what jobs can you do when you get a B.A. in English?

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Teach B.A. course in English, write your novel or even movie scripts, how about being a poet, work for the media, trainee manager in customer service etc etc just any job that requires good language and communication skills

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An English degree prepares graduates to enter many different careers. Because of literature's emphasis on human values and human interaction, graduates are prepared to work in a variety of occupations including publicity, personnel, research, sales, teaching and training. Students with backgrounds in liberal studies are potential candidates for executive and management positions. Undergraduate English majors often elect to enter graduate school in library science, law, medicine, business, and international affairs, as well as English and communications. An English major has much to offer that is essential to our society and has a wide, rather than narrow, choice of career opportunities.

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With a BA and completion of the Licensure Program, you can teach in the public schools at the secondary level.

With a BA in English, you can teach English as a foreign language while living in foreign countries. An MA in TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) opens more opportunities abroad, but work in third-world nations may make frequent travel back to the States difficult because of low salary scales. Work in Japan, Korea, or Hong Kong, however, may mean high salary scales.

An MA, MFA, or Ph.D. opens teaching opportunities at colleges and universities. State Licensure is not required for teaching in a college or university.

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My friend who did a linguistic course in uni now works for a life office.

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what jobs can you do when you get a B.A. in English?

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There are many things you can do with a B.A. in English.

Researching what your career choice can be is a good start.

Check out the link. It is from a University and gives some ideas on career options for English Majors:http://www.waldorf.edu/academics/english/careers.htm

Check out this link to research your salary: http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/salary

If you have not already done so, go to your university's career development center to inquire what steps you should take.

Hope all works out.

God Bless.

Answer 6

I have a friend with similar degee majors she graduated & could only find work as a waitress she then discovered she could apply for a banking job with ANY major as long as she had her degree she has been in banking for @ 15 years while she does not love her job & it is far removed from her passions, she makes more than waiting tables she does some ESL community volunteer teaching one of her coworker bankers is a music major

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You can go into Marketing and PR. You can do copy editing/proofing for magazines. Executive assistant. Grant writer. Technnical writer. College recruiter. Gov't job.

The list is quite endless. When I started majoring in English, I always asked my professors what I could go into, and they always said "anything." Like you, I was looking for slightly more specific answers. Writing and communicating well is important in so many jobs. If there is something you are interested in, try to take some extra classes in it (like marketing) and do internships to build experience.

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That's interesting

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an English teacher =0)

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The ddegree itself will open all sorts of doors. Your career doesn't have to directly related like teaching or writing. You could do just about anything in industry or commerce that interests you - I hear that Mi5 are recruiting for spies!