English: Medaille College Undergraduate Degrees

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Students who know that they would like to teach English at the secondary level can matriculate in a major specially designed to allow students to earn a Bachelor of Science in Education with certification as an adolescent English teacher in as few as 126 credits. This major combines the majority of the courses that English majors take with a uniquely tailored education curriculum that prepares students to be certified as English teachers in the New York State school system. This major also provides the ideal foundation to earn the master’s degree required of all tenured teachers in New York.

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The program includes the literature traditions of the United States and Britain, and spans the world to introduce global themes, ethnic texts, and non-traditional publications. Beyond words on a page, the English department’s foundation in Humanities exposes students to other meaningful forms of expression, such as art, philosophy, theater, and music. For students with a special interest in pursuing a career in writing, formal concentrations in either Creative Writing or Professional Writing are available.

English and Teaching Certification

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Medaille’s English program involves much more than reading classic selections of poetry, prose, and plays. Students are challenged to seek the deeper meanings in the language of literature by faculty members who are published (and award-winning) authors of literary criticism, poetry, fiction, and multimedia.

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� Student for a Day � Environmental Sustainability; Bringing the “Academic” to Life!

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� Breakfast, Sullivan Campus Center � International Festival Dinner � Hypnotist Joshua Seth

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Medaille College

English Bachelor of Arts Degree The study of English provides students with the opportunity to explore the centrality of written expression in understanding and giving meaning to human experience. Through dynamic and multifaceted investigations of the immense creative possibilities of language, students who major in English develop clarity of thought, precise writing and speaking skills, informed critical judgment, and a keen awareness of the power of language to shape personal and social relations. The development of these competencies provides excellent preparation for careers in teaching, law, business and management, government, publishing, technical writing, journalism, writing for media, public relations, library science, and many other areas of professional and creative endeavor. Additionally, the English major is ideal preparation for law or graduate school.

Credit Distribution English Core ENG 205 Intro. to Literature (3) ENG 210 Intro. to Creative Writing (3) (substitutes for GEN 230) ENG 215 Intro. to World Literature (3) ENG 305 British Lit.: Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century (3) ENG 315 British Lit.: Late Eighteenth Century through the Twentieth Century (3) ENG 325 American Lit.: Colonial to the Civil War (3) ENG 335 American Lit.: Civil War through the Twentieth Century (3) ENG 365 Ethnic Literature in America (3) ENG 435 Major Literary Figures(3) ENG 460 Literary Theory & Criticism: English Seminar (3) Minimum English Core Credit Hours: 30 English Electives Choose one (1) of the following: ENG 300 Fiction Workshop (3) ENG 310 Poetry Workshop (3) ENG 320 Drama Workshop (3) ENG 477 English Field Experience (3) Choose two (2) of the following: ENG 345 Film Art and Appreciation (3) ENG 355 Major Literary Forms (3) ENG 405 Themes and Topics in American Literature (3) ENG 415 Themes and Topics in British Literature (3) ENG 425 Themes and Topics in World Literature (3) Minimum English Elective Credit Hours 9

General Education Requirements ENG 110 College Writing II (3) ENG 200 Analytical Writing (3) GEN 110 Introduction to Critical Thought (3) GEN 220 A Global Perspective on Colonial North America GEN 240 Scientific Discovery (3) GEN 410 Baccalaureate Capstone (3) GEN 411 Baccalaureate Capstone II (3) MAT 114 Intermediate Algebra or above as determined by placement test (3) MAT 201 Statistics and Society(3) SPE 130 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3) Minimum General Education Credit Hours 30 Liberal Arts and Sciences FRE 101 Elementary French I or SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I (3) FRE 102 Elementary French II or SPA 102 Elementary Spanish II (3) HUM 300 Literature and the Arts (3) PHI 170 Issues in Philosophy (3) PHI 200 Logic (3) Minimum Liberal Arts and Sciences Credit Hours 15 Liberal Arts and Sciences Electives Choose two (2) 100-200 level courses from the following: Any APY, ART, BIO, CHE, ECO, ENG, GEO, HIS, HUM, LNG, MAT, MMS, MUS, PHI, PHY, POL, PSY, SSC, SOC, THE Choose three (3) 300-400 level courses from the following: Any APY, ART, BIO, CHE, ECO, ENG, GEO, HIS, HUM, LNG, MAT, MMS, MUS, PHI, PHY, POL, PSY,SSC, SOC, THE Minimum Liberal Arts and Sciences Elective Credit Hours 15 Free Elective Component Any College Course 21 Total Credit Hours for B.A. in English 120

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