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English Department

​​​​The English department fosters analytical skills and creativity through a diverse, flexible ​curriculum that prepares students for a wide range of career opportunities. Its two tracks, literature and creative writing, feature exceptional faculty and students exploring classic and contemporary works in a vibrant community of readers and writers.

The English department provides students with the opportunity to pursue a variety of internships as well as editing publishing opportunities on campus and in Chicago. Students can also apply for English scholarships to help support their studies.

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Career Options

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<div class="ck-content"><p>Explore career options for English majors. Our graduates have found success in a wide variety of professions.</p></div>

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Editing and Publishing Journals
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Students have the opportunity to work with faculty on several department publications, including including Crook & Folly, Slag Glass City, Big Shoulders Books, Poetry East, and Blue Book.
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Crook & Folly
Crook & Folly is a student-run literary and arts magazine, featuring work by DePaul undergraduate and graduate students across various genres and mediums.
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Slag Glass City
Slag Glass City is a digital journal of the urban essay arts, engaged with sustainability, identity, and art in built environments.
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Big Shoulders Books
Big Shoulders Books produces books that engage intimately with the Chicago community and, in the process, give students in the MA in Writing and Publishing and English undergraduate programs hands-on, practical experience in book publishing.
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Poetry East
Poetry East is an international magazine of poetry, translations, criticism, interviews, and art. Poetry East is an independent magazine affiliated with DePaul University and based in Chicago, Illinois.
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DePaul's Blue Book
DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing is a one-of-its-kind annual anthology edited by a team of student editors from DePaul’s English, Journalism, and Writing, Rhetoric & Discourse departments.
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MAWP alum Jane Fox

"[My English] courses really taught me discipline. They just unlocked a part of my brain that hadn't been available to me. I was like, 'Oh, I can really be a novelist. I can do this.'" - Jane Fox (MAWP '19)  

Connect with us

The Underground, the English undergraduate student blog
Ex-Libris, the English graduate student blog

Read about some of our people and programs in the yearly English Department newsletter.