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Mission Statement
The English major is grounded in the principles of a liberal arts, Benedictine education. We teach the value of the literary accomplishments of the past and of the present. And by examining our own narratives in the contexts of others, we guide our students to a clearer understanding of their own values, and so to a fuller recognition of individual moral agency and a stronger individual voice.
Learning Goals
Goal 1: Text
Our students will effectively analyze how textual elements integrate, interrelate, and illuminate the complexity of a text.
Goal 2: Connect
Our students will produce compositions that engage in and contribute to a larger conversation about texts and their relationships to its historical, cultural, aesthetic, or ideological context(s).
Goal 3: Research
Our students will locate and synthesize relevant research to develop an interpretation of a literary text or to create a new text.
Goal 4: Writing
Our students will create well-constructed works of analytical and/or creative writing that communicate clearly and effectively to a wide range of audiences.
College of Saint Benedict
Saint John’s University
Jessica Harkins
Chair, English Department
SJU Quad 350B
320-363-2734
Laura Schmitz
Department Coordinator
SJU Quad 362D/451
320-363-3030