The faculty of the English department have three goals for students who graduate with a major or minor in English.
1. Students should be able to read, write, and inquire critically and imaginatively, understanding both the theoretical and practical dimensions of reading and writing.
2. Students should understand the rhetorical, cultural, historical, and interdisciplinary contexts of the literatures we teach and the profession we practice.
3. Students should join the discourse of the field and explore the nature of the profession, which includes valuing independent and collaborative learning, blurring and crossing disciplinary lines, and investigating the relationship between language and culture.
In order to achieve these goals, students pursuing a major or minor in English take ten classes in four different categories: Introductory Inquiries, Gateway Courses, Intermediate Courses, and Courses that Synthesize Theory and Practice. Below are links to charts that give detailed explanations of the four categories, including which classes fall into each categories, and the goals, requirement, and learning experiences that courses within the category are designed to fulfill.
Introductory Inquiries
Gateway Courses
Intermediate Inquiries
Synthesizing Theory and Practice
