Department of English
Student Learning Outcomes

Creative Writing

1. Use formal techniques of point of view, description, and dialogue in Fiction and/or Creative Nonfiction;
2. Produces original Fiction with coherence and purpose;
3. Use traditional structural tools in Poetry (e.g., repetition, line breaks, rhyme, rhythm, stanzaic composition);
4. Produces original Poetry composed with figurative language, imagery, and tone;
5. Applies knowledge of craft in Creative Nonfiction;
6. Produces inquiries into Creative Nonfiction beyond individual experiences;
7. Writes in an interesting and engaging voice, including an attempt to reach beyond the derivative and clichéd;
8. Discusses own writing within a literary context.

Literature

1. Develops an arguable claim based on analysis of relevant evidence from the literary text.
2. Evaluates the significance of cultural and/or literary context
3. Frames a research problem grounded in and contributing to an ongoing critical discourse.
4. Produces an effective research project in an appropriate modality that achieves a coherent rhetorical structure, incorporates research, and demonstrates familiarity with relevant critical questions.

Professional and Public Writing

1. Composes effective and situationally aware prose;
2. Shows evidence of professional editing principles;
3. Demonstrates knowledge of theories and concepts relevant to professional and public writing;
4. Applies research-based principles of professional and public writing;
5. Analyzes and addresses particular audiences, with clear attention to social and cultural dynamics.