English Department

With a bachelor’s degree in English, students can pursue careers in fields such as education, writing, communications, marketing, library management, and publishing. Some graduates may also choose to apply to graduate programs, either to continue their study of literature in preparation for a career as a professor or to transition into other fields such as law or business. An English degree is highly versatile, and UNC Asheville graduates have gone on to meaningful careers as teachers, professional writers, journalists, entrepreneurs, and more.

Free and open to the public, the Visiting Writers Series connects students, faculty, staff, and the broader Asheville community with established authors to hear their work and the stories behind it. The Critical Perspective Series integrates diverse analytical insights of scholars, theorists, and critics from literary and cultural studies into English classrooms and beyond. A complement to our Visiting Writers series, Critical Perspectives bridges “creative” and “critical” work and features speakers who model various approaches and subjects in contemporary literary studies—from historical to cultural and theoretical to formal.