | Teacher (all levels) |
Retail Sales | Social Worker | ESL Teacher |
Technical Consultant | Translator | Writer |
Technical Writer | Underwriter | Documentation Specialist |
Training Specialist | Video Scriptwriter/Producer |
Related Major Skills
Influencing and persuading | Presenting alternative view points | ||
Clarifying ideas | Making oral presentations | ||
Problem solving | Developing hypotheses | ||
Comparing interpretations | Summarizing ideas | ||
Thinking independently | Editing skills | ||
Creative writing | Oral and written communication skills |
Job & Internship Search Links
Handshake -- UNCW's Online Job & Career Portal
Online journal and job site for higher education
TV Jobs: Broadcast Employment Services
Advertising and Media Jobs Page
Career Planning Links
Careers for English Majors (PDF)
Careers in English (from Villanova web site)
Professional Association Links
Magazine Publishers of America
National Newspaper Publishing Association
Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network
Association of American Publishers
Association of Directory of Publishers
Investigative Reporters & Editors
Miscellaneous Resources
City and Regional Magazine Publishers
Educational Paperback Association
International Publishers Association
Book Binders West: Industry Resources
Authorlink: Information Services for Writers, Editors, Literary Agents and Publishers
Selected Publishers (index of sites)
The Ultimate Collection of News Links (5,900+ US & International online newspapers)
Broadcasters: Index of Internet Resources