Careers in English

Some students may wish to go on to obtain a teaching credential. Students who wish to teach English at the middle or high school level usually pursue a Single Subject Teaching Credential Program. At SF State, this program is overseen by the College of Education.

While the Department of English does not itself offer secondary school teaching credentials, it does offer a Concentration in English Education as part of its B.A. program which is designed to prepare undergraduate students for a Single Subject Teaching Credential program.

Surveys of students who have graduated with any one of SF State’s Department of English degrees indicate that our graduates go into a number of diverse careers including:

• Technical Writing
• Website Design
• Government and Research
• Translation
• Lexicography
• Advertising
• Law
• Business
• Forensics
• Web Programming
• Non-Profit
• Fundraising
• Publishing
• Public Relations