Department of Humanities
Department Chair: Amanda Hodges, Ph.D.
Professors: Warren S. Moore, III, Ph.D.; David Rachels, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Amanda Hodges, Ph.D.
Assistant Professors: Len Lawson, Ph.D., Romy Rajan, Ph.D., Mark Hennion, M.F.A.
Lecturer: Andrew Hutto, M.A.
Program Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will recognize and apply the basic rhetorical modes, elements, structures, and discourses as they write for different purposes and audiences.
2. Students will become fluent in the writing processes by engaging in brainstorming, researching (including the use of print and non-print media), drafting, revising, and editing.
3. Students will apply critical thinking as they read, research, write, and participate in instructional activities, resulting in tolerance of others' viewpoints and in expression of diverse, informed opinions in the classroom.
4. Students will acquire knowledge of a representative body of canonical and non-canonical American, British, and world literature as well as various chronological periods, literary movements and genres, and approaches to schools of literary criticism.
5. Students will acquire knowledge of the history, background, and grammatical development of the English language as well as respect for social, regional, and cultural diversity of language.
Requirements for the Major in English (not including General Education Core)
Required courses - 21 credit hours total
ENG 344, HUM 200, and HUM 400 = 9 credit hours
2 semesters of a foreign language = 6 credit hours
2 HIS courses = 6 credit hours