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ENG 455 Literacy in the U.S.
Academic study of the nature, functions, acquisition, institutionalization, and present state of literacy in the U.S., with special focus on issues of cultural diversity and social inequity. Three contexts for literacy - personal, academic, and home/community - provide a range of readings, investigations, and opportunities for reflection and further study.
Prerequisite: 贰狈骋听101; Junior or senior standing.
Typically offered in Fall only
English (BA): Teacher Education Concentration
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The undergraduate major in English is built around a聽 12-hour c ore聽 consisting聽 of聽 two literature classes and two courses from 聽the following聽categories:聽Film, Linguistics,聽 Creative Writing, 聽and Rhetoric. Students in the Teacher Education complete the core by taking ENG 328:聽Linguistics for Education Professionals and ENG 455:聽Literacy in the U.S. In addition to the聽 12-hour聽 core, students take聽 an additional 27聽 hours of course work in聽 the major , including two courses in literary theory, an additional literature course studying an author or genre, and five English electives.