English
Student Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the English Program will gain facility with:
Rhetorical Awareness (as readers and writers)
- Students will be able to write clear, thoughtful prose using appropriate steps of a writing process
- Students will be able to identify arguments as well as patterns and strategies of organization in a variety of texts
- Students will be able to develop visual literacy to identify arguments in advertisements, websites, photographs and other visual media
- Students will be able to select appropriate research strategies
- Students will be able to employ correct citation formats
Critical Thinking
- Students will be able to: analyze and weigh the truth value of conflicting claims
Creative Thinking
- Students will be able to synthesize elements of texts in surprising and unexpected ways
Global Awareness
- Students will be able to describe and explain multiple perspectives
- Students will be able to analyze the effects of different cultural perspectives on classic and contemporary issues
