Objectives

English majors will ...

• Apply critical, theoretical, and/or disciplinary approaches to the reading and analysis of texts in multiple genres and/or media.
• Analyze the aesthetic and/or cultural significance of the ideas, values, conventions, forms, and genres associated with texts.
• Gather, evaluate, and employ an array of research materials in support of critical studies, and/or creative activity, in ways consistent with standards of academic integrity.
• Demonstrate writing and rhetorical skills appropriate to critical and/or creative tasks in a variety of media and genres.
• Consider representative literary, theoretical, and cultural texts within significant historical, geographical, and cultural contexts.