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Jimellow · 04-20-2006, 11:39 AM

I graduate from college with a BA in English in May and was curious about what you can do with such a degree?

I'm aware it is not a focused degree, such as criminology, anthropology, or one of the sciences, and that was ultimately what drew me to the degree in the first place. I majored in English because it interests me and I love reading, and not because it would fulfill the requirement for a job I could get after graduating with such a degree.

That being said, I am about to graduate, and I would appreciate your responses as to what jobs, or type of jobs, an English degree will be worthwhile in pursuing. IE, what types of jobs will have prospective employers saying, "Neat, you have a degree in English!"

If any of you do have an English degree, I'd be very interested to hear how, or if, your degree factored into your current, or previous, employment.

Furthermore, what kind of jobs are out there that would interest an English major? I like reading, can write well, and have an open mind and a reasonable backing in literature, both through college and leisure reading, which I am doing constantly.

My employment thus far has not related to English much at all, but instead physical labor, and now management responsibilities. I am not familiar with what one can do with an English degree, and unfortunately (in the employment sense) my senior seminar class in college focused more on differentiating between the various eras of literature and their authors than it did what you can do with such a degree after graduation, which is where I am at currently.

04-20-2006, 11:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jimellow Junkie	What can you do with an English degree? I graduate from college with a BA in English in May and was curious about what you can do with such a degree? I'm aware it is not a focused degree, such as criminology, anthropology, or one of the sciences, and that was ultimately what drew me to the degree in the first place. I majored in English because it interests me and I love reading, and not because it would fulfill the requirement for a job I could get after graduating with such a degree. That being said, I am about to graduate, and I would appreciate your responses as to what jobs, or type of jobs, an English degree will be worthwhile in pursuing. IE, what types of jobs will have prospective employers saying, "Neat, you have a degree in English!" If any of you do have an English degree, I'd be very interested to hear how, or if, your degree factored into your current, or previous, employment. Furthermore, what kind of jobs are out there that would interest an English major? I like reading, can write well, and have an open mind and a reasonable backing in literature, both through college and leisure reading, which I am doing constantly. My employment thus far has not related to English much at all, but instead physical labor, and now management responsibilities. I am not familiar with what one can do with an English degree, and unfortunately (in the employment sense) my senior seminar class in college focused more on differentiating between the various eras of literature and their authors than it did what you can do with such a degree after graduation, which is where I am at currently. __________________ Desperation is no excuse for lowering one's standards.