Learning Outcomes/Competencies

Learning Outcomes/Competencies

Terminal Goal for all Majors

• Students will demonstrate knowledge about texts—print and non-print texts, media texts, canonical and non-canonical texts—that represent a range of literatures from different linguistic and historical traditions, and the experiences of different genders, ethnicities, and social classes.

• Students will employ diverse theoretical frameworks to interpret and critique a range of texts.

• Students will compose a range of formal and informal texts in varied genres, using language to accommodate audience, purpose and context.

• Students will demonstrate the reciprocal relationship between the studies of language, literature, media and society.