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2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English


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Chairperson: Ed Wiltse
Professors: Dooley, Ph.D., Hoctor, Ph.D., Pestino, Ph.D., and Weis, Ph.D.; Associate Professors: Islam, Ph.D., Madigan, Ph.D., Skinner-Linnenberg, Ph.D., Viera, Ph.D., and Wiltse, Ph.D.; Assistant Professors: Denno, Ph.D., Greene, M.A., Kelly, Ph.D., and Mitchell, Ph.D.; Lectures: Cunningham, M.A., Dettman, Ed.D., Eisen, M.A., Finn, M.A., Ganley, M.A., Konar, M.A., Marra, M.A., Moretto, M.S., Palma, M.A., Payne, Ph.D., Smith, Ph.D., and Wyant, M.S.; Director of Writing Programs: Skinner-Linnenberg, Ph.D.; Coordinator of English Education: Mitchell, Ph.D.

The English Department prepares students with a broad understanding of the power of literature and the written word, and of the rhetorical and communications strategies employed at different historical moments and across a variety of media and cultural forms.  Students also achieve specific skills and knowledge, depending on their interests and career intentions.

While all English Department students are educated in the history of English Literature and in contemporary techniques of literary and cultural analysis, students electing the Literature Major go on to in-depth study of British, American and World Literatures in English, from the Anglo-Saxon period to the twenty-first century.  Many of those students also pursue New York State Teacher Certification in either Inclusive Education or Adolescence Education, and our English Education Program provides excellent training in complement with the curriculum of the Education Department.  But many other English majors in the Literature Program are not future teachers, and our graduates go on to successful careers in Law, Business, Library Science, Publishing - anywhere that strong skills in oral and written communication, critical thinking and analysis, and problem solving and research are valid.

Similarly, while all English students receive broad preparation in writing, critical thinking and analysis, those electing the Communication and Rhetoric Major pursue a rigorous course of study in rhetoric and communications, ranging from classical rhetoric to modern media.  Graduates of this program use their training in technical writing and graphic design, and their extensive fieldwork and project management experience, to pursue careers in advertising, public relations, and editing and publishing, among many other fields.  Additionally, some students in this program also receive teacher certification, and elect careers in education.

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