English Department Learning Outcomes - effective January 2019
Literature Major, Minor, and General Education Coursework
- Reading. Students will interpret texts with attention to ambiguity, complexity, and aesthetic value.
- Writing Process. Students will practice a deliberate writing process with emphasis on inquiry, audience, research, and revision.
- Genre and Rhetorical Situation. Students will evaluate genres of writing and write in appropriate genres and modes for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Culture, History, and Power. Students will read diverse texts within their historical and cultural contexts, developing a critical understanding of how literature can both uphold and resist existing structures of power.
- Critical Approaches. Students will deploy ideas from works of criticism and theory in their own reading and writing.
- Research. Students will identify topics and formulate questions, identify appropriate methods and sources for research, and engage ethically with sources.
- Oral Communication. Students will participate in critical conversations and prepare, organize, and deliver their work to the public.
Writing Major, Minor, and General Education Coursework
- Reading. Students will interpret texts with attention to ambiguity, complexity, and aesthetic value.
- Writing Process. Students will practice a deliberate writing process with emphasis on inquiry, audience, research, and revision.
- Genre and Rhetorical Situation. Students will evaluate genres of writing and write in appropriate genres and modes for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Culture and History. Students will read diverse texts within their historical and cultural contexts.
- Critical Approaches. Students will deploy ideas from works of craft and criticism in their own reading and writing.
- Oral Communication. Students will participate in critical conversations and prepare, organize, and deliver their work to the public.
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