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English

Career paths to take with an English degree from Ohio State...
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Brock Cunningham ('98)

Teacher & Coach

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Morgan DeWitt ('19)

Politics

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Jeffery Kuhn ('02)

Instructional Design

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Daniel Bradshaw ('08)

Marketing

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Natalie Walston Abbott ('94)

Author & Teacher

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Austin King ('13)

College Readiness

An English degree will prepare you to:

  • think critically about a range of written and mediated messages
  • construct sound arguments based on evidence
  • write creatively and elegantly
  • design texts in a variety of media
  • understand the historical and cultural contexts in which texts are produced and received
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