All courses connected to the Department?s degree programs and minors should facilitate the achievement of the following learning outcomes:?

• English graduates will be able to read critically and analyze traditional literary genres and other forms of text.?
• English graduates will be able to develop and communicate their ideas clearly in writing. This includes sound sentence-level mechanics and style, a clear focus, and cohesive overall development.?
• English graduates will be able to identify and evaluate appropriate research sources, incorporate these sources into well-documented formal academic writing, and formulate their own arguments based at least in part on those sources.?
• English majors will gain an understanding of literary and cultural theories and methods that will manifest themselves in the critical sophistication of their written work.
• English graduates will demonstrate, where applicable, an understanding of the historical development of literature written in English and be able to identify and discuss representative authors, works, and movements.?
• English graduates will engage with literature as a source of practical wisdom, spiritual insight, and aesthetic pleasure, as a vital perspective upon history and the diversity of human experience, and as a guide for making ethical choices in their daily lives.