• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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Learning Outcomes

The goal is for students who graduate from the Department of English to demonstrate the skills of reflective reading, critical thinking, effective speaking, compelling writing, and engaged citizenship.

Reflective readers:

• analyze literary and cultural texts through close reading;
• gain broad knowledge of several fields of literature;
• grasp formal elements of key literary genres; and
• learn to read comparatively to illuminate aesthetic, social, and cultural contributions of texts.

Critical thinkers:

• approach texts with a spirit of critical inquiry and flexibility;
• formulate productive questions;
• use textual evidence to support individual interpretations; and
• draw upon several different critical approaches to literature in English.

Effective speakers:

• express opinions about the texts they read through discussion and written assignments;
• listen respectfully to others’ opinions; and
• work in class whether through active listening or discussion to learn by synthesizing a range of texts, insights, and opinions.

Compelling writers:

• express their ideas in clear, fluent, and lively prose;
• organize their ideas effectively;
• use textual evidence to illustrate and support their insights and arguments;
• demonstrate the ability to write in different modes that are appropriate to particular contexts;
• engage properly with relevant scholarship and creative work; and
• use research skills that include understanding of methods, technology, and conventions.

Overview

The major enables students to experience the historical, traditional, and innovative aspects of literature in English and the relationship between critical reading and creative writing. The major provides the transferable skills important for a liberal arts major, including the ability to think deeply and creatively, read complex texts with comprehension, and master writing and speaking skills at an advanced level.

The English and creative writing major introduces students to the wealth of resources associated with the University of Iowa and the Iowa City writing communities. For over 75 years, the Department of English and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop have been leaders in the area of writing. The M.F.A. offered by the Nonfiction Writing Program and administered by the Department of English has been voted the top M.F.A. program in creative nonfiction in the United States. Likewise, the M.F.A. program in the Writers’ Workshop is annually noted as the top graduate program in the country.

The international reputation of writing at Iowa is boosted by synergy across colleges, with the International Writing Program hosting published writers each fall from countries around the world and each spring traveling to other countries, taking Iowa writing on the road.

The Bachelor of Arts in English and creative writing requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including at least 42 s.h. of work for the major. Of the 42 s.h., at least 36 s.h. must be selected from the Department of English courses (prefix ENGL, CNW, CW). Students must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 2.00 in all courses for the major and in all UI courses for the major.

The English and creative writing major prepares students for a wide variety of career paths including teaching, medicine, law, graduate school, and jobs in the private and nonprofit sector where writing, organization, research, and communication is highly valued. Within a year of graduation, over 92 percent of Department of English students are employed or in graduate programs.

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Applicants must have the Completion of academic upper secondary school (generally a total of 12-13 years of primary and secondary education); A corresponding secondary school diploma or leaving certificate. English Language Requirements: Internet-based test (iBT): 80 with no subscore lower than 17; Revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test: no subscore lower than 17; Paper-based test (PBT): 530; International English Language Testing System) total score of 6.5, with no subscore lower than 6.0A Pearson Test of English (PTE) score of 53 with no sub-scores lower than 47

课程信息

学制：全日制(4 年)

学费：US$31,458.00 (¥ 203,656) /年

开学时间：预计在五月, 八月 2022

申请截止日期：预计在October 2022

留学地点：College of Liberal Arts and Sciences240 Schaeffer Hall,University of Iowa,IOWA CITY,Iowa,52242, United States