Catalog 05-07 - Biola University

concurrently with LEDU 452 if completing all of student
teaching in one semester. Prerequisite: application and
consent. Students doing student teaching are limited to a
maximum of 15 units that semester. (See also ASED 514/515).
TPA #3 and #4. Fee: $60.
ledU 452 secondary student Teaching ii ...........................................6
See LEDU 450
ledU 480 Directed study ......................................................................1-3
Subject matter and credit by arrangement.
English
Faculty
Chair: .....................................................................................Todd Pickett, Ph.D.
Professor: ....................................................................................................... Smith
Associate Professors: .........................Buchanan, Frankwitz, Pickett
Assistant Professor: .................................Davidson, Kleist, Malandra
Objectives
The Department of English equips students to explore, from a faithinformed
perspective, the complex narrative worlds of both literature
and life that they might live out their callings more intelligently and
compassionately.
With this in view, the English department’s objectives are:
1. To mentor students in the concepts, skills and attitudes which
enable trenchant literary analysis and deepen the pleasures of
reading.
2. To equip students to write and speak incisively, persuasively
and creatively.
3. To explore and appraise the ideas and ideologies literary
works represent, and to appreciate the complex ways such
works and their traditions arise from, reflect, and contribute to
the development of culture and history.
4. To acquaint students with diverse theoretical approaches to
literature and help them identify implicit assumptions, contributions
and implications.
5. To explore and identify how literary skills and sensibilities can
prepare Christians to engage more intelligently and compassionately
in their worlds.
Degree Program
A Bachelor of Arts degree in English is offered upon completion of
the university baccalaureate and English major in one of the emphases
which consists of 36 units, 24 of which must be upper division.
A minimum grade of “C” is required in order to receive credit for any
course counted toward the major.
note: History 305 is recommended for all English majors.
Majors
e n G l I s h e m P h a s I s (3 6 U n I t s)
The student is required to take English 281, American Literature I,
to fulfill the general education literature requirement. The major
requires: English 251, 252 and 282 are prerequisite for the major and
to upper division courses in the major. The student must complete:
English 360, 370, 400, 451 and 452. The remaining 12 units may be
completed in any of the upper division English course offerings.
94 Undergraduate Programs B I O L A U N I V E R S I T Y