ENG 2012 - Spring 2026 - Bond

What is English? Florida State University’s English department offers three different specialized routes that answer this question: Literature, Media, and Culture (LMC), Creative Writing (CW), and Editing, Writing, and Media (EWM). The title “Introduction to English Studies” implies a broad scope. The course will cover various disciplines and their methods generally while also engaging in specific composition and hermeneutic activities. The design of this course aims to both prepare students who plan to major in English while also develop the knowledge and understanding of those currently majoring in English in relation to the nature of what it means to study English. Specifically, students will read a variety of texts, topics, while being introduced to numerous strategies of interpretation. They will also compose across rhetorical and creative genres. Finally, they will engage in discussion to better gain an overview and insight to the kind of language and meaning making work those seeking a degree in English do.