The study of English involves learning about language, history, usage, and the shifting cultural contexts within the English-speaking world. The English Department at the University of Georgia is a diverse scholarly community of over 40 faculty and 600 undergraduates who are committed to preserving, transmitting, and extending the rich cultural legacy of the English language. At the core of this mission lies the complex skills of reading and writing which help to develop critical and creative thinking, articulate self-expression, and a broad knowledge of literature.
Majors take a wide variety of courses; participate in the verbal worlds of other times and places; draw on a full range of linguistic tools, historical knowledge, and interpretive experience; and enhance appreciation for expressive possibility through a sophisticated and practical grasp of the central role that language plays in the preservation of human institutions.
English is an excellent pre-professional major, whether the goal is to study law, medicine, or literature. Graduates find careers in public relations, management positions, technical writing, publishing, business, teaching, and others that demand writing, interpretation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Study Abroad Options: Study Tour in Xalapa, Mexico; UGA Writers' Institute at Oxford; year-round study at Oxford University