1996-1997 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences
English Humanities
The English Department B.A. Humanities curriculum emphasizes several of the traditional concerns of English literary study in nontraditional ways. Specifically, the student satisfies the literature requirements by taking preliminary courses which survey English and American literature and then choosing particular courses from each of five categories, each category reflecting a specific focus.
One category focuses upon literature as a "mode of awareness," a philosophic emphasis, and offers such courses as "The Metaphoric Perspective," "Symbol and Allegory," "The Oral Tradition," etc.
A second category views literature from an historical perspective and offers such courses as "The Puritan Mind in England and America," "The Renaissance," and "Romanticism."
A third category examines literature from a psychological point of view through such courses as "Myth in Literature," "Hero and Anti-Hero," and "The Literature of Alienation."
The fourth category deals with social considerations of perennial importance and offers such courses as "War in Literature," "Poverty and Class," and "Man in the Natural World."
The fifth category examines the literary output of a single major author: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, or a major American author or authors.
Courses from other areas (Critical, Creative and Technical Writing, Speech, Film, Language, and Communication Studies) complement the literature program selected by the student with his or her adviser's assistance.
Students, especially those for whom the B.A. is a terminal degree, are encouraged to seek an internship in their junior or senior year as a means of developing and demonstrating the skills they have acquired.
Since the major can be completed with 36 hours of coursework, students have 30-36 hours, depending on their foreign language status, of unspecified coursework. They should plan carefully with their adviser as to how these credits might best be earned, relevant to future goals.
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