English majors not only learn how to improve their reading and writing skills—they also gain numerous marketable job skills. 

Our students hone their public speaking and time management skills and learn how to collaborate, research, and problem solve, gaining cultural awareness in the process.


Flexible career choices. Valuable career skills.

Department News

November 4, 2025

Surgeon-Poet Tells the Tale of Patient and Physician

From the chemistry labs of Yale to the operating rooms at Duke, the journey for Joey Lew ’19 M.F.A., M.D. is anything but typical….

August 19, 2024

Remembering Fred Chappell

Honoring the life of Fred Chappell, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina and UNC Greensboro Professor Emeritus.

July 11, 2024

Read a Book by a UNCG Professor This Summer

Each summer, the College of Arts & Sciences at UNCG shares a list of books published by its professors over the past year. The follo…

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