The English Department offers a major in English, a major in English with a Writing Concentration, and a major in English with Education Minor. The department also offers an English minor and a Writing minor.
Many student opportunities are available through the Gettysburg College English Department, and the English Department is also home to The Writing Center.

New York City is the capital of book publishing in the United States - which is why English Professors Fred Leebron and Kathryn Rhett have taken students there for the last 12 years to meet with both publishing industry leaders and those just commencing their careers.