Undergraduate Program
Bachelor of Arts in English
English Bachelor of Arts Overview
English Teaching Option
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The English Teaching Option is designed for students who wish to become licensed to teach English in grades 5-12. Students take a sequence of six English Education courses, while also fulfilling requirements in literature, writing, and education more generally. Students in this option study how identities, languages, place, and curriculum intersect. The option emphasizes teaching and learning through a sociocultural lens and values youth as creators of knowledge. The Teacher Education Program provides admission information regarding the program, Student Teaching, Licensure, Professional Expectations and more.
Literature Option
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The Literature Option is designed for students wishing to specialize in the study of literature, which helps people solve problems, think clearly, support ideas with evidence, and understand the ways texts both circulate in and constitute cultures and communities. It provides students with a strong foundation to build on through on-the-job career training and advancement or additional specialized education. A 21-credit Literature Minor offers a flexible way for students to take courses on subjects ranging from traditional offerings in American and British national literatures as well as upper division courses in specific authors, topics, and genres along with Literary Criticism, African American Literature, and Women and Literature.
Writing Option
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The Writing Option is designed for students seeking to study and practice writing, rhetoric, and rhetorical theory in a range of contexts. This option prepares students for future professions and informs and enriches their personal and civic lives. Courses include those in rhetoric, technical communications, professional writing, rhetorical theory, and creative writing. A 21-credit Writing Minor offers a flexible way for students to take courses on subjects ranging from creative non-fiction and magazine editing to science writing and public rhetoric to complement other majors.
Courses Offered
Undergraduate Minors
A Writing Minor offers a flexible way for students to take courses on subjects ranging from creative non-fiction and magazine editing to science writing and public rhetoric to complement other majors.
A Literature Minor offers a flexible way for students to take courses on subjects ranging from traditional offerings in American and British national literatures as well as upper division courses in specific authors, topics, and genres along with Literary Criticism, African American Literature, and Women and Literature.
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