All CMU baccalaureate graduates are expected to demonstrate proficiency in critical thinking, communication fluency, quantitative fluency, specialized knowledge/applied learning, and personal and social responsibility. In addition to these campus-wide student learning outcomes, graduates of this major will be able to:
- Express themselves effectively in a variety of forms. (Specialized Knowledge)
- Support interpretive claims about a variety of texts. (Critical Thinking)
- Identify the salient features of literary texts from a broad range of English and American literary periods. (Specialized Knowledge)
- Employ knowledge of literary traditions to produce imaginative writing. (Communication Fluency/Applied Learning)
- Select and evaluate information to assist in problem-solving. (Critical Thinking and Information Literacy)
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history or culture of the English language. (Specialized Knowledge)
- Explore cultural and historical lessons from literature and apply the lessons to contemporary events and cultural concerns. (Personal and Social Responsibility)