Explore undergraduate studies in English
Choose your path
English offers 9+ specializations, certificates, and concentrations.
Many of our specializations and certificates are open to students from any major. In addition, English majors may also choose to concentrate their studies in Literature; Creative Writing; or Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies.
English Major Requirements
Learn about requirements for our major, minor, and concentrations within Creative Writing and Writing, Rhetoric, Literacy.
Careers & Internships
You'll find plenty of resources—workshops, seminars, advising, and more—to help you explore your career options beyond your undergraduate time in English at UMass.
Get involved and make lasting connections
The English Department has many thriving clubs and specialized communities. These communities have developed, for instance, around our popular specializations, study abroad opportunities, and student-run organizations, and our literary magazine Jabberwocky.
Meet our students
Explore all our profilesSpotlight on a Student: Marina Goldman, Editor in Chief of Jabberwocky
The more time goes by, though, the more items I’m adding to my list of future jobs… Social media marketing, publication, satirical journalism, editing. My dream English degree job, which I’ll have to work my way up to, is being a novelist. So long story long, I want to do a lot with my English degree.
