The Career Center's Career Guide for English

Each Career Guide highlights curriculum requirements, as well as skills and abilities that may be developed and applied through each course of study. To complement the academic information, a range of interesting occupational opportunities are listed as a starting point for considering how academic experiences may translate to professional work settings. The Career Guide series represents a collaborative effort between The Career Center and numerous academic units.

English Language and Literature Advising

Students are encouraged to discuss their academic program and related concerns with an English department advisor. Appointments are scheduled on the English Department's website under academic advising. For questions of immediate concern or general questions about the major, students may speak with the Undergraduate Administrator by phoning 734.764.6330 or by coming to 3187 Angell Hall.

Peer Advising Program

The English Undergraduate Office offers Peer Advising hours where students can come in and ask questions about the various programs, and declare their major while getting a student’s perspective on what it’s like to be an English concentrator. Check on the website or in the main office for their advising hours.

English Language and Literature Faculty Listing

English Language and Literature Departmental Information

The Department of English focuses primary attention on the analysis and enjoyment of works of imaginative literature.

The English Department Writing Program

New England Literature Program

NELP is a University of Michigan academic program that takes place off campus during the Spring half-term. U-M faculty and other instructors teach the courses, and students earn regular U-M credit. The program takes place at Camp Wohelo on Sebago Lake in Maine. For six and a half weeks, 40 students and 13 U-M instructors live and work together closely, reading New England authors, writing, and exploring the New England countryside, its people, culture, and history.

Hopwood Awards

Under the terms of the will of Avery Hopwood, a member of the Class of 1905, the annual income from a generous endowment fund is distributed in prizes for creative work in four fields: dramatic writing, fiction, poetry, and the essay. Competition is open to qualified students enrolled in any school or college of the University. Entrants must, however, be enrolled in a designated writing course elected through the Department of English Language and Literature, the Residential College, the Department of Communication Studies, the Department of Theatre and Drama, or the Department of Screen Arts and Cultures. The Hopwood Program also administers 20 other writing and prize competitions. For full information about the conditions of competition contact the Hopwood Program Associate, 1176 Angell Hall, 734.764.6296.

Student Organizations

Xylem Magazine (Department of English)

Xylem is the Undergraduate English Association's annually published literary journal — a collection of the best prose, poetry and art by University of Michigan students. The journal not only exclusively features undergraduate work, but all aspects of publicity, production, and publication are entirely student-run.

Independent Study

Foreign/Non-Native Students of English

Foreign/Non-Native Students of English The Department of English does not currently offer courses geared towards the instruction of non-native English speakers. For information on courses of this variety, please review the information under the English Language Institute English Language Institute