English

Chairperson: Joseph F. Pestino
Professors: Dooley, Ph.D., Hoctor, Ph.D., Pestino, Ph.D., and Weis, Ph.D.; Associate Professors: Madigan, Ph.D., and Viera, Ph.D.; Assistant Professors: Denno, Ph.D., Islam, Ph.D., Kelly, Ph.D., Mitchell, Ph.D., Skinner-Linnenberg, Ph.D., and Wiltse, Ph.D.; Lecturers: Boyd, M.S., Cougle, M.A., Cunningham, M.A., Finn, M.A., Housel, M.A., Payne, Ph.D., Ganley, M.A., Konar, M.A., and Potts, Ph.D.; Director of Writing Programs: Skinner-Linnenberg, Ph.D.; Coordinator of the Writing Center:
Potts, Ph.D.; Visiting Scholar: Hayes, Ph.D.

Major Program Requirements

B. A. in English
There are two programs open to students wishing to major in English – the Literature program and the program in Professional Communication and Information Design.

Prerequisites
Eng 101, 102 or the equivalent; 201 and 202 (six additional hours in English are ordinarily taken in the sophomore year).

Literature Program
Eng 305 or 306; Eng 319 or 320; Eng 400 or 401; five additional upper-division courses, one of which must be in American literature and one of which must be in British literature. All Education Certification candidates majoring in English take English 357.

Senior Experience for Literature
For the Senior Experience, each major will present to a faculty committee a portfolio of original works representing significant moments of learning in the English major and in the Perspectives I and II courses. The portfolio will be accompanied by a 5 to 6 page reflective essay analyzing the works in the portfolio in relation to both the English major and the Perspectives courses. After faculty approval of each portfolio, the student presents on, and is asked questions about, a work of literature.

Program in Professional Communication and Information Design
Eng 305 or 306 and three other upper division literature courses – one of which must be in American literature; writing course sequence of Eng 251, 252, 351, 351L, 352, 355, 450 and 483.

Students majoring in other academic areas may elect the six-course writing sequence and Lab, and an internship as a related minor. Student Teaching or an internship in other majors may be substituted for Eng 483, Professional Communications Internship. Students are admitted to the Communication program by application only after completion of the 251, 252 sequence. Admission requires an overall GPA of 3.0, strong performance in these two foundation courses and faculty approval based on the following criteria: self discipline, responsibility, interpersonal skills, and maturity in the writing environment. Furthermore, those admitted to this program must maintain a 3.0 throughout its duration. Students who are not admitted to the minor may take every course with the exception of Eng 450 and Eng 483.

Senior Experience for Program in Professional Communication and Information Design
For the Senior Experience, students submit a project that represents the culmination of skills learned in their six-course concentration and internship experience. They present and defend their projects before a group of two faculty from the PPCID program and an outside examiner with expertise in the professional area most closely approximating their chosen project. These projects have taken many forms, including videos, graphically and textually-based advertising campaigns, radio and television scripts, curricula for teaching writing at various levels, and web pages.

Writing Center
The Writing Center offers all students the opportunity to improve their language and writing skills through tutorial assistance. A student does not have to be registered for an English course to take advantage of the center’s resources. The Writing Center Coordinator as well as student tutors staff the Writing Center, which is open daily each week of the semester. There are also some evening hours. The center provides assistance with writing assignments for courses across the curriculum. The center also supports students preparing to meet the college writing competency requirement and those who wish to review their performance on the competency test.

College Information Technology Requirement
The College’s Information Technology requirement is met by English Majors after successful completion of one of these: Eng 201 Eng 202, Eng 251, Eng 252, Eng 351, Eng 450.

Computer tutoring assistance is available for those enrolled in any Professional Communication and Information Design course as well as in Eng 201, 202 and any 300 or 400 level English course that requires work on information technology.