Maggie's Farm

English major here. Use my major every day. My major got me into my career track and is seen regularly in job postings for technical writing and editing jobs all the time. If it were up to me, I'd add a couple of business writing courses to the English major track...which would include writing white papers and proposals, writing for marketing, editing and writing technical pieces, interviewing SMEs. Some colleges offer a Technical Writing major, but I believe even a smaller college with fewer choices for their students should offer at least one or two semesters of English in Business.

Yes, you can read books on your own, but honestly, there are many books, poems and plays I never would've read on my own if it weren't for the classes I took. Sometimes you have to be forced to read and analyze stuff in order to learn and grow. No way would I have read the number of Shakespeare plays and sonnets, if it weren't for my semester-long Shakespeare class. You cannot recreate that at home in your living room.

Sounds a lot like my path! I also went to a small, conservative Liberal Arts College. FYI, to those science-y type people: English majors edit your stuff because you can't write! (especially engineers...lord help me when I work with engineers!)