<p>I have taken a wide variety of courses throughout the course of my year being in college. I have taken Intro to Psychology as well as Abnormal Psychology. I have taken English 101 as well as English 105: Honors Critical Think/Writing. I am taking History 111: Honors US History to 1877.
I have a wide variety of choices of routes to take; i.e. English, Psychology, History.
I have currently decided that English is the route I want to pursue. However, I have been rethinking what an English major entails. I guess I erroneously perceived that an English major entails writing. After looking at what some people here are talking about, I am getting a different view on it. Without interpreting what people are saying here, what does an English major entail; composition, literary analysis, etc.?
I am taking English as a pre-law degree. I am now beginning to think History would be a better choice.</p>
<p>English entails A LOT of writing, especially in upper-level classes. What kind of writing were you looking for? Were you interested in Creative Writing or critical writing? As you get into more advanced classes the writing and thinking requirements will be much more demanding, complex, and rewarding.</p>
<p>The exact same goes for history, too.</p>
<p>The traditional English major, is, I think, based mostly on reading literature and analyzing it. There are English majors and other English-related majors, like a Creative Writing major, that allow you to not necessarily write more, but to write...creatively, I suppose.</p>
<p>And as a side note, I have one friend who is planning on double majoring in English and History and another who is planning on double majoring in Psych and English.</p>
<p>I am into any sort of writing. I enjoy creative and technical writing. Every once and a while I write a story. More often I write dissertation-like debate essays. I guess I am going to be need to think very intensively about English or History.</p>
<p>Hm. Have you thought about philosophy?</p>
<p>California, I'm in a similar situation. Writing has always been a passion of mine but I have also considered law school in the future. An English major helps with critical reading and writing skills that are essential in law school so don't dismiss it just yet. </p>
<p>What you may want to look in to is an English major with an emphasis in creative writing (if not a full blown creative writing major, but in that case a double major might be a good idea for law school). The emphasis will include writing workshops, typically across multiple genres with a focus in one, as well as literature classes, theory and composition. As URichmond said, if you have interests that overlap fields a double major may work for you.</p>