Albertson College of Idaho

2005/6
Academic
Catalog

 

Majors, Minors

English Major

Consists of 33 credits (excluding ENG-100.1, 101, 301, and JOU 301.1) to include: 

The Foreign Language Requirement

Students electing a major in English or Creative Writing can meet the Department’s foreign language requirement in one of two ways: 1) satisfactorily completing the second year of language study at the college level (or passing a second-year equivalency test), or 2) satisfactorily completing the first year at the college level (or passing a first-year equivalency test) in two different languages. If available, Latin or Greek may be used in the second option. The equivalency tests must be agreed upon by both the Modern Foreign Language and English departments.

English Teaching Certification

Students seeking certification as teachers of English develop a program in consultation with the faculty member in charge of secondary education as well as an English advisor. Students planning to teach are encouraged to take additional courses in English beyond the 33 credits required above. A carefully planned and executed program will give the prospective teacher a rich variety of theoretical and applied knowledge and skills helpful in  securing a teaching position.

Creative Writing Major

Consists of 33 credits (excluding ENG-100.1, 101, 301, and JOU 301.1) to include:

English Minor

Consists of 18 credits (excluding ENG-100.1, 101, 301, and JOU 301.1) to include:

Interactive Journalism Minor

The Interactive Journalism minor combines the resources of the college in business, art, and traditional liberal arts disciplines with coursework in journalism. Internships in real world media businesses give ACI journalism minors a sense of what is happening in the workplace. Present in all our course work is a focus on critical thinking and exposure to the best examples of nonfiction writing for print, websites, radio and television.

The goal of the minor in Interactive Journalism is to produce journalists who possess the skills and critical thinking ability to work in today’s media. The means—broadcast, print, internet—of distributing news have evolved; the method of gathering and interpreting information has quickened, but the essence of the work—the informed, well-researched and compellingly told story—remains at the heart of all good journalism. Our students benefit from an inter-disciplinary approach, taking courses in graphic and web design as well as business and a core curriculum in journalism. Internships in print, video and interactive media give the students hands-on experience off campus.

Consists of 22 credits to include:

Creative Writing Minor

Consists of 18 credits (excluding ENG-100.1, 101, 301 and JOU 301.1) to include

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