About the English Major

Words are power! English is by far the most flexible undergraduate degree you can get.

The English Major at CCSF offers a wide range of literature and creative writing classes. As an English Major, you will learn to read literature from diverse authors as a window into expression, art, and culture. You will hone your skills as a critical thinker and writer, and develop a deeper understanding of the power of narrative to humanize and translate the human experience and identity. Skills learned in literature and writing classes are the most sought after 21st center workforce skills.

Why study Literature?

English literature classes give you the opportunity to encounter texts that simultaneously reflect and shape the world around them. Some have endured for centuries, proving meaningful generation after generation, and revealing the ties that bind us across time. Others are newer, showing glimpses into different worlds and cultures, building a legacy that will endure for centuries to come. Whether old or new, texts help us understand the wondrous variety of human experience as well as understand how connected we are. Literature builds deep cultural and psychological insight, as well as empathy.

English majors have some of the highest acceptance transfer rates in law schools, MBA programs, and other professional degree programs. As an English major, you will be sought after in many fields because employers will know that you have mastered the power of communication. English majors study not just language, literature and culture, but also the arts of communicating persuasively and of thinking critically and creatively.