English - Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

English from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania is a Campus Bachelor English degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The English major provides students with a strong grounding in the field of literary studies, with an emphasis on developing excellent analytical, critical thinking, writing, and research skills. Students pursuing the English curriculum receive training in literary analysis and gain a broad understanding of literature from a diverse set of cultures and written in a variety of genres. In addition, students learn to situate works in their literary historical and cultural contexts, and to employ various critical methods when interpreting texts. English majors must also complete the study of a second language through the intermediate (2202) level. Students who successfully complete the English major will be able to: Demonstrate their ability to interpret texts critically. Demonstrate their ability to situate literature in various contexts, including literary, cultural, and/or historical. Demonstrate their ability to conduct library research with effective use of print and electronic sources. Demonstrate their ability to understand writing as a process, to assess rhetorical contexts, and to revise written work effectively. Demonstrate their ability to conform to the prescriptive rules of standard written English . Students may pursue either a B.A. (Liberal Arts) or B.S.E. (Secondary English Education) program. The programs afford students an extensive exposure to the various forms of literary expression and the methods of literary interpretation. Such a background in the analysis and interpretation of literature, coupled with strong research and writing skills, provides the B.A. major with a strong basis for further graduate study in literature, as well as for careers in writing, editing, the law, public relations, communications, politics and government, industry, and library science. Students in the B.S.E. program receive a thorough grounding in literary analysis, English grammar, the theory and practice of composition, and the historical development of the English language, and are thus provided with a strong content-area basis in preparation for teaching English at the secondary level. View more details on Mansfield University of Pennsylvania . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related English courses.