Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

English
Faculty
Chairperson: David Killoran
Professors: Linda Bannister, Robert Caro, S.J.,
Theresia de Vroom, Paul Harris, David Killoran,
Rubén Martínez (Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature and
Writing), John Menaghan, Barbara Roche Rico,
Chuck Rosenthal, Lucy Wilson, Gail Wronsky
Associate Professors: Holli G. Levitsky, K.J. Peters,
John Reilly, Stephen Shepherd, Kelly Younger
Assistant Professors: Stuart Ching, Juan Mah y Busch,
Robin Miskolcze
English Department Mission
Believing that literature is a profound expression of human
experience, the English Department uses a range of critical
methods to introduce students to literatures in English from
a variety of cultural traditions. The course work reveals the
art form’s creative beauty, strategies for representing the
human experience, and its power to shape the reader.
The English Department encourages an understanding
of the critical and creative union of reading and writing
as fundamental to the processes of developing the self.
Through their imaginations, students who major or minor
in English interact with language and literature, thereby
encountering another equally open and attentive mind: that
of the writer they are reading or of the reader who comes to
the work they have created. As students of the literary arts,
English majors and minors prepare for a lifetime of reading
and writing, enlightenment and fulfillment, learning to do
what Toni Morrison describes as a dance of two minds.
A Note on the Core: English majors and minors must
take a course to satisfy the University’s core literature
requirement, and this course is separate from and in
addition to the courses taken to fulfill the English major and
minor requirements.
English Student Learning Outcomes
English majors know:
• The history of literatures in the English
language;
• A variety of critical theories;
• The range of creative choices made by the literary
artist.
English majors are able to:
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• Read literary texts closely and carefully;
• Interpret analytically and innovatively using a
variety of critical and theoretical approaches;
• Write creatively and effectively;
• Perceive and express the artistry, ideas, and
social significance of language.
English majors value:
• The ways in which literature represents human
experience;
• The affect of literature on the artist and reader;
• The artistry of precise and elegant expression.
Major Requirements
Lower Division Requirements (12 semester hours):
ENGL 201 and either ENGL 200 or 202; ENGL 203
and 204.
A grade of C (2.0) is required in each premajor course
before qualifying for upper division status as an English
major. Students transferring into the Department after
their sophomore year may enroll in upper division
courses in the major concurrently with the premajor
courses. Students must complete all upper division
courses in the major with a minimum grade of C (2.0)
in order to maintain status as English majors. Failure
to maintain this standard or failure to make sufficient
progress toward completion of the major will result in
probation or disqualification from the Department.
Upper Division Requirements:
There are two programs for the major in English:
I. The English Major: Literature Emphasis
A minimum of 27 semester hours in upper division courses.
Up to six of these semester hours may be taken in writing
classes.
Upper Division Requirements:
ENGL 321 or 322.
One course in English and/or American Literature prior
to 1800, excluding Shakespeare.
One of the two survey courses in the History of
American Literature (ENGL 371 or 372).
Two courses in English and/or American Literature
after 1800.
One course in Theory (consult with your advisor).