Successful English majors will:

  • Master various analytical and critical reading skills, demonstrating the ability to read closely and to comprehend and interpret a variety of culturally diverse literary, non-literary, and visual texts.
  • Gain broad knowledge of literature, achieving
    • Familiarity with the development and significant periods and movements of American, British, and World literatures.
    • Knowledge of literary, critical, and theoretical terminology.
    • Understanding of background and contextual knowledge necessary for the well-informed consideration of various texts.