The Undergraduate UMass Boston Navitas GSSP is the first year of a bachelor’s degree program at UMass Boston. The Navitas GSSP consists of for-credit coursework and provides an academic and cultural bridge from the high school experience to studying at a university in the United States. When students successfully complete the UMass Boston Navitas GSSP, they will progress directly into the second year of their undergraduate degree program.

The study of English puts students in touch with works of power, beauty, and imagination—and empowers them to create those works themselves. The English major connects a passion for imaginative expression to some of today's most in-demand skills: analytical writing, critical interpretation, original inquiry and research, and the ability to discuss, debate, and develop complex ideas. English Major at University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) can:

• Allow students to express their passion for reading, writing, studying literature, and engaging with visual, verbal, and digital texts.
• Connect to professors in small discussion-based classes. Students hone their reading, writing, and thinking skills by working side-by-side with their professors and fellow students.
• Allows students to add areas of concentration to their major. Most majors do a straightforward English major of 11 courses. If students are interested in adding focus to the major, they can concentrate in creative writing, professional writing, or Irish studies, or work toward teaching licensure as part of the English major.
• Offer numerous extracurriculars, ranging from the Sigma Tau Delta Honors Society to the Literary Theory Reading Group.   
• Offer internships as a capstone option.
• Prepares students for jobs by offering a one-credit mini-course on “English 457: Careers in English and Preparing for the Job Market”

The English department offers exciting events—such as guest speakers, creative writing readings, and six-word story and Twitter poetry contests—that are free and open to the UMass Boston community.