English B.A.

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Mission Statement

English majors at Nevada State College learn how the study of literature and writing can help us understand a diverse range of narratives, communities, and cultures. Beyond the joys of reading, writing, and collaborating with their peers, our majors gain communication and critical thinking skills that can be applied directly to their lives outside of the classroom. Through discussion, creation, and revision, our students become confident and well-rounded practitioners of the myriad modes of reading and writing, which gives them the necessary skills to succeed in a wide variety of careers in business, government, education, publishing, law, entertainment, communications, and the arts.

Learning Outcomes

• Critically engage with scholarly research and write in multiple formats, including convincing literary analyses, with exceptional clarity and insight
• Interpret traditional texts, such as printed prose and poetry, and nontraditional forms of literature, such as graphic novels, film, and digital media, using academic voice
• Demonstrate a broad understanding of various literary periods as well as both canonical and emerging areas of literary theory
• Identify an assignment’s rhetorical context and use that knowledge to shape their own argumentative, creative, and interpretive choices
• Articulate the importance of culturally diverse contributions to the literary canon and an intersectional approach to the interpretation of literature

Summary of credit requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in English

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