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Department of English and Modern Languages

The mission of the Department of English and Modern Languages is to provide required courses for majors in other departments as well as the first four semesters of a foreign language for Foreign Language majors who transfer.

Bachelor's Degree

English majors at PNC learn to interpret literary and artistic texts (in all media, including film, television, and web) as well as historical documents and works of theory as the products of complex social processes. By reading and responding to texts produced to meet changing cultural needs over a wide range of historical periods, students develop an empathy for human struggles, and with it, the understanding demanded by our contemporary dilemmas.

Not only do English majors acquire skills valued by today's job market -- in research, close analysis of information, and articulate, persuasive self-expression -- they also gain a thorough knowledge of the history and development of the English language and British, American, world, and ethnic literatures within the context of a changing global society. As students learn how others have come to articulate their world views, they also become critical thinkers who can effectively communicate with others.

English Minors
Minor in Composition (English) Studies
Minor in English Literature
Minor in Professional Writing (English)

Minor in Latin American Studies

Admission requires a 2.0 GPA overall and a total of 18 semester credit hours of study.

Required courses (6 cr.): SPAN 282 and at least one of the two seminars (a) HIST 576 or (b) FLL 551.
Elective courses (12 cr.): FLL 407, FLL 405, HIST 271, HIST 272, HIST 366, SPAN 235, SPAN 280, SPAN 335, and POL 308 .

NOTE: Students may elect to take both HIST 576 and FLL 551, using one to fulfill the requirement and one to fulfill an elective.

Minor in Gender Studies

The minor is offered in collaboration with the Social Sciences Department. Admission requires a 2.0 GPA overall 15 semester credit hours minimum, to include IDIS 106, and a minimum of 12 credit hours from the following: PHIL 225, PSY 239, IDIS 280, ANTH 303, ENGL 311, ENGL 360, HIST 365, PSY 365, COM 376, IDIS 380FLL 401, GBG 450, OLS 454, SOC 450 and appropriate substitutions with the approval of the program minor coordinator.

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