English degree
Writing-focused college credential
An English degree is an undergraduate or graduate qualification in the study of English language, literature, or both.
The curriculum typically covers literary analysis, composition, and critical theory.
English degrees lead to careers in writing, education, publishing, and law—though holders often field jokes about job prospects: What are you going to do with an English degree?
- literatureBody of written works
- literary theorySystematic study of texts
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
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