For those with a passion for sharing their knowledge with others, teaching can be a hugely rewarding experience. Becoming an English professor can lead to wealth of teaching opportunities across the world. It also gives the chance for you to change the lives of the pupils under your tutorage.

The path to becoming a fully qualified English professor can be a long, difficult one and takes passion and a dedication towards learning. Prospective English professors first need to achieve good grades at school level in English and gain access to a good college. A grade in English will be required.

Once entry to college is achieved you should be looking to major in undergraduate English Literature and English. A serious student will try to aim towards grades in these subjects to pursue their aim of becoming a professor.

Minoring in education is also something that is worth considering, helping you to understand the workings of teaching in colleges and universities.

Whilst progressing with your studies, be sure to do lots of reading. Understanding the works of your favorite literates such as; Shakespeare or Orwell can help you incorporate their work into your teachings. Be sure not to read anything that you do not have particular interest in, this can lead you to becoming bored and disillusioned with your studies. Compile essays and bodies of work on the books that you read.

Once you have hopefully graduated from undergrad and gained your bachelor's degree in English you will need to progress your studies to the next level. Becoming a professor requires you to achieve more than one degree. The next step is to enroll in graduate school. If however, your aim is to teach in college then your bachelor's degree will help you achieve this.

Graduate school is where you will look to achieve the PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in English required to be a university professor. Studying towards your PhD is going to take up two to three years and constant coursework.

During your time in grad school, you should continue with your reading and writing, look towards writing in a style that is individual to you and will give you uniqueness in teachings.

If it is possible at the grad school you are attending, ask for opportunities to teach classes on a part-time basis whilst continuing to study, or maybe the chance to assist professors in classes and lectures. This can help you to understand the way in which day to day classes are run and let you see how experienced English professor's work. .

To gain your PhD you will be required to submit a dissertation or thesis in the way of a body of original and well researched work. The work you submit will need to be deemed worthy of publication. A panel of qualified, expert examiners will then review the dissertation and decide if the work is passable. If successful you will be awarded a PhD in English.

By: Michael Bayman

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