Instructional programs that focus on the structure and use of the English language and dialects, speech, writing, and various aspects of the literatures and cultures of the English-speaking peoples.
| [ save ] | 1. | American Literature (Canadian) | |
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| A program that focuses on the literature and literary development, both formal and folkloric, of Canada from its origins to the present. Includes instruction in period and genre studies, author studies, literary criticism, and regional and oral traditions. | |||
| [ save ] | 2. | American Literature (United States) | |
| Matching Occupations: 1 | |||
| A program that focuses on the literature and literary development, both formal and folkloric, of the United States from the Colonial Era to the present. Includes instruction in period and genre studies, author studies, literary criticism, and regional and oral traditions. | |||
| [ save ] | 3. | Creative Writing | |
| Matching Occupations: 5 | |||
| A program that focuses on the process and techniques of original composition in various literary forms such as the short story, poetry, the novel, and others. Includes instruction in technical and editorial skills, criticism, and the marketing of finished manuscripts. | |||
| [ save ] | 4. | English Composition | |
| Matching Occupations: 5 | |||
| A program that focuses on the principles of English vocabulary, grammar, morphology, syntax and semantics; and techniques of selecting, developing, arranging, combining and expressing ideas in appropriate written forms. | |||
| [ save ] | 5. | English Language and Literature, General | |
| Matching Occupations: 1 | |||
| A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples. | |||
| [ save ] | 6. | English Language and Literature/Letters, Other | |
| Matching Occupations: 1 | |||
| Any instruc tional program in English language and literature not listed above. | |||
| [ save ] | 7. | English Literature (British and Commonwealth) | |
| Matching Occupations: 1 | |||
| A program that focuses on the literatures and literary developments of the English-speaking peoples of the British Isles and the British Commonwealth, from the origins of the English language to the present. Includes instruction in period and genre studies, author studies, country and regional specializations, literary criticism, and the study of folkloric traditions. | |||
| [ save ] | 8. | Speech and Rhetorical Studies | |
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| A program that focuses on human interpersonal communication from the scientific/behavioral and humanistic perspectives. Includes instruction in the theory and physiology of speech, the history of discourse, the structure and analysis of argument and types of public speech, the social role of speech, oral interpretation of literature, interpersonal interactions, and the relation of speech to nonverbal and other forms of message exchanges. | |||
| [ save ] | 9. | Technical and Business Writing | |
| Matching Occupations: 3 | |||
| A program that focuses on the theory, methods, and skills needed for writing and edit ing scientific, technical and business papers and monographs. | |||