Mission Statement
The English department’s mission is as follows:
The Department of English promotes teaching and learning environments that value asset-based pedagogies and support the creation of a more equitable, just, and sustainable world. Through composition, literature, and creative writing courses, students build on prior learning and current language and literacy practices to deepen communication skills such as critical thinking, reading, writing, research, and information literacy. The department fosters students' engagement with their own learning so they can access their agency and self-empowerment in family, community, career, academic, and lifelong learning contexts. *
*This mission statement is a living document and is continually being reviewed and revised by the English Department.
Goals
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Prepare students for college level writing by providing instruction in sentence, paragraph, and essay development.
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Prepare students for postsecondary education by providing instruction and practice in reading comprehension skills.
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Enable students to understand and respond critically to texts, literature, and film.
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Enable students to present and support a thesis in a well-structured, grammatically correct essay.
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Teach students to research issues, draw independent conclusions, and communicate their knowledge in well-developed essays and oral presentations, using formats appropriate to a variety of academic disciplines.