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Why Hartwick?
Social media marketer. Litigator or estate planning lawyer. Filmmaker and producer. Fashion brand marketer. Journalist or political speech writer. High school teacher, university professor. C-suite executive. This is a sampling of the careers pursued by Hartwick College alums who majored in English.
Would you prefer to be a published author? A poet-world-traveler? Senior editor of a literary magazine? Creative Writing is one of three majors offered through the Literature, Media, and Writing Department, with our English with an Emphasis on Writing major completing the trio of current majors.
Many Career Paths
As an English major, you’ll develop skills in analytical, creative, and narrative writing, preparing you for a variety of careers across all sectors.
Your Faculty Advisor will consult with you to determine the ideal marriage of skills, evolving interests, and emerging career prospects. A Career Coach will connect you to internships, externships, and community-based experiences that will help you hone your focus. Your Alumni Mentor will suggest strategies for charting the course of your desired post-Hartwick pursuits.
EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES
Discover how original thought, wedded to powerful prose, can foster innovation, influence thinking, and drive social change.

Cross-collaboration is built into Hartwick’s curriculum. Your Faculty Advisor, partnering with your Success Coach, will help you to find the right courses to chart your academic, extracurricular, and activity-rich Hartwick experience!

Spend your J Term creating surrealist films or flash fiction in Iceland; or immerse yourself in the food, culture, and art of Spain or Ireland; or take part in the coveted Baker-Simpson Entrepreneurial Leadership Program.

Secure an exclusive paid appointment as a Writing Center Consultant who supports a fellow student’s quest to become a skilled writer. Record a podcast in our Media Production studio. Be a DJ at WHRO, Hartwick’s Radio Station. Intern as the Managing Editor of our literary magazine, Word of Mouth or Hartwick’s alumni magazine, The Wick.
THREE-YEAR BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAM
Ready to move faster? Get the full Hartwick English experience in three-quarters the time at three-quarters the cost.
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