Communication Skills Students' work varied, of course, but generally was strong. Problem-Solving Skills Students' work naturally varied. Poorer students nonetheless successfully fulfilled requirements in composition, upper-division literature, and capstone courses, indicating that they graduated with acceptable skills. Problem-solving in English involves the development of an idea as a thesis to prepare it for presentation. This is integral in our capstone course, where problem-solving is performed at high levels with faculty and in groups.
Results are quite acceptable.
With every course there are some students whose skills aren't as strong, but are acceptable. More support from career services would be very helpful in recruiting employers to come to the university to interview English majors. An example of an employer might be a technical writing service. We will continue to address ways to better design our curriculum, such as the shift we made in the survey courses from one semester to two. Our department needs more tenure-track hires with specific specializations.