English University of the Virgin Islands

Overview

English from University of the Virgin Islands provides professional education which includes theoretical and rhetorical foundations that prepare the student for graduate study or a career in a variety of fields.  Students learn concepts and skills, such as the ability to read and write the English language effectively, that are highly marketable.  For the convenience of students, courses in the major are usually taught as V (video-conference) or OL (online) classes; occasionally they may be offered as H (hybrid classes) that meet in the classroom on campus at least once a week but have a strong online focus.  English majors at UVI have sufficient freedom to pursue other academic interests within the liberal arts and social sciences, education or business programs, for example, to complement their study of English. 

Students at English from University of the Virgin Islands will:

• Demonstrate experience and expertise to write effectively in a variety of modes.

• Demonstrate a deeper understanding of grammar, syntax, diction, style and other elements of written and spoken English.

• Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the social and cultural importance of literature and the literary heritage of the past.

• Demonstrate an understanding of critical standards for the evaluation of literature, based on comprehension of concepts including genre, style, the vocabulary of literary criticism, and the theorists of representative schools of criticism, both historical and contemporary.

• Exhibit skills in communicating and supporting their ideas, both in traditional ways (the writing of essays, making oral presentations), as well as by using virtual (digital) technologies.