Program Description

The English degree program is designed for the students interested in focusing on literature and writing in an interrelated academic environment. The program features a broad range of courses in English language, literature, and composition, including introduction to literature, survey courses, genre courses, diversity-based and interdisciplinary courses, and writing-intensive courses. The program will enable interested students to begin their major in English at Union College and transfer to a four-year institution to continue their academic advancement on the baccalaureate level.

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able to:

• Write clearly, grammatically, and fluently with focus and continuity in standard American English;
• Demonstrate the ability to revise papers through the writing process;
• Demonstrate clarity, analytical skill, and organization to present and support ideas in formal papers and in-class writings;
• Articulate their evolving point of view about literature, authors, diverse cultures, and periods, and about compositional artistry, creativity, and style;
• Apply technology skills to write research papers that explore critical inquiry on works and authors studied; judge reliable sources for such writing;
• Discuss major writers, movements, cultures, and works covered in a given course in ways that demonstrate analytical competency and compositional skill;
• Illustrate the interrelatedness of literature, literary theory, and composition through discussion and written analysis;
• Evaluate the various issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion through the use of textual analysis.

After Union College

Graduates can transfer to a related program at a four-year college or university and are eligible to take advantage of the many transfer/articulation agreements Union College has with some of the top four-year colleges and universities in the country. See a transfer advisor for details.

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