专业要求:2024年1月起
专业概况
英语专业, students devote themselves to studying human expression: how people of different times and 文化s have understood the world and used the 英语 language to explore, 问题, 然后改变它. 英语 majors will develop their abilities to read and interpret works of 文学; to understand the interplay of words, 意义, 文化, and society; and to express themselves effectively in speech and in writing. 拥有英语学位的毕业生在出版业追求令人兴奋的职业, 市场营销, 教育, 法律, 银行, 高科技, 还有很多其他领域. 要申请英语专业，学生应与系主任联系.
学习目标
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需求
所有英语专业学生完成以下12个学分的课程. 如果一门课程的成绩达到C或更高，将被计入专业. At least two courses in the major must be designated as focusing on Underrepresented Voices & 社会正义(UVSJ).
A two-course foundation, comprising a 文学研究研讨会 and an additional 100-level course. Seminars numbered ENGL 160 through 169 engage students with literary texts from multiple genres (including poetry and drama) from multiple periods of literary history. 的y equip students with a range of skills in literary studies: close reading, 论点, 说服性写作. 的 department strongly recommends that students take their 文学研究研讨会 before enrolling in upper-level 英语 courses. (This course fulfills the Writing Emphasis Part 2 requirement for 英语 majors.)
额外的100级课程 may include Introduction to Creative Writing (ENGL 170); a course taught collaboratively by the entire 英语 Department faculty (ENGL 101); surveys of British, 美国, and Black diasporic 文学; and film studies, 等. A second-semester Humanities Gateway or InterArts course may count toward this requirement, 如果由英语学院授课.
四门文学核心课程, two emphasizing foundational periods of literary traditions in 英语 (generally, texts written before 1800) and two emphasizing the 文学s of later periods, 包括电影. 这四门课程中至少有两门必须达到300分或更高.
五门课程, enabling students to deepen and advance their work within the discipline of 英语. 五门课程中有三门必须达到300级或更高.
学生们 文学 集中修读三门文学课程, 其中之一必须关注1800年以前的文学, 其中一个必须指定为“批判性反思”.” Students planning on writing a senior thesis are strongly encouraged to take their “critical reflection” course before the end of junior year.
学生们 创意写作 concentration take three creative-writing courses—ENGL 170 (or a creative-writing elective if 170 has already been taken); a 300-level workshop in a single genre; and any additional creative-writing course, which may include hybrid 文学/creative-writing courses and “crafts” courses, 以及研讨会.
Both concentrations require two further electives; or, 对于论文作者来说, 一门选修课和一场专题讨论会(见下文).
高级顶点高级研讨会或两个学期的毕业论文. Students seeking consideration for departmental honors must complete a thesis. 高级研讨会通常仅限于英语专业的高年级学生, 但非高年级学生可以向个别导师申请入学. A thesis is a year-long project consisting of a research-based analytical study of a topic in literary and/or film studies; or, 完成创意写作课程的学生, 一个他们选择的流派的创造性项目. 在大四的秋季学期, 文学论文作者将参加英语498, 毕业论文第一部分/毕业讨论会, 和创意写作论文作者将参加ENGL 491, 创意写作论文第一部分/专题讨论会. All thesis writers enroll in ENGL 499, Senior 的sis Part 2, during the spring of their senior year.
辅修英语 包括六门课程. 如果一门课程的成绩达到C或C以上，将被计入辅修课程. At least one course in the minor must be designated as focusing on Underrepresented Voices & 社会正义. 要申请辅修英语，学生应与系主任联系.
文学研究研讨会. Seminars numbered ENGL 160 through 169 engage students with literary texts from multiple genres (including poetry and drama) from multiple periods of literary history. 的y equip students with a range of skills in literary studies: close reading, 论点, 说服性写作. 的 department strongly recommends that students take their 文学研究研讨会 before enrolling in upper-level 英语 courses.
两门文学核心课程: one emphasizing foundational periods of literary traditions in 英语 (generally, texts written before 1800) and one emphasizing the 文学s of later periods, 包括电影. 这两门课程中至少有一门必须达到300分或更高.
三门课程, enabling students to deepen and advance their work within the discipline of 英语. 的 文学 concentration consists of three courses (in addition to those in the two-course core) on 文学 or film, 其中两个必须在300级或以上. 的 创意写作 concentration consists of three creative-writing courses, of which two must be workshops.
额外的机会:
研究了: 的 英语 Department encourages its students to take the opportunity to study away, 无论是在以英语为主要语言的国家还是在其他地方. Students interested in studying abroad or elsewhere in the United States should discuss 问题s of transferring credits, 满足需求, and other related matters with the department’s study-away adviser (typically the department chair). 英语系一学期最多可接受两门课程, 一年最多三门课程, 走向专业. 对于辅修课程，英语系最多可以取消一门课程.
Students who have begun the 英语 major while at Trinity may count no more than three courses originating outside the department towards fulfillment of the major. 此限制不适用于交叉引用的课程.
研究方法: 的 Trinity 英语 Department offers several research-intensive courses each semester, and majors have the opportunity to pursue intensive personal research through independent studies, 高级论文, 或者在他们的高级研讨会上.
荣誉为了获得本专业的荣誉, a student must write a two-semester senior thesis and attain a minimum GPA of A- (3.667) in all 英语 courses taken with Trinity 英语 Department faculty that count toward major requirements.
经验证明: Experiential Certificates complement the core liberal arts experience with an integrated set of courses and immersive experiences that prepare students for their next steps after Trinity.
英语系提供英语课程 多媒体通讯证书. Credit 1 may be fulfilled with a 300-level creative-writing course (ENGL 333, 334, 335, or 336, or THDN 305 or 393) OR an upper-level course that considers the history of media by emphasizing the production, 循环, 和/或接收书面或电影文本(engl305), 310, 329, 340, 343, 347, 354, 358, 381, 409, 427或经系主任批准的同等课程). 学分2和3可以完成 出版业实习, 新闻, 艺术, 通信, 市场营销, 公共关系, 社交媒体, 或相关领域.
艾伦·K. 史密斯写作中心 & 修辞学、英语系也开设了一门 写作教学证书. 的 certificate entails two academic credits—a writing-intensive or workshop-based course in ENGL or RHET (160, 170, or a 200 level RHET course) and a course about the history or theory of literacy and pedagogy (RHET 302, 英格兰318年, rhel 406/ engl 806). 的 third co-curricular credit may be earned as a Teaching Assistant for an ENGL or RHET course or as a First-Year Mentor for an ENGL or RHET faculty member.
研究生学习: Students interested in post-graduate study in 英语 are encouraged to talk with any 英语 faculty member, especially the faculty’s graduate-study adviser. 的 英语 department has funds available to subsidize application fees for 英语 majors seeking admission to PhD and MFA programs.
