“What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote and brings to birth in us also the creative impulse.” – E.M. Forster
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Department of English Dr. Bryan Vescio, Chair; Dr. Laura Alexander; Dr. Charmaine Cadeau; Dr. Matthew Carlson; Dr. Michael Flatt; Dr. Nathan Hedman; Dr. Cara Kozma; Dr. Virginia Leclercq; Ms. Cheryl Marsh; Dr. Holly Middleton; Dr. Lynne Murray; Dr. Jacob Paul; Dr. Melissa Richard; Dr. Donna Scheidt; Dr. Leah Schweitzer; Dr. Kirstin Squint; Dr. Erin Trauth; Ms. Allison Walker. Programs of Study • • • •
English Major (B.A.) Literature Minor Creative Writing Minor Public and Professional Writing Minor
Degree Requirements To graduate from High Point University with a degree from the Department of English, students must complete one of the following: B.A. in English Major Requirements............................37 credits University Core Requirements.............50 credits Electives..............................................41 credits TOTAL..........................................128 credits
English Major Mission Statement The mission of the English department is to promote literacy, which we define as the ability to read analytically, think critically, and communicate with precision and originality. As a core liberal-arts discipline, English provides students with comprehensive and rigorous instruction in language skills, enhancing their ability to express themselves — both verbally and in writing — with the clarity, persuasiveness, and intellectual sophistication that distinguish university-educated individuals. The study of English literature and language also helps students develop and refine their aesthetic sensitivity, logical rigor, and capacity for seeing the world as ethically complex and multifaceted. Through its courses in and writing, composition, literature, rhetoric, and through its events on the analysis sponsorship of co-curricular centered of textuality in various forms, and production the English informational and technological department enhances the literacy of High Point students, preparing them for success of educational and professional endeavors. in a wide range
Student Learning Outcomes Students who complete the English degree at High Point University should be able to: 1. demonstrate an understanding of social, cultural, or historical contexts of multiple discourses, debates, traditions, or literatures; 2. Interpret texts using a variety of reading strategies and theoretical approaches; 4. research and construct rhetorically effective texts that present compelling evidence and contribute productively to relevant conversations; 5. communicate a nuanced command of generic, aesthetic, formal, and stylistic conventions appropriate to a given context; 6. evaluate how language constructs, maintains, and subverts identities, communities, and power structures. Requirements for the B.A. in English (37 credits) A. Required Writing and Literature Courses (8 credits)
Select eight credits from the following: ENG 2122. Introduction to Creative Writing (4) ENG 2125. Introduction to Public and Professional Writing (4) Any Survey of British or American Literature (ENG 2720, ENG 2730, ENG 2820, ENG 2830) (4) B. Required 2000-Level Course (4 credits)
Take any additional 2000-level course in English, except ENG 2200, ENG 2217, ENG 2220, ENG 2225, ENG 2239, and ENG 2249. C. Required Upper-Level Courses (24 credits)
Take any six additional courses at the 3000-level or above. At least two courses must be at the 4000-level. D. Senior Capstone (1 credit)
ENG 4998. Senior Portfolio (1) E. Diversity Requirement
At least one of the courses used to meet the requirements in Sections B or C must include one of the following courses or a designated service-learning course.