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Assessment
Information about the Department of English's assessment of its goals for students, and its assessment of what our students are learning from our programs.
English is a humanistic discipline that teaches, practices, and researches various ways to communicate and interpret meaning in a wide array of written, oral, and visual forms. The success of faculty and student efforts is commonly determined by qualitative measures that assess people’s actions and reactions within a distinct communication context. The success of programmatic efforts is similarly determined by qualitative measures that assess students’ development.
Mission statement
The Department of English continues to carry out a mission of crucial importance to both the College and the University:
- To help students understand the ways that language and literature are central to acquiring knowledge, shaping thought and attitudes, and transmitting information.
- To heighten students' sensitivity to the moral, social, and humane values that have molded and continue to inform our culture and the world.
- To teach students to use language effectively and to analyze and interpret it in various contexts and manifestations.
- To use the talents and expertise of its faculty to help broaden the University's international involvement.
- To contribute to knowledge through continued research and publication.
The following pages provide detailed information regarding the department's assessment efforts.
