°Õ³ó±ðÌýBachelor of Arts in EnglishÌýdegree at the University of Tampa offers students the option of pursuing courses for pre-professional (law) preparation, careers in business and service fields, a traditional literature degree in preparation for graduate school, or teacher certification in English education.
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Major
Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English degree at the University of Tampa obtain a foundation in the critical study of literature and language. Students explore enduring questions about identity, difference, culture, and social change as expressed in literary texts and in cutting-edge approaches to scholarship.
Our courses in language and literary study reflect the research interests of our faculty in diverse areas such as ecocriticism, global Anglophone writing, critical race studies, postcolonial theory, and medieval and early modern cultures. By finding their scholarly interests and forging their path, English majors develop a knowledge of the history of literature, gain a sharp eye to the aesthetic details of language, develop their critical faculties, and gain extensive experience as communicators and writers, all skills in demand in the professional world and in graduate study. Students benefit from small class sizes that facilitate open dialogue, collaborative projects, and faculty feedback.Ìý
Minor
Minor in English
Recommended for those students majoring in another program but interested in historical and contemporary literary traditions in courses that enhance reading, writing, and interpretive skills.
- Topics of Study
- Careers and Grad School
- Experiential Learning
- Internships
Topics of Study
- American and global literatures
- Gender and sexuality
- Postcolonial literature
- History of literature
- Cultural studies
- Literary criticism and theory
- Linguistics and rhetoric
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Career and Graduate School Opportunities
The study of English prepares students for success in a variety of professions and fields of graduate study, from law school to PhD programs in literature and related fields. Recent graduates work in areas such as publishing, cybersecurity, newspapers, software consulting, teaching and at local and national law firms.
English graduates have pursued advanced graduate degrees at excellent programs including like the University of Florida, Oxford University, the University of Oregon, Indiana University, New York University, the University of South Florida and Emory University.Ìý
Experiential Learning Opportunities
Students have the opportunity to work with professors who integrate research and publishing into their courses. Students also have publishing opportunities with fourÌýstudent publications:ÌýThe Minaret, the University of Tampa’s student newspaper;ÌýNeon, the student literary magazine;ÌýThe Moroccan, the student yearbook;
The Department of English and Writing sponsors aÌýWriters at the UniversityÌýseries in which writers such as Derek Walcott, Margaret Atwood, and Li-Young Lee have visited the campus for public readings and guest appearances in classes. The department also hosts aÌýScholars' SymposiumÌýseries to which nationally and internationally recognized scholars are invited to lecture in their particular fields of expertise.
- Student Organizations and PublicationsÌýÌý
- International English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta
- ÌýThe Keyhole Press: an imprint of the University of Tampa Press that publishes student-written and student-edited work
- : features the best research essays produced in the University of Tampa's AWR 201: Writing and Research course
- Q: Journal of Undergraduate Research & Inquiry
- Neon: the ºù«Ӱҵampa literary and arts magazine, publishing student-created, solicited and edited fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art and more since 1978
- The Moroccan: student yearbook
- : celebrates the creative interplay of contemporary literature and the visual arts
- Saunders Writing Center: students can work as writing tutors to help students communicate ideas clearly and creatively, with one-on-one peer tutoring to help sharpen writing skills
Internships
Students have participated in a variety of internships at locations such as:
- ALS Foundation
- American Red Cross
- American Surf Magazine
- CNN-Atlanta
- Creative Loafing
- Florida Aquarium
- Florida Blood Services
- Fox Television/Channel 13
- Maverick Media
- Raymond James
- Ruth Eckerd Hall
- Schifino Lee Advertising in downtown Tampa
- Today Show
- Tampa Bay Business Journal
- Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
- Tampa Bay Times
- University of Tampa Press
- What’s UP? — a street paper in Washington, D.C.
- Winner Koenig Advertising
- WMNF Community Radio 88.5 — in local and international news
