I’m interested in studying English but I’m not sure I want to become a literary critic. What do people with an undergraduate degree in English from Hopkins wind up doing?
Because English at the undergraduate level is a uniquely flexible discipline, there isn’t a single career path to which it leads but a wide range of options radiating outwards from it. A degree in English develops a variety of skills: reading, writing, arguing persuasively, pursuing independent research, and thinking critically about complex issues. Drawing upon this array, English majors graduating in the past five years have entered fields such as medicine, government, law, business, publishing, and media. As you might expect, some do decide, on the strength of their performance in the program, to pursue graduate studies in the humanities: many continue to study English literature, of course, but others have pursued graduate degrees in History, Philosophy, Psychology, and Education.
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