• Additional Requirements
• Admission to the English Major
• English Education Major
• English Major
• English Minor
• Learning Goals
• Why Study English
• Writing Minor

• English Programs
• Faculty & Staff
• Spanish Major & Minor

• Catalog and Course List 
• Center for International Education

English Learning Goals

Goal One

The English program is dedicated to each major’s understanding of English as a discipline and to each student’s understanding of the goals and methods of contemporary literary study. Each major should:

• Demonstrate competence in literary analysis and apply critical models;
• Understand the differences stemming from class, race, ethnicity, sexuality and gender as expressed in texts;
• Understand the controversies inherent in literary study.

Goal Two

The English program is dedicated to the major’s experiencing the study of English as a reflection of values. Each major should:

• Demonstrate the ability to discuss implicit or explicit values reflected in texts;
• Demonstrate the ability to interpret and contextualize moral convictions contained in literary materials.

Goal Three

The English program is dedicated to each major’s achieving his/her full potential as an inquisitive, articulate, and analytical individual. Each major should:

• Demonstrate competence in academic writing;
• Demonstrate competence in writing for varied, specific and non-academic audiences;
• Demonstrate and apply literary research skills;
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills gained in the major.