English

Turn your passion for sharing information and telling stories into a profitable career with an English degree from SMC.

The degree will fine tune your creative, analytical, critical thinking, and communications skills and prepare you to apply those skills in a variety of roles across a wide range of industries, including teaching, journalism, public relations, medicine, law, tech, entertainment, and more. A degree in English can take you literally anywhere you want to go.

• About the Degree

  Whether you aspire to be a writer, work as an editor, teach at the secondary or post secondary level, or become an advertising professional, you can get your start at SMC.

  Our English degree will develop you into a strong reader, organized writer, detailed researcher, and critical thinker who understands how to analyze and share information. You'll take the general education courses required by most degrees so that you can easily transfer. But the program also lets you choose more specific pathways through literature-focused or creative writing-focused courses.

  Adding to this versatility, you'll be exposed to business writing, mass media writing, film studies, pop culture, and gender studies. You’ll graduate eager to dive deep into English or a more specific degree at the university level confident in your skills as a writer and critical thinker.

  The Associate in Arts in English is a two-year degree designed to transfer to four-year schools for a bachelor’s degree in English or related fields.

• What You’ll Learn

  View the full curriculum guide for the Associate in Arts in English.

• What Can I Do With an English Degree?

  The skills gained with an English degree can be useful for a wide variety of roles. Graduates are well suited for work as a writer, editor, or teacher and are also great fits for positions in advertising, corporate communications, social media, content writing, journalism, and more.

  Careers and Salaries

  Career Option	Salary
  Editors:	$75,020
  Postsecondary Teacher:	$84,380
  Public Relations Specialists:	$66,750
  Technical Writers:	$80,050
  Writers and Authors:	$73,690

  2023 median pay. Source: The Bureau of Labor Statistics.