English

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The Department of English offers a practical, multidisciplinary and flexible array of courses that prepares students for a variety of career and educational paths. The department’s community of engaged and award-winning scholars offers a wealth of knowledge in a wide range of literature specializations, as well as innovative and interdisciplinary expertise in the fields of print and material culture studies, film studies, Black cultural studies, disability studies, journalism and environmental humanities.

Wh​y UD English? 

  • Read, Write, Live Graduating on time matters. Getting a job matters. But those aren't the only reasons to major in English. Studying English, you will create, analyze, contextualize and explain texts from classic literature to the documents that drive the corporate world. 
  • UD English Education graduates are highly sought after. From 2016-2020, 91% of alumni survey respondents were employed as full-time teachers; approximately 5% were employed in other fields; and the rest were full-time graduate students.

 

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