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Language shapes our ideas about the world and our place in it. The English Department at Iona College will cultivate your passion for language, literature, and the power of the word. Our programs are rooted in traditional literary studies, engaging you in a rigorous analysis of literature that can begin with Shakespeare, Chaucer and Milton, then take you from the 18th-century novel to the graphic novel. You?ll learn the uses of language and rhetoric, appreciate the importance of historical and cultural context, and enjoy working closely with our active, lively and accomplished faculty. Students wishing to concentrate in English and receive teacher certification for grades 7-12 must complete all the requirements of the English major including specific areas of study required for adolescent education, as well as the 33 credits in Education as outlined in this catalog. NCATE requirements for students who began the teacher certification program (7-12) after September 2003 are available from the English Department. Core Courses in Writing: ENG 120: Communication Skills: Writing I. By the completion of this course, students should be able to: write clear, well organized, mechanically correct expository prose construct a clear, focused thesis and choose and produce an appropriate organizational structure, for example, comparison/contrast, process analysis, inductive or deductive argument, or persuasion approach writing as a process that includes pre writing, drafting, and revising demonstrate mastery of the conventions of standard written English, including grammar, syntax, punctuation, and usage use the skills of basic research. Students should become familiar with general electronic databases and print reference works such as The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature and The Humanities Index. They should be able to locate information; summarize, paraphrase, and quote from their sources; acknowledge those sources fully and correctly; synthesize material; and integrate information, as illustration or evidence, into a short research paper that presents their own ideas and arguments on a topic. Core Courses in Literature: ENG 203: Foundations and Traditions of Literature. ENG 204: Literature of the Modem World. By the completion of these courses, students should have been introduced to and have developed a familiarity with a body of traditional and modem literature organized by genre, have explored some major themes and images of the imaginative life, and have demonstrated an ability to: use the basic skills of close, critical reading understand the figurative uses of language, including imagery, metaphor, and symbolism, and the varieties of voice and tone, such as irony appreciate the importance of contexts in interpretation, for example, historical, cultural, philosophical, and ethical perspectives consider the importance of the conventions of genre, for example, those of narrative, poetry, drama, and creative non fiction recognize some major elements of literary analysis, for example, persona, meter, rhyme, plot, character development, point of view, and theme develop those skills in written and oral presentation that they have practiced in core writing and literature courses.
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Language shapes our ideas about the world and our place in it. The English Department at Iona College will cultivate your passion for language, literature, and the power of the word. Our programs are rooted in traditional literary studies, engaging you in a rigorous analysis of literature that can begin with Shakespeare, Chaucer and Milton, then take you from the 18th-century novel to the graphic novel. You?ll learn the uses of language and rhetoric, appreciate the importance of historical and cultural context, and enjoy working closely with our active, lively and accomplished faculty. Students wishing to concentrate in English and receive teacher certification for grades 7-12 must complete all the requirements of the English major including specific areas of study required for adolescent education, as well as the 33 credits in Education as outlined in this catalog. NCATE requirements for students who began the teacher certification program (7-12) after September 2003 are available from the English Department. Core Courses in Writing: ENG 120: Communication Skills: Writing I. By the completion of this course, students should be able to: write clear, well organized, mechanically correct expository prose construct a clear, focused thesis and choose and produce an appropriate organizational structure, for example, comparison/contrast, process analysis, inductive or deductive argument, or persuasion approach writing as a process that includes pre writing, drafting, and revising demonstrate mastery of the conventions of standard written English, including grammar, syntax, punctuation, and usage use the skills of basic research. Students should become familiar with general electronic databases and print reference works such as The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature and The Humanities Index. They should be able to locate information; summarize, paraphrase, and quote from their sources; acknowledge those sources fully and correctly; synthesize material; and integrate information, as illustration or evidence, into a short research paper that presents their own ideas and arguments on a topic. Core Courses in Literature: ENG 203: Foundations and Traditions of Literature. ENG 204: Literature of the Modem World. By the completion of these courses, students should have been introduced to and have developed a familiarity with a body of traditional and modem literature organized by genre, have explored some major themes and images of the imaginative life, and have demonstrated an ability to: use the basic skills of close, critical reading understand the figurative uses of language, including imagery, metaphor, and symbolism, and the varieties of voice and tone, such as irony appreciate the importance of contexts in interpretation, for example, historical, cultural, philosophical, and ethical perspectives consider the importance of the conventions of genre, for example, those of narrative, poetry, drama, and creative non fiction recognize some major elements of literary analysis, for example, persona, meter, rhyme, plot, character development, point of view, and theme develop those skills in written and oral presentation that they have practiced in core writing and literature courses.
Admission Requirements
6.5+
Other English Language Requirements: TOEFL paper-based score of 550 or Computer- Based score of 213.
Jan-2000
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