English (BA)

Learning Outcomes

English majors will be able to:

• analyze works of literature, including paraphrasing significance and identifying major themes.
• demonstrate a broad base of knowledge about literary periods and major world authors, including familiarity with thematic and structural concerns in a core of classic works.
• conduct intensive library research on an author or work, including consulting the MLA Bibliography, identifying different critical perspectives, and evaluating the scholarly credibility of sources.
• write mechanically correct and logically organized prose.
• revise writing in response to feedback from critical readers and to provide critical feedback on the writing of others.
• communicate orally, using language that demonstrates a control of standard English and an avoidance of inappropriate stereotypical and gender-specific language.
• analyze language with regard to phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.