English
The Department of English offers Bachelor's degrees with specializations in Literature or Writing (inclusive of multiple writing genres) and Master's degrees with specializations in Literature or Creative Writing. Students may also pursue a Minor in Interdisciplinary Writing, a Minor in English, or a Certificate in Public, Technical and Workplace Writing or AI in the Workplace.
The Department of English
The Department of English generates student awareness of language and culture that is crucial for success in the professional world. Our degree programs train students in the arts of writing, critical thinking and argumentation.
Students in our programs benefit from community-based internships, hands-on teaching experience in the UWF Writing Lab, small classes, visiting lectures by notable scholars and writers and participant-centered workshops. Our students and faculty also participate in the publication of Troubadour, the student literary journal of creative writing and art, and Panhandler Books, the Department's own creative writing book imprint distributed by University Press of Florida.
Programs
The undergraduate program offers a BA in English: Literature, a BA in English: Writing, a Minor in English and a Minor in Interdisciplinary Writing. Students may also gain a Certificate in Public, Technical and Workplace Writing or AI in the Workplace.
Possible Graduate and Career Opportunities
- Law school
- Technical writer
- Editor
- Copy Writer
- Publisher
- Grant Writer
- Medical writer
- Training and Development Specialist
- User Experience (UX) Writer
Graduate and undergraduate Writing Lab assistants are available to review the mechanics of writing with you and help you upgrade the quality of your papers before you submit these papers to your professors. Face-to-face readers and OWL (Online Writing Lab) readers are available to help you with your papers from invention to publication or presentation to your professor. Visit the UWF Writing Lab online.
While first-year composition may be a service course in which the goal is to meet the needs of the academic community, we believe the best way to meet those needs is by teaching critical literacy, that is, teaching students to think, read (listen, view, watch, perceive), and write critically. Visit the First Year Composition program online.
The Department of English's’ internship program has fostered community partners who provide mutually beneficial internship opportunities that give students access to those “hands-on learning opportunities” that enhance their academic experience. Visit the English Intership Program online.