Program Learning Goals:
Upon graduation, students can:
- Employ multiple perspectives in producing and analyzing texts
- Employ a critical, historical, and cultural sense of the traditions of English, American, and world literatures
- Generate and develop an effective writing project in at least one genre.
- Employ multiple perspectives in producing and analyzing texts
- Generate and develop effective writing projects in a variety of genres for a variety of writing occasions
Writing Certificate
The Writing Certificate enhances students’ skills in writing and analysis. A complement to any major, the curriculum builds expertise in written communication and enables students to demonstrate credentials to employers and graduate programs.
To earn a Writing Certificate, students must earn a “B” or better in each course and complete the exit assessment survey. Students taking ENG 475 must earn a "satisfactory." The Writing Certificate does not meet graduation requirements for an academic minor.
A minimum of 12 credits is required, including:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Creative Writing (GT-AH1) | ||
| Critical Approaches to Literature (GT-AH2) | ||
| Nine credits from the following, three of which must be from upper division English courses: | 9 | |
| Chemical Information Literacy and Communication | ||
| Media Writing | ||
| Borderlands: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality | ||
| Literary Culture of the American West | ||
| Introduction to Creative Writing (GT-AH1) | ||
| Grammar and the English Language | ||
| Environmental Literature (GT-AH2) | ||
| Critical Approaches to Literature (GT-AH2) | ||
| Ancient World Literature (GT-AH2) | ||
| Folklore (GT-AH2) | ||
| Creative Writing: Fiction | ||
| Creative Writing: Poetry | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Creative Writing | ||
| Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Women Writers | ||
| Global Literatures: Studies in: The Underworld | ||
| Myth and Culture | ||
| British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts | ||
| British Literature: Milton through the Romantics | ||
| British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day | ||
| American Literature Early to Civil War | ||
| American Literature-Civil War to Present | ||
| Literary Magazine Submission and Production | ||
| Major British Authors: | ||
| Major American Authors: | ||
| Writing the Environment | ||
| Geoscience Writing | ||
| Scriptwriting | ||
| Total Credits | 12 | |