Depending on the chosen area of concentration, English students at Western Washington University will attain the following skills:

• Preparation in national and global literatures and cultures, creative writing, critical and cultural theory, film and media, pedagogy, composition and rhetoric, technical writing, professional writing, editing and publishing, and linguistics
• Teaching experience (if awarded a teaching assistantship or internship)
• Professional editing with scholarly and creative writing journals, such as the Bellingham Review
• Professional communication, oral and written
• Competency in the use of classroom and communications technologies
• Awareness of diversity, educational equity, and social justice issues
• Awareness of ethical and reflective pedagogical practices