English Major

Program Director: Dr. Michael Milburn

Degree Type: Bachelor of Arts (default) or Bachelor of Science (alternative)

Mission

The Language and Literature Department strives to develop a true community of learners where a working knowledge of literary history and literary analysis gives students a home in their own culture and makes them careful and compassionate judges of human nature.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program:

• Students can demonstrate knowledge of the mechanical, historical, and rhetorical significance of language usage.
• Students can identify and explain the formal elements of texts and how they contribute to a text’s meaning.
• Students can demonstrate an understanding of a wide range of traditions, periods, movements, authors, genres, and works of literature.
• Students can persuasively explain literary value in terms of aesthetics and other literary theories.
• Students can produce relevant, credible, eloquent, and well-researched arguments about literary texts.