English, B.A.
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
English is for everyone.
Whether your passion is to create, communicate, advocate, or investigate; whether you aspire to a career in education, law, business, the arts and creative culture, or even a STEM field; whether you know exactly where you’re headed or crave inspiration and critical tools to help forge your path, an English degree can help you get there.
Program Highlights
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Small Classes
Find community, collaborate and get personal attention in highly engaging discussion-based classes.
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Award-winning Faculty
Work closely with inspiring teachers: renowned scholars and writers who care about your ideas, well-being and success.
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Flexibility
Choose from 5 majors, 4 minors and a wide range of courses. A great double major or minor that adds value in any field.
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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
Composing clear and compelling written content for diverse audiences, contexts and platforms.
Communication
Exchanging information and ideas through speaking, writing or other means of expression
Analytical Reasoning
Breaking down complex problems or situations to identify patterns, connections and solutions
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Creativity
Thinking imaginatively, generating original ideas and expressing unique perspectives through art and innovation
Argumentation
Constructing evidence-based arguments developed from logical and informed interpretation of credible sources
Research
Gathering and analyzing information to increase knowledge or solve problems
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.
