Mission, Vision and Outcomes

• Develop as emerging professionals with skills and habits of mind that will help them achieve success in further study in the discipline and the diverse professions they will pursue.  
• Become multi-dimensional readers, thinkers, and writers.
• Develop civic-mindedness and a desire to influence and transform their communities and the world. 

Develop close- and critical-reading skills through discussion as well as formal and informal writing about a variety of texts.

Develop skills in critical reading and analysis through the application of theoretical approaches to a variety of texts. 

Understand the major socio-historical contexts informing the study of American/British literature.

• Understand the distinctions between major literary genres.
• Understand, at the introductory level, significant theoretical orientations that inform ways of reading texts.
• Develop an understanding of the range of disciplines included in English studies. 
• Understand the terminology of American/British literature through major periods and literary movements.