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School of Humanities and Social Sciences

English


 
Mission Outcomes Assessment Faculty Student Work

Mission Statement: The mission of the B.A. in English program is five-fold: (1) to help students understand and appreciate a diverse range of literary texts in their cultural, historical, and aesthetic contexts; (2) to develop through courses in literature, writing, and language an understanding of universal and culturally specific human issues; (3) to introduce some of the principal critical and scholarly approaches to the study of literature; (4) for ETPP students, to present the structure of the English language and the principles of Second Language Acquisition; and (5) to promote the ability and life-long desire to read perceptively, think critically, and write effectively.