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17. For an English major, courses such as Introduction to Literary Studies, one English course before 1800, one English course after 1800, a major authors class, and a Senior Capstone Seminar are all required at Houghton College in order to maintain an English Major.

29. Statistics!
Basically after reading this, I realized that this career is really not worth is because most of these jobs are becoming less and less available. As the technology field grows, more computers are editing the work so there is not jobs for the human editor, only journalism and actual writing jobs. Also, i will only get paid in big city areas. Rural tiny towns will not get paid much. I would be lucky to get a job in such a high end place.

Projections data from the National Employment Matrix

Occupational Title	SOC Code	Employment, 2008	Projected Employment, 2018	Change, 2008-18		Detailed Statistics
				Number	Percent
Authors, writers, and editors	—	281,300	303,300	22,100	8	—	—
Editors	27-3041	129,600	129,200	-400	0	[PDF]	[XLS]
Writers and authors	27-3043	151,700	174,100	22,500	15	[PDF]	[XLS]
NOTE: Data in this table are rounded. See the discussion of the employment projections table in the Handbook introductory chapter on Occupational Information Included in the Handbook.