The English department at UMass Lowell provides a rigorous, broad, and innovative education in writing, literature and theatre.

• You will build on your abilities to think, read and write critically in sophisticated and thoughtful ways. A degree in English prepares you for careers in teaching, journalism, law, corporate communications, media, technical writing and set design. If creative work is your forte, our faculty will help you find your voice, style and vision. 
• Choose between four concentrations: Creative Writing, Journalism and Professional Writing, Literature, and Theatre Studies. Each concentration offers a focused curriculum designed to develop career-ready skills. And you can take classes in other concentrations as well.
• Our curriculum mixes traditional and innovative courses and programs. You can study Shakespeare as well as Percival Everett and Toni Morrison; Old English and Artificial Intelligence; write poetry, fiction and journalism or design a theatre set; learn how to create social media campaigns and write for the web. We honor the past, analyze the present and look toward the future.
• We meet you where you are and take you where you want to go. Choose from dozens of internships and the opportunity to help manage our literary journal, The Offering. You’ll learn how to become a teacher or journalist, how to hone your creative writing for graduate school or publication. If you don't know where you want to go, we will help you envision and plan your pathway!
• Our award-winning faculty are laser-focused on teaching. Our faculty publish in major presses, design sets for well-known theatres and give scholarly presentations all over the world. But our focus is on teaching and mentoring our students. Keeping up to date in publishing and creative practice helps our faculty support students — modeling the scholarly and creative work they teach. 
• Join a supportive, student-centered department that builds community inside and outside the university. We host multiple events each year, partnering with other departments and the community. We deliver the resources and connections you need to succeed.