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Nov 12, 2024
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2024-2025 Endicott College Academic Catalog
English Major/Literature and Language Concentration (Bachelor of Arts)
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Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits: 125
First Year - Credits: 32-33
- Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr: 3-4)
- American Literature Elective (Cr: 3)
- Writing and Rhetoric Elective (Cr: 3)
- World Language (Cr: 6)
- Elective (Cr: 3)
Sophomore - Credits: 32
- Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- British Literature Elective (Cr: 3)
- Global Issues General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Individual and Society General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Multicultural Literature Elective (Cr: 3)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Writing and Rhetoric Elective (Cr: 3)
Junior - Credits: 31
- English Elective (Cr: 6)
- Elective (Cr: 9)
- Multicultural Literature Elective (Cr: 3)
- Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
Senior - Credits: 30
- General Education Electives (Cr: 12)
(two courses must be above the 100 level)
English Major (Literature and Language) Elective Courses
At least two of the eight courses used to fulfill the requirements below must be at or above the 300 level.
American Literature
Students choose one American literature elective
British Literature
Students choose one British literature elective
Multicultural Literature
Students choose two multicultural literature electives
Writing and Rhetoric
Students choose two writing and rhetoric electives
English Electives
Students may take any two other ENG courses (literature, professional writing, or creative writing based) to fulfill the requirement, provided they are not also used to fulfill other major requirements or the General Education requirements.
Learning Outcomes
In addition to fulfilling the outcomes of the English program, students completing the creative writing concentration will:
- Write expository essays that are polished and that advance coherent, well-reasoned arguments.
- Use literary theories, terms, and approaches, and properly cite textual evidence, when analyzing literary texts.
- Demonstrate foundational knowledge of American, British, and World Literatures.
- Produce a substantial work of scholarship using primary and secondary sources.
- Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analytical skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within the discipline.
- Make connections between their major and professional opportunities through internships.
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