English (Bachelor’s Degree)
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Ability to understand and analyze a
wide range of print and non-print
texts.
Ability to write clear and effective
expository and argumentative
prose.
Ability to conduct research and use
it effectively.
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Familiarity with major figures,
works and movements of British
and American literature.
Familiarity with a variety of
interdisciplinary critical approaches.
Awareness of the ways in which
cultural factors affect both what we
read and how we read it.
English Education (Bachelor’s Degree)
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Ability to understand and analyze
literary a wide range of print and
non-print texts.
Ability to write clear and effective
expository and argumentative
prose.
Ability to conduct research and use
it effectively.
Familiarity with major figures,
works and movements of literature
written in English.
Familiarity with the structure,
history, and uses of the English
language.
Familiarity with a variety of
interdisciplinary critical approaches.
Familiarity with the practices of
oral, written, and visual literacy.
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Familiarity with different composing
processes.
Familiarity with different reading
processes.
Awareness of the ways in which
cultural factors affect both what we
read and how we read it.
Ability to communicate effectively
with students of differing ethnicity,
race, language, culture, gender,
and ability.
Ability to cultivate and evaluate
student writing.
Ability to engage students in
making meaning of texts through
personal experience.
Creative Writing (Bachelor’s Degree)
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Ability to use diction, images, and
figures of speech effectively in
creative writing.
Ability to use point of view,
characters, dialogue, setting, and
plot effectively in their creative
writing.
Ability to write poems in a variety of
forms.
Ability to write clear and effective
expository and argumentative
prose.
Ability to critique their own and
others writing.
Experience with the editing and
production of a literary magazine.
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Ability to understand and analyze a
wide range of print and non-print
texts.
Ability to conduct research and use
it effectively.
Familiarity with major figures,
works and movements of British
and American literature.
Familiarity with a variety of
interdisciplinary critical approaches.
Awareness of the ways in which
cultural factors affect both what we
read and how we read it.
Creative Writing Education (Bachelor’s Degree)
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Ability to use diction, images, and
figures of speech effectively in
creative writing.
Ability to use point of view,
characters, dialogue, setting, and
plot effectively in their creative
writing.
Ability to write poems in a variety of
forms.
Ability to write clear and effective
expository and argumentative
prose.
Ability to critique their own and
others writing.
Experience with the editing and
production of a literary magazine.
Ability to understand and analyze a
wide range of print and non-print
texts.
Ability to conduct research and use
it effectively.
Familiarity with major figures,
works and movements of literature
written in English.
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Familiarity with a variety of
interdisciplinary critical approaches.
Familiarity with the practices of
oral, written, and visual literacy.
Familiarity with different composing
processes.
Familiarity with different reading
processes.
Awareness of the ways in which
cultural factors affect both what we
read and how we read it.
Ability to communicate effectively
with students of differing ethnicity,
race, language, culture, gender,
and ability.
Ability to cultivate and evaluate
student writing.
Ability to engage students in
making meaning of texts through
personal experience.
English (Master’s Degree)
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Demonstrated mastery of significant
American and British literary works.
Ability to generate writing that
demonstrates advanced analysis
and synthesis.
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Ability to conduct original research.
Demonstrated familiarity with a
variety of interdisciplinary critical
approaches.
English Education (Master’s Degree)
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Teaching English as a Second Language (Master’s Degree)
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Demonstrated knowledge of TESL
methodology.
Ability to generate writing that
demonstrates an advanced ability to
analyze and synthesize.
Ability to conduct original research.
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Demonstrated knowledge of
linguistic theories of second
language acquisition.
Demonstrated awareness of how
cultural factors affect second
language acquisition.
Liberal Arts (Master’s Degree)
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