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The study of English--with its focus on critical thinking, reading, and writing in response to texts of many varieties--prepares students for further graduate or professional study in English or other fields or for the demands of the contemporary workplace. English majors can assimilate and synthesize information from multiple points of view, research across disciplines, critically examine information and opinion, and write clearly and well--skills requisite for both continuing study and the demands of employers. Employers can be confident that graduates will identify connections between their studies and the world at large, make inferences, draw conclusions, and anticipate consequences for the future. This major accords with traditional English majors in that it provides the solid framework in British, American, and world literature essential for graduate study. The major is designed to allow students flexibility in designing a program to meet their future needs.
The student who graduates with a major in English will:
- Demonstrate reading competence in British, American, and world literature.
- Identify major literary periods and movements.
- Analyze and evaluate texts in all genres.
- Place texts in relation to key historical events and movements.
- Produce scholarly research within and across the disciplines.
- Identify and practice various critical approaches to literature.
- Relate the history of the English language and describe its linguistic features.
- Write accurate, clear, correct prose in styles suited to various audiences.
- Relate the above knowledge and skills to their contemporary world.
A minor in English requires 18 semester hours chosen from the list below which have a prerequisite of Introduction to Literature (ENG210) or permission of the Division Chair and must maintain a minimum grade of "C" in each course for successful completion of the minor:
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