Degree
Bachelor of Arts with a major in EnglishLearn More
Mission
Through interdisciplinary course offerings, innovative theoretical models, and accomplished instructors, the English major exposes students to a wide and diverse body of knowledge and provides them with the tools to think, analyze, and write with confidence.
Major Description
The Department of English offers a wide range of literature and writing courses that introduce students to significant global literary works and trains them in the careful analysis of texts, ranging from traditional novels to emerging electronic communication. English faculty specialize in the study of animals in culture, law and humanities, digital humanities, literature and health, and Islam and the West. Working through a variety of theoretical approaches, students will learn how to analyze the heavily textualized world around them, communicate their ideas effectively, and prepare themselves for numerous professions.
Curricular Requirements
| credits | |
|---|---|
| 42-46 | |
| Credits | |
| Program Required Courses | |
| ENG 115 - British Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 116 - British Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 200 - American Literature I Writing, Revolution, and Resistance | 3 |
| ENG 201 - American Literature II Cultural Diversity and Common Identity | 3 |
| ENG 206 - Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism | 3 |
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ENG 334 - Methods in Literary and Cultural Criticism |
3 |
| Global Literacy elective | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary Literacy elective | 3 |
| Major Concentration Courses/English Electives | 12 |
| Program Minimum Required Total Credits | 36 |
| Elective Courses (as needed to reach 120 credits) | variable |
| Minimum Total Required Credits | 120 |
Note: English majors are required to maintain an ePortfolio that archives their course and other relevant writing which they will deliver in an oral presentation to the faculty during their senior year.
Students wishing to pursue teacher certification in English can complete a double major with English and Secondary Education OR a major in Secondary Education and a concentration in English. For more Information, see the Secondary Education catalog page.
Students in this major can participate in the pre-health graduate school preparation tracks.
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Learning Outcomes
English majors will be able to…
Read texts closely and think critically
- Comprehend a text’s literal/factual content
- Distinguish between a passage's literal/factual content and its figurative/symbolic/interpretive content
- Analyze a text closely and identify rhetorical strategies therein
- Connect a passage's formal structure and thematic content with the text as a whole
- Extrapolate the larger implications (social, philosophical, ethical, argumentative) of these patterns
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of literatures in English
- Demonstrate familiarity with specified content areas in literature, literary history, theory, and criticism
- Understand literature as a culturally and historically embedded practice
- Relate literature to other fields of inquiry
Communicate effectively
- Approach writing as a recursive process
- Develop and support claims about literary texts
- Articulate claims in conceptually coherent essays
- Use conventions of standard written English
- Present research findings orally within the conventions of the discipline
Conduct research in literary and cultural studies
- Use bibliographic tools to find source material
- Employ appropriate critical approaches in their research
- Contribute to scholarly conversations about literary and cultural texts and phenomena
- Incorporate and document source material using MLA style
- Communicate in accordance with standards of academic integrity
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