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B.A. in English
Mission
The Mission of the Bachelor of Arts in English Program is to offer a superior English Program which appeals to students, and which offers the widest range of career possibilities after graduation.
Educational Objectives
The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts in English Program is to:
- Provide our students with the interdisciplinary background, and the expertise in speaking, and to provide them with the analytical and writing skills needed to make them fully qualified for the various career paths including, but not limited to, advertising, banking, business, journalism, NGO work and publishing.
- To prepare our students for today’s interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Programs in English, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, or any field of the Humanities.
- To give our students wishing to pursue a career in high school education a level of literary and cultural proficiency, which will qualify them for the best jobs in Lebanon, and the Region (assuming they also acquire the Teaching Diploma).
Learning Outcomes
Graduates in the Bachelor of Arts in English will:
- Enhance their writing proficiency through literary, and linguistic assignments.
- Acquire both literary and linguistic content in various areas, and become aware of the cultural, political, and social perspectives of different societies.
- Analyze and critique different topics, and develop their research methods.
- Reflect upon the different aspects of today’s global issues, in a literary and linguistic framework.
Learning Outcomes of the Literature Emphasis
Graduates in the Bachelor of Arts in English with Literature Emphasis will:
- Develop a high level of proficiency through written assignments and reports.
- Demonstrate a well-developed oral proficiency, through oral reports, and/or a question-and-answer teaching strategy.
- Demonstrate the ability to subtly appreciate the allusive qualities of literature, film, and other arts (through cross-listed and team-taught courses).
- Acquire a solid knowledge of the thematic content, and the formal features of the English literary tradition, from the Middle Ages to the present, through the coursework which emphasizes the constructiveness of meaning.
- Recognize, examine, compare, analyze, and evaluate the principal theoretical assumptions in literature and culture, through coursework in theory.
- Acquire a sense of, and reflect upon, the relevance of literature and culture in the social and political life of a people, through courses that focus on the connections between literature and social issues.
- Acquire a firm grasp of research methods, through the emphasis on the written component of coursework.
Learning Outcomes of the Language Emphasis
Graduates in the Bachelor of Arts in English with Language Emphasis will:
- Identify and explain the different subcategories related to language, namely: morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatic.
- Describe and distinguish the major grammatical functions related to language.
- Analyze language, and its social context, and explain the linguistic differences encountered within a society.
- Identify and summarize the different reading and writing approaches, and the strategies related to the English language.
- Explain and critique the different topics related to the English language.
The English Major prepares students for a career in fields that demand clear writing and expression in fluent English, the presentation of logical arguments, and the critical evaluation of the opinions of others. Besides education, these fields include business, pre-law, communication, journalism, advertising, technical and creative writing, and translation. Students with diverse interests are welcome.
Regardless of their chosen emphasis, English Majors can obtain a Teaching Diploma by taking six designated Education courses (18 credits), including EDU418 Practice Teaching. If the student chooses any from these six Education courses, in order to satisfy part of the Core Curriculum requirement, he/she must take the equivalent number of courses/credits, in any field, to be awarded the Teaching Diploma.
Liberal Arts Curriculum Requirements (34 credits)
Core Requirements (18 credits)
| Number |
Course |
Cr |
| ENG303 | Literary Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG319 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| ENG354 | Theories of Literature and Culture | 3 |
| ENG366 | Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG372 | Comparative and World Literatures | 3 |
| ENG499 | Senior Study | 3 |
Literature Emphasis Requirements (24 credits)
Choose 6-9 credits from:
| Number |
Course |
Cr |
| ENG323 | Renaissance Drama | 3 |
| ENG324 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
| ENG325 | Renaissance Poetry | 3 |
| ENG326 | Restoration and Neoclassical Literature | 3 |
| ENG328 | Early Novel | 3 |
Choose 3 credits from:
| Number |
Course |
Cr |
| ENG336 | Romantic and Victorian Poetry | 3 |
| ENG339 | Nineteenth Century British Novel | 3 |
Choose 6-9 credits from:
| Number |
Course |
Cr |
| ENG342 | Modernism and Beyond | 3 |
| ENG345 | Twentieth Century British Novel | 3 |
| ENG346 | Contemporary Culture | 3 |
| ENG348 | Postcolonial Anglophone Literatures | 3 |
| ENG487 | Topics in Drama and Theatre | 3 |
| ENG479 | Topics in Literature and Culture | 3 |
Choose 3 credits from:
| Number |
Course |
Cr |
| ENG351 | Early American Literature | 3 |
| ENG352 | Twentieth Century American Novel | 3 |
Choose 3 credits from:
| Number |
Course |
Cr |
| ENG325 | Renaissance Poetry | 3 |
| ENG336 | Romantic and Victorian Poetry | 3 |
| ENG342 | Modernism and Beyond | 3 |
Suggested Electives (16 credits)
Language Emphasis Requirements (24 credits)
| Number |
Course |
Cr |
| ENG213 | Introduction to Language | 3 |
| ENG214 | Grammar | 3 |
| ENG306 | Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology | 3 |
| ENG307 | Introduction to Psycholinguistics or | |
| ENG310 | Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| ENG308 | Semantics and Pragmatics | 3 |
| ENG473 | Topics in English Literature | 3 |
| Literature courses electives other than | |
| ENG211 and ENG212 | 6 |
Suggested Electives (16 credits)
