Program Vision: We believe teacher education is a cooperative venture in building relationships and empowering candidates to be knowledgeable, skillful, and inspiring professionals who focus on the interests, welfare, and success of learners. Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Student recognizes developmental characteristics, learner exceptionalities, and cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversities. 2. Student demonstrates knowledge of content, educational foundations, theories, philosophies, and learning differences. 3. Student applies instructional objectives, critical thinking, performance skills, and strategies in lesson and assessment design. 4. Student analyzes classroom management and motivational strategies to promote a conducive learning environment. 5. Student demonstrates understanding of current educational responsibilities, ethical behaviors, and reflective practices. 6. Student demonstrates effective communication skills in writing, research, presentations, and the use of technology.
English English Major (B.A.) Mission Statement: Our mission is to help students attain literacy and aesthetic appreciation of literature in critical reading, critical thinking, research, writing, and revising. Students study literary texts and learn to apply critical frames to their reading; they master the strategies of rhetoric, voice, and style. English education majors are well equipped for middle and secondary school teaching; English majors achieve literacy skills for graduate study or professional life. Student Learning Outcomes: 1. The student understands the research process and demonstrates the ability to use evidence from a variety of sources to communicate and/or persuade. 2. The student demonstrates growth in logical thinking, rhetorical strategies, and literary analysis. 3. The student demonstrates the ability to communicate in writing for a variety of purposes and audiences. 4. The student demonstrates mastery of grammar, usage, and conventions (both in writing and in speaking, as demonstrated in the portfolio texts and the oral defense). 5. The student demonstrates an understanding of how readers create and discover meaning in a text (both the written literary criticism and in answers to questions posed in the oral defense).
English Minor Mission Statement: Our mission is to help students attain literacy and aesthetic appreciation of literature in critical reading, critical thinking, research, writing, and revising. Students study literary texts and learn to apply critical frames to their reading; they master the strategies of rhetoric, voice, and style. English education majors are well equipped for middle and secondary school teaching; English majors achieve literacy skills for graduate study or professional life. Student Learning Outcomes: 1. The student understands the research process and demonstrates the ability to use evidence from a variety of sources to communicate and/or persuade. 2. The student demonstrates growth in logical thinking, rhetorical strategies, and literary analysis. 3. The student demonstrates the ability to communicate in writing for a variety of purposes and audiences. 4. The student demonstrates mastery of grammar, usage, and conventions (both in writing and in speaking, as demonstrated in the portfolio texts and the oral defense). 5. The student demonstrates an understanding of how readers create and discover meaning in a text (both in the written literary criticism and in answers to questions posed in the oral defense).
Communication and Theatre Major – Communication or Theatre Concentration (B.A.) Mission Statement: 192
