The English department provides students with the opportunity to study American/English Literature, Literature Criticism, Interpretive Theory/Studies, as well as interdisciplinary work such as Drama (or performance studies), Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, etc. May also include creative writing, poetry, and other trainings. I graduated from the English department in Taiwan, and is now teaching in a university in US.
IMO, it's very rude to tell you sister what to do and what not to do according to your own bias.