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GRADUATE PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
ALL CONCENTRATIONS:
Students will demonstrate:
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An ability to critically analyze and question
knowledge claims in the specialized discipline
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An ability to write clearly, effectively, and
imaginatively, and to adjust writing style appropriately to the
content and nature of the subject.
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An ability to conduct research projects and to
articulate them within appropriate conceptual and methodological
frameworks, and to locate, evaluate, organize, and incorporate
information effectively.
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An ability to conduct advanced research and documentation
in the discipline, including print and electronic forms of information
retrieval.
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An ability to engage in the oral exchange of ideas
with faculty and fellow students.
LITERATURE CONCENTRATION:
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A sophisticated knowledge of a wide range of
American, British and World literary works.
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A familiarity with a variety of literary traditions,
periods, and genres
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An understanding of diverse critical perspectives
available in the field of literary studies.
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An interpretive engagement with the complexities
of literary texts as well as a variety of secondary materials.
COMPOSITION CONCENTRATION:
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A working knowledge of praxis--the ways Rhetoric
and Composition theory and practice inform one another
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An ability to theorize and practice a variety
of writing classroom pedagogies
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An ability to engage in writing as a process,
which includes critical self-reflection
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An ethically-driven understanding of the ways
in which all language is meaning making, especially within the
contexts of academic discourse communities
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An understanding of appropriate teaching strategies
for students who speak and write a variety of English languages
and dialects
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An ability to conduct research in Rhetoric and
Composition using appropriate methods and methodological frameworks
CREATIVE WRITING CONCENTRATION:
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Clarity of imaginative expression.
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An ability to understand and express ideas through
or in dialogue with literary forms.
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A tone of authority, a voice that invites the
reader to listen and attend respectfully.
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An ability to critique their own or each other's
works using the fundamental terminology of the craft appropriate
to the genre.
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