English study

English study is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the United Kingdom, the US, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics, etc.

More broadly, English studies explores the production of and analysis of texts created in English (or in areas of the world in which English is a common mode of communication). In most English-speaking countries, the literary and cultural dimensions of English studies are typically practiced in university departments of English, while the study of texts produced in non-English languages takes place in other departments, such as departments of foreign language or comparative literature.

English linguistics is often studied in separate departments of linguistics. This disciplinary divide between a dominant linguistic or a literary orientation is one motivation for the division of the North American Modern Language Association (MLA) into two subgroups. 

The English Major (alternatively "English concentration" or "B.A. in English" is a term in the U.S. and a few other countries for an undergraduate university degree focused around the consumption, analysis, and production of texts in the English language. The term may also be used to describe a estudent who is pursuing such a degree.

Stundents who major in English reflect upon, analyse, and interpret literature and film, presenting their analyses in clear, cogent writing. Although help-wanted postings rarely solicit English majors specifically, a degree in English hones critical thinking skills essential to a number of career fields, including writing, editing, publishing, teaching and research, adevertising, public relation, law, and finance.