English Program > Student Learning Goals
Student Learning Goals
Knowledge Bases: Students will be familiar with rhetorical and literary traditions and will be able to apply rhetorical and literary theories.
Integrated Literacies: Students will be able to make connections between themselves and their audiences through the processes of speaking, reading, writing, and listening effectively.
Intellectual Growth--Critical Thinking and Argument : Students will be able to reason about and to transfer ideas and information soundly, using multiple perspectives on debatable issues in defense of their inferences and judgments.
Multicultural Awareness: Students will recognize and appreciate the worth of different value systems while developing their own ethic. They will understand the relationship of that ethic to other value systems and behavioral choices. They will become familiar with different paradigms for explaining human reality and how these paradigms have operated historically and continue to operate today.
Collaborative Skills: Students will understand and be able to negotiate group dynamics, to elicit the views of others, and to help reach conclusions. They will develop the ability to deal constructively with criticism.
Effective Citizenship: Students will be involved and responsible in their communities. They will act with an informed awareness of contemporary issues and their historical contexts. They will recognize the moral dimensions of their decisions and accept responsibility for the consequences of their actions. Students will develop leadership abilities.
Technological Competence: Students will be able to think critically about technological sources and to use technology as appropriate to carry out various tasks .
Career Awareness: Students will understand the value of a B.A. in English and be able to use that degree as a practical asset in career development.
