English

• AUM English majors have undertaken internships in writing and editing, leading to full-time employment in such well-known organizations as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, New South Publishing, and United Business Media.
• The Department houses several publications, both student- and faculty-run, and students have additional opportunities for hands-on experience through these publications.
• The Department is especially successful in working with students to get them in print in off-campus publications with national and even international reach.
• The Department prides itself on a faculty of teacher-scholars whose active scholarly agendas enable them to bring the latest theories and research in English Studies to bear on their classroom teaching and to provide students with opportunities for mentored research.

Note: While salaries vary depending on several factors including your level of experience, education and training, and geography and industry, here is a sampling of the future job growth and salaries nationally.

An English degree will equip you for numerous fulfilling careers. Employment of media and communication occupations is projected to grow 4 percent from 2018 to 2028, about as fast as the average for all occupations, which will result in about 27,600 new jobs. Demand for media and communication occupations is expected to arise from the need to create, edit, translate, and disseminate information through a variety of different platforms. The median annual wage for media and communication occupations was $57,530 in May 2018, which was higher than the median annual wage for all occupations of $38,640.

Department of English and Philosophy
Auburn University at Montgomery
Liberal Arts 337
334-244-3376
twoods11@aum.edu

• Jonathan Wright and Bebe Barefoot received the prestigious Hudson Strode Scholarship to study for their doctorates at the University of Alabama.
• Deborah Solomon published seven articles as an AUM student, then received a full scholarship at Florida State University, where she served as the managing editor of The Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies. She is now a faculty member at in the English Department at Auburn University.

For a full review of this program in detail, please see our official online catalog AND consult with an academic advisor.