Bachelor of Arts in English

The English major at UT offers a first-rate education. Our students graduate with a thorough grounding in British, American, and world literature written in English and its cultural and historical contexts, yet our degree plan is flexible enough to allow students to concentrate in other areas of particular interest, such as creative writing or cultural studies. Just as importantly, English majors learn to articulate and defend their ideas, to turn research and critical thinking into cogent arguments, and to express themselves clearly and with style. Many students use the English major as a starting point for their chosen career or for post-graduate education. English majors work in such diverse fields as teaching and education, law, editing and publishing, advertising and marketing, freelance and technical writing, research, corporate communications, and government and public service, including Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and non-profit organizations.
The Department of English offers a handful of in-house internship opportunities. To be eligible for these internships, a student must have declared English as a major and earned a UT-Austin grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Most interns have also completed some upper-division English coursework. Each internship requires 12 (or more) hours of fieldwork per week. For additional information, including selection criteria for a particular internship, please click on the links below. Students selected for these internship opportunities register for English 367E. E 367E is offered on the pass/fail basis only, thus cannot count toward English major requirements, however, the course does count as an upper-division elective toward the Bachelor of Arts degree.

Your High School Transcripts and Any College Transcripts
Please submit documentation showing that you have completed (or will be completing) an accredited secondary school series equivalent to that of a U.S. high school. Please ensure your official record or transcript (mark sheet) shows your secondary work and grades (or marks) from 9th to at least the end of 11th grade. You will need to include 9th grade even if that work was completed at a different institution. You should also include copies of your official final examinations taken at the end of the secondary school program, including external exams such as the General Certificate of Education (GCE) O and A level examinations, school leaving certificates and matriculation exams. If you have earned any college credit (including dual credit) while in high school, submit official transcripts to UT Austin. Please provide official English translations together with the original language records.
High School Prerequisites - You must complete or be on track to complete certain high school coursework to be competitive for admission.
SAT/ACT Scores - Students should submit at least one set of scores directly from the testing agency. We do not require the SAT Essay or ACT Writing scores. Scores included in transcripts and copies of score reports dont meet this requirement. When you ask the testing agency to send your scores, use the codes the agencies have designated for UT Austin:
SAT 6882
ACT 4240
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Letters of Recommendation

TOEFL: 79 (internet-based test)
IELTS: An overall band of 6.5 on the Academic Examination