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Department of English

We’re driven to explore language — written and spoken — to enrich lives and impact change in the world. Together, we foster a greater appreciation for the role human creativity plays in society. In addition to professional and public writing, students of all majors can pursue their interests through a minor in English or certificates in linguistics, film or exile studies.  

Degrees & Programs

  • Undergraduate


    Consult the Undergraduate Catalog for more information.

  • Graduate


    Consult the Graduate Catalog, the Linguistics Catalog or the MFA Catalog for more information.

  • Certificates


    Consult the Certificates Catalog for more information.

  • Courses

    Summer 2024 Schedule

     

    American Literature prior to 1900
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    AML 3042Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability StudiesKelleyOnline
    AML 4612Literature of the Harlem Renaissance PeriodWeir-SoleyOnline

     

    British Literature After 1660 and American Literature After 1900
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    LIT 4356Cuban-American LiteratureGrafalsMMC
    AML 3042Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability StudiesKelleyOnline

     

    Multicultural Literature
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    LIT 4356Cuban-American LiteratureGrafalsMMC
    LIT 3006Introduction to Film StudiesBentley-BakerOnline
    AML 3042Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability StudiesKelleyOnline
    ENG 3703Studies in MetaphorTrauvitchOnline
    AML 4612Literature of the Harlem Renaissance PeriodWeir-SoleyOnline

     

    Film
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    FIL 3006Intro to Film StudiesBentley-BakerOnline
    ENG 4121History of FilmStrycharskiONline

     

    Theory
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    LIT 4356Cuban-American Literature GrafalsMMC
    AML 3042Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability StudiesKelleyOnline
    LIT 3703Studies in Metaphor TrauvitchOnline
    AML 4612Literature of the Harlem Renaissance PeriodWeir-SoleyOnline

     

    Fall 2024 Schedule

     

    British Literature Prior to 1660
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    ENL 4333Shakespeare TragediesDickson BBC
    ENL 4215Medieval Monstrosity BlattOnline (GL)
    ENL 3134Medieval HollywoodBlattOnline

     

    American Literature prior to 1900
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    LIT 4536Multi-Cultural Working Class Women's LiteratureWeir-SoleyBBC
    AML 3042Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability StudiesKelley Online
    AML 4213Studies in Colonial and Early American Literature: Pirate LiteratureKelleyOnline

     

    British Literature After 1660 and American Literature After 1900
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    LIT 4536Multi-Cultural Working Class Women's Literature Weir-SoleyBBC
    LIT 4224Literature of ExileMilbauerMMC
    AML 4155Modern American PoetryCadleMMC
    AML 4245Modernism/ PostmodernismJohnsonOnline
    ENL 3506Texts & Contexts: British Literature Since 1660: Rethinking the British CanonHusebyOnline
    ENL 4251Victorian Literature: Women Write the Empire HusebyOnline

     

    Multicultural Literature
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    LIT 4536Multi-Cultural Working Class Women's LiteratureWeir-SoleyBBC
    LIT 3671Global Issues in Lit Bentley-BakerMMC (GL)
    LIT 4192Major Carribean AuthorsGrafalsMMC
    ENG 4132 U01Studies in Film: Film TheoryBentley-BakerMMC
    ENG 4132 U02Studies in Film: Horror FilmBentley-BakerMMC
    ENL 4215Medieval Monstrosity BlattOnline (GL)
    FIL 3006Introduction to Film Studies Bentley BakerOnline
    ENL 3134Medieval HollywoodBlattOnline
    LIT 3506Texts and Contexts: British Literature Since 1660: Rethinking the British CanonHusebyOnline (GL) [OL]
    ENL 4251Victorian Literature: Women Write the EmpireHusebyOnline
    AML 3042Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability StudiesKelleyOnline
    ENL 3200Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in LGBT Narratives MayoraOnline

     

    Film
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    ENG 4121History of FilmStrycharskiMMC
    ENG 4132 U01Studies in the Film: Classic Horros Bentley-BakerMMC
    ENG 4132 U02Studies in the Film: Film NoirStrycharskiMMC
    ENG 4132 U03Studies in the Film: Brian De PalmaStrycharski
    FIL 3006Intro to Film StudiesBentley-BakerOnline

     

    Theory
    Course NumberCourse TitleProfessorLocation
    ENL 4192Major Caribbean AuthorsGrafalsMMC
    LIT 3671Global Issues in LitBentley BakerMMC (GL)
    ENG 4132 U01Studies in the Film: Film TheoryBentley BakerMMC
    ENG 4132 U02Studies in the Film: Horror FilmBentley BakerMMC
    FIL 3006Introduction to Film StudiesBentley BakerOnline
    AML 3042Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present Disability Studies KelleyOnline
    LIT 3200Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in LGBT NarrativesMayoraOnline

     

    Spring 2024 Schedule 

    Spring 2024 Writing and Rhetoric Program Upper-Division Undergraduate and Graduate Offerings 

     

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