This degree focuses on important skills--reading, writing, analysis, reasoning, oral presentation--as well as on the historical roots of contemporary problems. It features a core course in writing about literature as well as two senior seminars. Internships are available and encouraged.

Complete at least one 200 level English course that satisfies both the JMU General Education requirement and one of the foundational English requirements.

• Create a schedule for all required courses, pay attention to prerequisites and when courses are offered, complete your first math and English courses in your first year
• Connect with an advisor at your community college and James Madison University within your first year via College Connect

The English major is modest at 36 credit hours and allows students to manage double majors and minors. The Creative Writing minor is a popular program for English majors, but students can also combine the major with minors in African, African-American, and African Diaspora Studies; American Studies; Environmental Humanities; Latin American, LatinX and Caribbean Studies; Medical Humanities; Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and many others.

Our graduates have recently won prestigious Fulbright Fellowships and taken jobs in such diverse fields as public health, journalism, social media management, rare book librarianship, marketing, non-profit management, and the like. Recent English majors have pursued graduate work at Duke University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Notre Dame University, University of San Diego, Rice University, Florida State University, and at Harvard Law School.

• Completing your Associate transfer degree post-high school satisfies all lower division general education requirements and increases the chance of completing your bachelor's degree?
• Exceeding 3 years or 90 credits at your community college means you may have exhausted your financial aid at that college and have limited your future financial aid at: James Madison University