Pursuing a pathway in Law, Advocacy, and Public Engagement can lead to more than just a job.  It helps you make an impact and promote the public good. Whether composing a closing argument for a criminal case, helping a farmer protect their investments, or advising a company on contract negotiations, lawyers rely on their critical reading, thinking, and communication skills.  Forensic linguists use their knowledge of language and their ability to read and analyze texts to help with legal and criminal investigations.  If you want to work in a collaborative and engaged environment, building connections between your employer and schools, community groups, or the general public, consider a career as an outreach coordinator.  Or imagine yourself as a grant writer, helping a non-profit secure funding to support literacy programs for young people.

Choose this pathway if you want to solve complex problems, make connections, or work for change.

If you have additional questions regarding career pathways, please contact your academic advisor.

Possible careers

  • Foreign Service Officer
  • Forensic Linguist
  • Grant writer
  • Lawyer
  • Outreach Coordinator
  • Researcher

Possible courses

The courses listed below are options available if you are interested in a career in Law, Advocacy, and Public Engagement, allowing you to customize your degree and build expertise relevant to your career interests. Please check out the schedule of classes for availability and meet with your academic advisor to create your academic plan that meets the requirements for your major.

  • ENGL 2220: Artificial Intelligence and Writing
  • ENGL 3080: Writing Women’s Lives
  • ENGL 3090: Proposal and Report Writing
  • ENGL 3100: Rhetorical Analysis
  • ENGL 3120: Communicating Science and Public Engagement
  • ENGL 3220: Language and Society
  • SPCM 3240: Legal Communication
  • SPCM 3120: Business and Professional Speaking
  • ENGL 3390: Literary Theory and Criticism
  • ENGL 3700: Shakespeare
  • ENGL 4770: Seminar in Technical Communication

Frequently asked questions

The courses listed for each pathway are options available if you are interested in a career in the particular pathway, allowing you to customize your major or minor and build expertise relevant to your career interests. Please check out the schedule of classes for availability and meet with your academic advisor to create your academic plan.

No, the pathways are resources to help you identify courses that are relevant to your career interests and to customize your degree program.

Absolutely!

No, the pathways are resources to help you customize your major and are not degree programs or certificates.