Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This program is housed in the Division of English and Communications Design within the School of Communications Design. The major prepares its students for positions in publications and communications (media production, graphic design, electronic publishing, writing, editing and public relations, for example) and provides a sound basis for graduate work in areas such as literature, rhetoric, creative writing and the law. Extracurricular opportunities for English majors include Sigma Tau Delta (the national English honor society), the literary magazine Welter and the University newspaper, the UB Post. The division is also affiliated with the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore and the literary journal Passager. This writing programs include creative writing and professional writing as areas of emphasis. Through this specialization, students become more versatile, resourceful and confident as a writer. Students will learn to write and edit effectively and apply the principles of these two skills to a wide range of publications contexts.

Modul program

This program module includes English Program Requirements (36 credits): Core Courses (12 credits): Period and Context Courses: Wells of the Past: Classical Foundations (ENGL 311); Melville, Poe and Whitman: American Voyagers (ENGL 342); The Hero and the Quest (ENGL 361); Dante, Chaucer and Cervantes: Three Versions of Pilgrimage (ENGL 362); Milton, Blake and Yeats: Poet as Prophet (ENGL 366); Austen, The Brontes and Woolf: Rooms of Their Own (ENGL 374); Literature in Society (ENGL 400); The Elizabethan Renaissance: In the Green World (ENGL 421); The Metaphysical Moment: From T.S. Eliot to John Donne (ENGL 431); The Age of Reason (ENGL 432); The Romantic Imagination (ENGL 441); The Victorian Paradox (ENGL 442); The Great Moderns (ENGL 450); Shakespeare: Kings, Knaves and Fools (ENGL 364); Shakespeare: Love, Myth and Metamorphosis (ENGL 365); Seminar in English: The Modern Tradition (ENGL 498); Professional Writing Specialization (24 credits): Computer Graphics: Publishing (CMAT 211); Writing, Editing and Publishing (WRIT 330); Syntax, Semantics and Style (WRIT 380); Internship in Professional Writing (WRIT 407); Copyediting and Document Design (WRIT 430); three additional 300- or 400-level ENGL, WRIT or CMAT courses appropriate to the professional writing specialization; Creative Writing Specialization (24 credits): Publication and Performance (WRIT 401); two additional 300- or 400-level ENGL, WRIT or CMAT courses; The Short Story (ENGL 315); Modern Poetry (ENGL 316); Contemporary Literature (ENGL 320); The Art of Memoir (WRIT 315); Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry (WRIT 318); Creative Writing Workshop: Fiction (WRIT 319); Creative Writing Workshop: Screenwriting (WRIT 363); Application Requirement: Media Production: Digital Video (CMAT 369); Communication Technologies (CMAT 451); Multimedia Design and Production (CMAT 456); Advanced Audio/Video Production (CMAT 469); Graphic Design: Computer Graphics: Publishing (CMAT 211); Computer Graphics: Imaging (CMAT 212); Print Design (CMAT 357); Electronic Design (CMAT 358); The Magazine (WRIT 374); Graphic Design and Production (WRIT 375); Writing: Media Criticism (CMAT 475); Writing for Information Systems (WRIT 313); Creative Journalism (WRIT 316); Techniques of Popularization (WRIT 317); Writing for Managers and Executives (WRIT 320); Writing, Editing and Publishing (WRIT 330); Public Relations Writing (WRIT 331); Writing for the Media (WRIT 361); Syntax, Semantics and Style (WRIT 380); Copyediting and Document Design (WRIT 430); General Electives (41-42 credits); First Year Seminar: Applied Learning and Study Skills (IDIS 101); Elective: The Experience of Literature (ENGL 200); or another 200-level literature course; Information Literacy Requirement: Introduction to Information Literacy (IDIS 110); Seminar in English: The Modern Tradition (ENGL 498).

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Applicants must have a high school diploma or a General Educational Diploma (GED) from an accredited institution or equivalent and a minimum of 21 credits. These credits include four (Carnegie) units of English, three units of mathematics (algebra I, algebra II and geometry), three units of science (two with labs), three units of social sciences and the remaining units in fine arts, foreign language, technology education or other academic electives. International Students must have minimum TOEFL score of 550 on paper based, 213 on computer based or 79 on the Internet based test.

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

University Of Baltimore

Nama jurusan

Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communications Design