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Why Major in English?

The English major provides its students with a variety of setting-seminars, workshops, lectures, tutorials, journal-in which to learn about the ways writers and translators in English, from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex to West LA, have understood, imagined, and expressed the nature of the human condition.

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The Welcome Table

Meet Sydney Charles and Tatum Larsen, two literary journalism majors and talented storytellers. In their new video series, "The Welcome Table with Sydney and Tatum", Charles and Larsen spotlight the pivotal moments in the lives of Black faculty, staff, students and alumni in the School of Humanities. 

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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021-2022 UCI Writing Awards!
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The student to storyteller pipeline
UCI English Department offers undergrads career-launching fellowships and internships
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