Nov 22, 2024  
2021-2022 Traditional Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Traditional Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, B.A.


The English program at Lakeland creates strong readers, accomplished writers, and critical thinkers who can appreciate how texts shape our understanding of the world. English students, therefore, develop skills central to living in the Information Age and most in demand by employers. Our majors and minors learn to read closely and critically, to write persuasively and confidently, and to work and think independently.  And this expertise comes from interrogating and engaging with texts of all types – from classics to comics, poetry to popular culture, novels to the latest products of New Media. 

English majors and minors are employed in a wide array of careers, including education, research, writing, law, business, industry, communications, and public service – any field that values critical thinking and asks one to use language with skill. By virtue of its versatility, English degrees remain one of the most highly employable of all liberal arts degrees. 

Students who have successfully completed a B.A. in English from Lakeland University should be able to:

  • Read critically and closely, analyzing how texts and language create and affect meaning and our understanding of the world.
  • Write convincing arguments that are logical, well supported, and professionally presented.
  • Communicate their ideas with others in ways that are clear, respectful, and evidence-driven.
  • Identify key literary techniques, figures, and movements across a diverse range of texts in English.

Major Requirements (42-45 semester hours)


Three additional courses (9 semester hours), of which six (6) must be ENG-designated and three (3) must be 300 level or above:


English Majors must complete one of the following emphases (15-18 semester hours):


Literature and Global Culture


Fifteen (15) semester hours from the following courses, six (6) of which must be ENG-designated courses. Maximum of six (6) semester hours of ENG 390  or ENG 400  may be applied to this requirement: