Learning Outcomes - English

Seattle University undergraduate English students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a broad understanding of British and American literary history
• Engage questions of justice, value, spirituality, and meaning raised by literary texts
• Read and interpret a variety of texts (written, oral, visual, and cultural) from different critical perspectives and appreciate how differences in theoretical framework can produce multiple readings of a text
• Articulate an understanding of minority experience, cultural diversity, and multiculturalism, including issues of race, gender, class, and ethnicity, through the study of U.S. ethnic-minority literature or non-Western texts.
• Write and speak effectively for different audiences and purposes 
  
  
  • Early in the  major: Produce effective close readings that engage basic formal and aesthetic features of texts.
  • Late in the major: conduct scholarly inquiry and produce literary research papers in the manner of a literary critic and in the style recommended by the current MLA

Learning Outcomes - Creative Writing

Seattle University undergraduate Creative Writing students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a broad understanding of British and American literary history
• Engage questions of justice, value, spirituality, and meaning raised by literary texts
• Read and interpret a variety of texts (written, oral, visual, and cultural) from different critical perspectives and appreciate how differences in theoretical framework can produce multiple readings of a text
• Write and speak effectively for different audiences and purposes 
  
  
  • Early in the  major: Produce effective close readings that engage basic formal and aesthetic features of texts
  • Late in the major: conduct scholarly inquiry and produce literary research papers in the manner of a literary critic and in the style recommended by the current MLA
• Produce effective creative pieces in three genres; late in the major, create a portfolio in a chosen genre sufficient to apply for an MFA program or to submit for publication
• Demonstrate the professional habits of creative  writers: revision, workshopping, public reading, and submission for publication 

For complete list of Learning Outcomes for Seattle University Undergraduate Students, click here.