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Transform your love for reading, writing, and literature into a professional path. UMass Boston's English BA offers an adaptable and dynamic program that shapes your academic journey while creating opportunities across various fields. This program equips you to interact meaningfully with the world by connecting creative passions with essential modern skills: persuasive writing, textual analysis, independent research, and the capacity to articulate sophisticated concepts. English studies prepare you for today's digital age, where we constantly create and interpret texts in evolving formats.
Through this program, you will:
Refine analytical abilities by examining diverse literary works
Master written and verbal communication techniques for different professional settings
Expand global perspectives by studying international literary traditions
Career Opportunities
Cultivate your craft as an author working toward literary acclaim. Shape young minds as an English educator fostering appreciation for great works. Or apply your linguistic talents in communications roles that demand journalistic excellence. Whatever your aspirations, UMass Boston provides the foundation.
Potential career paths include:
Journalist
Attorney
Editor
Novelist
Content Writer
News Correspondent
Marketing Professional
Your future success at UMass Boston is important to us, and that begins with your high school curriculum.
All non-native speakers of English must demonstrate English language proficiency. Students can demonstrate proficiency by submitting the following exams:
TOEFL (79+)
IELTS (6.0+)
SAT (Evidence Based Reading & Writing (ERWS) component of 480+)
ACT (Reading and English component scores totaling 34)
Duolingo English Test (100+)