Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages

Department Learning Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate the skills necessary for effective research, writing, and oral communication in various genres and media.
• Students will display interpretive, analytical and critical skills developed through the close study and analysis of texts.
• Students will demonstrate knowledge of diverse cultures and literary texts.
• Students will demonstrate knowledge of the nature, structure, and history of language.
• Students will develop redemptive social and spiritual engagement through studies of languages, texts, cultures, and media.

Tradition of Excellence

The Department of Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages invites students to enter into the "republic of letters," to become students of the basic component of human interaction: language. The department is committed to helping students learn how to communicate their ideas effectively through the analysis and study of the written word as used in a breadth of literature—classical and modern, British and American, European, and a wide variety of other western and non-western literatures. The faculty offer different approaches to the subject matter due to their different educational backgrounds. Professors of the department have distinguished themselves by having work published in Great Lives, Great Events -- The Seventeenth Century, Great Lives -- The Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Brontë Studies, The Ben Jonson Journal, The Literary Encyclopedia, English Today: The International Review of the English Language, Religion and Literature, Literature and Belief, Christianity and Literature, Profession, Journal on African Literature: Tydskrif vir leterkunde, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Nineteenth Century French Studies, La Corónica, The Princeton University Library Chronicle, The New York Times, Christianity Today, Relevant Magazine, Sojourners, The Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Christian Feminism Today, and the Encyclopedia of Christian Literature. Faculty members have also published books and poetry collections. They have given lectures and submitted papers at such places as the University of London, the University of Hull, the University of Leeds, UCLA, Princeton University, and the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese in Madrid, Spain. Department faculty have also received major national grants including several from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Fellowship Grant, and the Del Amo Foundation.

Career Opportunities

Students who have graduated from the Department of Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages have been accepted into some of the finest graduate schools in the country. In addition to careers in law, education, journalism, and public relations, graduates from our department are active in a variety of business fields, ranging from investment banking to clothing retail management, tour agency management, personnel management, and overseas teaching. Internship programs with local newspapers and magazines are also established to create contacts and experience for our students to gain employment in technical writing, business writing, and newspaper reporting.
 
Majors
Broadcast Journalism
Journalism
Literature
        Concentrations
         English Education
         Literature
Romance Languages
Spanish
Writing
 
Minors 
American Literature
British Literature
French
Public Relations
Spanish
World Literatures
Writing

Course Descriptions
Journalism and Writing Courses
Linguistics Courses
Literature Courses
Modern Languages Courses

Learning Experiences for Academic Progress (LEAP) Courses

Faculty

Sue Crider Atkins, Ph.D.
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Scott M. Bennett, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara

Carol A. Blessing, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside

Philip D. Bowles, Ph.D.
Claremont Graduate School and San Diego State University

Michael D. Clark, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin

Richard A. Hill, Ph.D.
University of Southwestern Louisiana

Alain M. Lescart, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut

Karl E. Martin, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota

Kathryn G. McConnell, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles

David Michael McKinney, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

Jacqueline Mitchell, M.A.
University of California, Los Angeles

Dean E. Nelson, Ph.D.
Ohio University

Charlene K. Pate, M.A.
California State University, San Marcos and
San Diego State University 

Bettina Tate Pedersen, Ph.D., Chair
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

James A. Wicks, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego

Carl A. Winderl, Ph.D.
New York University

Hadley Wood, Ph.D.
Harvard University

Galen B. Yorba-Gray, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University