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Department of Humanities
BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.)
IN ENGLISH
The B.A. in English prepares students for a
career in fields that demand clear writing and
expression in fluent English, the presentation of
logical arguments, and the critical evaluation of
the opinions of others. Besides education, these
fields include business, pre-law, communication,
journalism, advertising, technical and creative
writing, and translation. Students with diverse
interests are welcome.
MISSION
The Mission of the Bachelor of Arts in English
Program is to offer a superior English Program
which appeals to students, and which offers
the widest range of career possibilities after
graduation.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts in English
Program is to:
1. Provide our students with the
interdisciplinary background, and the
expertise in speaking, and to provide
them with the analytical and writing skills
needed to make them fully qualified for
the various career paths including, but not
limited to, advertising, banking, business,
journalism, NGO work and publishing.
2. To prepare our students for today’s
interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
Programs in English, Comparative
Literature, Cultural Studies, or any field of
the Humanities.
3. To give our students wishing to pursue a
career in high school education a level of
literary and cultural proficiency, which will
qualify them for the best jobs in Lebanon,
and the Region (assuming they also
acquire the Teaching Diploma).
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Graduates in the Bachelor of Arts in English will:
1. Enhance their writing proficiency through
literary and linguistic assignments.
2. Acquire both literary and linguistic content
in various areas, and become aware of the
cultural, political, and social perspectives
of different societies
3. Analyze and critique different topics, and
develop their research methods.
4. Reflect upon the different aspects of
today’s global issues, in a literary and
linguistic framework.
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE
LITERATURE EMPHASIS
Graduates in the Bachelor of Arts in English with
Literature Emphasis will:
1. Develop a high level of proficiency through
written assignments and reports.
2. Demonstrate a well-developed oral
proficiency, through oral reports, and/or a
question-and-answer teaching strategy.
3. Demonstrate the ability to subtly appreciate
the allusive qualities of literature, film, and
other arts (through cross-listed and teamtaught
courses).
4. Acquire a solid knowledge of the thematic
content, and the formal features of
the English literary tradition, from the
Middle Ages to the present, through
the coursework which emphasizes the
constructiveness of meaning.
5. Recognize, examine, compare, analyze,
and evaluate the principal theoretical
assumptions in literature and culture,
through coursework in theory.
6. Acquire a sense of, and reflect upon, the
relevance of literature and culture in the
social and political life of a people, through
courses that focus on the connections
between literature and social issues.
7. Acquire a firm grasp of research methods,
through the emphasis on the written
component of coursework.
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE
LANGUAGE EMPHASIS
Graduates in the Bachelor of Arts in English with
Language Emphasis will:
1. Identify and explain the different
subcategories related to language,
namely: morphology, syntax, semantics,
and pragmatic.
2. Describe and distinguish the major
grammatical functions related to language.
3. Analyze language, and its social context,
and explain the linguistic differences
encountered within a society.
4. Identify and summarize the different
reading and writing approaches, and the
strategies related to the English language.
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