English - Idaho State University

English from Idaho State University is a Campus Bachelor English degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Department of English and Philosophy offers broad curricula in English studies which include courses that treat the nature of language , courses that explore human experience as represented in imaginative literature, and courses that develop general and specialized writing skills. Beyond contributing to students' general education and the personal enrichment and fulfillment of students in all disciplines, courses in the English programs lead to Bachelor's degrees as well as a range of minors. After graduation English students are prepared to embark upon a variety of careers which demand broad, liberal arts perspectives, and strong observational, fact-finding, analytical, and communications skills. As such, the Department has articulated the following goals and student learning outcomes for students at the undergraduate level. Mission and Goals Undergraduate English programs in the Department of English and Philosophy provide students wishing to pursue a liberal arts education training in the study of language, literature, writing, and culture. Such training will provide students with strong communication skills, an ability to gather information and use it critically, an understanding of the function of language within the culture, and a historical and critical understanding of the role literature plays within the human experience. Student Learning Outcomes 1. Undergraduate English students will write in a variety of modes and genres suitable to the demands of the given rhetorical situation. 2. Undergraduate English students will formulate research problems, do effective research, and incorporate the results of their research into their own writing. 3. Undergraduate English students will read effectively and analyze critically literary texts and will understand the theoretical underpinnings of this process. 4. Undergraduate English students will understand the significance of texts within their historical and cultural contexts. 5. Undergraduate English students will understand language as a medium of common linguistic principles; they will understand the relationship of these linguistic principles to communication and expression. View more details on Idaho State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related English courses.