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
- BA in English
- Tracks: Literature; Writing and Rhetoric; Creative Writing; Linguistics
- Combined BA/MA in Linguistics Pathway
- BA in English with English Education
- Online BA in English: Writing and Rhetoric Track
Consult the Undergraduate Catalog for more information.
Consult the Graduate Catalog, the Linguistics Catalog or the MFA Catalog for more information.
- Certificate in Linguistics
- Certificate in Exile Studies
- Certificate in Film Studies
- Undergraduate Certificate in Professional and Public Writing
Consult the Certificates Catalog for more information.
Spring 2026 Schedule
Contents
Literature
| British Literature prior to 1800 | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | Modality |
| ENL 4322 | Shakespeare’s Tragedies | Sutton | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENL 4341 | Milton | Strycharski | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3306 | Travel Literature | Pearl | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 4106 | The Global Middle Ages: Animals | Blatt | - | Online |
| ENL 4322 | Shakespeare’s Tragedies | Johnson | - | Online |
| American Literature prior to 1900 | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | Modality |
| AML 4606 | 19th Century African American Literature | Weir-Soley | BBC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| AML 3415 | American Literature and the Tradition of Dissent | Schoolman | - | Online |
| British Literature After 1800 or American Literature After 1900 | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | Modality |
| AML 4612 | Literature of the Harlem Renaissance: Poetry, Fiction, Jazz, and Speakeasies | Weir-Soley | BBC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3313 | Science Fiction | Trauvitch | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3314 | Utopias and Dystopias | Cadle | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 4192 | Major Caribbean Authors | Castro | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 4253 | Literature of Exile: A Comparative Literary Approach | Grafals | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENL 4273 | Virginia Woolf and Her Circle | Gillespie | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 4609 | Literature and Revolution | Cadle | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3023 | Around the World in Short Stories | Schoolman | - | Online |
| ENG 4134 | Women and Film | Strycharski | - | Online |
| LIT 4825 | Intro to Latinx Literature: The U.S. of Us: Latinx Voices from South Florida & Beyond | Blanco | - | Online |
| AML 4930 | Special Topics in American Literature: Aging Parents and Their Children | Johnson | - | Online |
| Multicultural Literature | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | Modality |
| AML 4606 | 19th Century African American Literature | Weir-Soley | BBC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| AML 4612 | Literature of the Harlem Renaissance: Poetry, Fiction, Jazz, and Speakeasies | Weir-Soley | BBC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| FIL 3006 | Intro to Film Studies | Grafals | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3306 | Travel Literature | Pearl | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3313 | Science Fiction | Trauvitch | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3671 | Global Issues in Literature | Bentley-Baker | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 4192 | Major Caribbean Authors | Castro | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 4253 | Literature of Exile: A Comparative Literary Approach | Grafals | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3023 | Around the World in Short Stories | Menendez | - | Online |
| LIT 3200 | Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in Queer Narratives | Mayora | - | Online |
| AML 3415 | American Literature and the Tradition of Dissent | Schoolman | - | Online |
| LIT 3703 | Studies in Metaphor | Trauvitch | - | Online, A-term |
| LIT 4106 | The Global Middle Ages: Animals | Blatt | - | Online |
| LIT 4825 | Intro to Latinx Literature: The U.S. of Us: Latinx Voices from South Florida & Beyond | Blanco | - | Online |
| Theory | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | Modality |
| AML 4606 | 19th Century African American Literature | Weir-Soley | BBC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| AML 4612 | Literature of the Harlem Renaissance: Poetry, Fiction, Jazz, and Speakeasies | Weir-Soley | BBC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| FIL 3006 U01 | Intro to Film Studies | Grafals | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENG 4132 | Studies in the Film: Neo-Noir: Theory of Darkness | Bentley-Baker | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 4253 | Literature of Exile: A Comparative Literary Approach | Grafals | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3200 | Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in Queer Narratives | Mayora | - | Online |
| LIT 3703 | Studies in Metaphor | Trauvitch | - | Online, A-term |
| ENG 4114 | Film Adaptations of Literature | Johnson | - | Online |
| Film Studies Certificate | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | Modality |
| FIL 3006 | Intro to Film Studies | Grafals | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENG 4132 | Studies in the Film: Neo-Noir: Theory of Darkness | Bentley-Baker | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| FIL 3006 | – Intro to Film Studies | Bentley-Baker | - | Online |
| ENG 4134 | Women and Film | Strycharski | - | Online |
| ENG 4114 | Film Adaptations of Literature | Johnson | - | Online |
| Exile Studies Certificate | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | Modality |
| LIT 4253 | Literature of Exile: A Comparative Literary Approach | Grafals | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENL 4322 | Shakespeare’s Tragedies | Sutton | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENL 4341 | Milton | Strycharski | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3306 | Travel Literature | Pearl | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 3671 | Global Issues in Literature | Bentley-Baker | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 4192 | Major Caribbean Authors | Castro | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| AML 4606 | 19th Century African American Literature | Weir-Soley | BBC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| LIT 4106 | The Global Middle Ages: Animals | Blatt | - | Online |
| LIT 4825 | Intro to Latinx Literature: The U.S. of Us: Latinx Voices from South Florida & Beyond | Blanco | - | Online |
| LIT 3023 | Around the World in Short Stories | Menendez | - | Online |
| LIT 3200 | Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in Queer Narratives | Mayora | - | Online |
Writing and Rhetoric Courses
Courses with community partners are highlighted below.
| Upper Division Writing and Rhetoric | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | Modality |
| ENC 3311 | Advanced Writing and Research | Vagnoni | - | Online |
| ENC 3311 | Advanced Writing and Research | Yacoub | - | Online |
| ENC 3334 | Introduction to Writing Studies | Zhao | - | Online |
| ENC 3334 | Introduction to Writing Studies | Wicks | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3354 | Writing as Social Action | Belcher | - | Online |
| ENC 3354 | Writing as Social Action | Leger | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3363 | Writing about the Environment | Rodewald | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3371 | Rhetorical Theory and Practice | Dickson | BBC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3371 | Rhetorical Theory and Practice | Martorana | - | Online |
| ENC 3371 | Rhetorical Theory and Practice | Grant | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3386 | Rhetorical Grammar | Amorim | - | Online |
| ENC 3413 | Writing for the Web | Malesh | - | Online |
| ENC 3465 | Legal Writing | Maeder | - | Online |
| ENC 3465 | Legal Writing | Eisenstadt | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3491 | The Processes of Writing | Jiang | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3492 | Interdisciplinary Writing for Writing Fellows | Donate | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 4212 | Professional Editing | Sohan | - | Online |
| ENC 4331 | Writing, Rhetoric, and Community | Villalba | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 4335 | Writing About Film | Leger | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 4385 | Material/Cultural Writing & Rhetorics | Gierczyk | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 4930 | Special Topics in Composition - The Rhetoric of Engagement | Menendez | - | Online |
| ENC 4950 | Capstone: Writing and Rhetoric | Hutchinson | - | Online |
| Professional and Technical Writing | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | Modality |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Elmore | BBC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Gryder | - | Online |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Fang | - | Online |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Creeden | - | Online |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Yacoub | - | Online |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Levy | - | Online |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Elmore | - | Online |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Amorim | - | Online |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Acosta | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Gierczyk | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Gitto | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3213 | Professional and Technical Writing | Warman | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3249 | Professional and Technical Writing for Computing | Sohan | - | Online |
| ENC 3249 | Professional and Technical Writing for Computing | Pedroso | - | Online |
| ENC 3249 | Professional and Technical Writing for Computing | Gryder | - | Online |
| ENC 3249 | Professional and Technical Writing for Computing | Malesh | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
| ENC 3249 | Professional and Technical Writing for Computing | Singh | MMC | Face to Face & Hybrid |
Summer 2024 Schedule
| American Literature prior to 1900 | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| AML 3042 | Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies | Kelley | Online |
| AML 4612 | Literature of the Harlem Renaissance Period | Weir-Soley | Online |
| British Literature After 1660 and American Literature After 1900 | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| LIT 4356 | Cuban-American Literature | Grafals | MMC |
| AML 3042 | Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies | Kelley | Online |
| Multicultural Literature | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| LIT 4356 | Cuban-American Literature | Grafals | MMC |
| LIT 3006 | Introduction to Film Studies | Bentley-Baker | Online |
| AML 3042 | Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies | Kelley | Online |
| ENG 3703 | Studies in Metaphor | Trauvitch | Online |
| AML 4612 | Literature of the Harlem Renaissance Period | Weir-Soley | Online |
| Film | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| FIL 3006 | Intro to Film Studies | Bentley-Baker | Online |
| ENG 4121 | History of Film | Strycharski | ONline |
| Theory | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| LIT 4356 | Cuban-American Literature | Grafals | MMC |
| AML 3042 | Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies | Kelley | Online |
| LIT 3703 | Studies in Metaphor | Trauvitch | Online |
| AML 4612 | Literature of the Harlem Renaissance Period | Weir-Soley | Online |
Fall 2024 Schedule
| British Literature Prior to 1660 | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| ENL 4333 | Shakespeare Tragedies | Dickson | BBC |
| ENL 4215 | Medieval Monstrosity | Blatt | Online (GL) |
| ENL 3134 | Medieval Hollywood | Blatt | Online |
| American Literature prior to 1900 | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| LIT 4536 | Multi-Cultural Working Class Women's Literature | Weir-Soley | BBC |
| AML 3042 | Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies | Kelley | Online |
| AML 4213 | Studies in Colonial and Early American Literature: Pirate Literature | Kelley | Online |
| British Literature After 1660 and American Literature After 1900 | ||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location | |
| LIT 4536 | Multi-Cultural Working Class Women's Literature | Weir-Soley | BBC | |
| LIT 4224 | Literature of Exile | Milbauer | MMC | |
| AML 4155 | Modern American Poetry | Cadle | MMC | |
| AML 4245 | Modernism/ Postmodernism | Johnson | Online | |
| ENL 3506 | Texts & Contexts: British Literature Since 1660: Rethinking the British Canon | Huseby | Online | |
| ENL 4251 | Victorian Literature: Women Write the Empire | Huseby | Online | |
| Multicultural Literature | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| LIT 4536 | Multi-Cultural Working Class Women's Literature | Weir-Soley | BBC |
| LIT 3671 | Global Issues in Lit | Bentley-Baker | MMC (GL) |
| LIT 4192 | Major Carribean Authors | Grafals | MMC |
| ENG 4132 U01 | Studies in Film: Film Theory | Bentley-Baker | MMC |
| ENG 4132 U02 | Studies in Film: Horror Film | Bentley-Baker | MMC |
| ENL 4215 | Medieval Monstrosity | Blatt | Online (GL) |
| FIL 3006 | Introduction to Film Studies | Bentley Baker | Online |
| ENL 3134 | Medieval Hollywood | Blatt | Online |
| LIT 3506 | Texts and Contexts: British Literature Since 1660: Rethinking the British Canon | Huseby | Online (GL) [OL] |
| ENL 4251 | Victorian Literature: Women Write the Empire | Huseby | Online |
| AML 3042 | Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies | Kelley | Online |
| ENL 3200 | Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in LGBT Narratives | Mayora | Online |
| Film | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| ENG 4121 | History of Film | Strycharski | MMC |
| ENG 4132 U01 | Studies in the Film: Classic Horros | Bentley-Baker | MMC |
| ENG 4132 U02 | Studies in the Film: Film Noir | Strycharski | MMC |
| ENG 4132 U03 | Studies in the Film: Brian De Palma | Strycharski | |
| FIL 3006 | Intro to Film Studies | Bentley-Baker | Online |
| Theory | |||
| Course Number | Course Title | Professor | Location |
| ENL 4192 | Major Caribbean Authors | Grafals | MMC |
| LIT 3671 | Global Issues in Lit | Bentley Baker | MMC (GL) |
| ENG 4132 U01 | Studies in the Film: Film Theory | Bentley Baker | MMC |
| ENG 4132 U02 | Studies in the Film: Horror Film | Bentley Baker | MMC |
| FIL 3006 | Introduction to Film Studies | Bentley Baker | Online |
| AML 3042 | Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present Disability Studies | Kelley | Online |
| LIT 3200 | Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in LGBT Narratives | Mayora | Online |
Spring 2024 Schedule
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