Is an English Degree useless?

pyewacket
Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:14:43 +0000

When I was in college, someone asked the chairman of the English Dept.–“what do English majors do after they graduate?”

He replied, “They shed light!”

Few liberal arts BAs lead directly to jobs but if you add practical internships during college and a one or two year MA program after colllege, there are many professions where an intensive English background would be an advantage–any job where expert reading, analyzing, interpreting, writing and speaking skills + creativity and imagination are in demand. Or you could travel the world and teach English as a Foreign Language!