Careers with an English degree

Employers know that English graduates have effective communication skills, excellent project management skills, and creative approaches to problem-solving. You can build almost any career on the foundations of an English degree and will be flexible enough to adapt to changing work conditions in the future. Your English degree will prepare you for these careers by making you critical and intensive readers, clear and persuasive writers, and lateral and creative thinkers. 

Graduates of uWaterloo English have gone on to positions in:

  • Communications and Media Relations
  • Law
  • Teaching
  • Government and Not-for-Profit Leadership
  • Technical Writing, Editing
  • Marketing and Recruitment