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English & Reading Departments
HOME PAGE
2500 80th Street East Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55075
Our Official "Program Review" Statements (English Dept., 2005-6)
Our mission is to prepare students to read and think critically, and to write
academically and creatively about a broad range of topics. Our vision is to
stay current with developments in our field, continue to align ourselves with receiving
institutions, and engage the broader communities. Our intent is to provide
studies that focus on developing a greater understanding of the discipline of critical
inquiry. Students learn to use the tools of
critical inquiry to understand and examine literatures, composition and the contexts in
which they are developed. Our content is courses that enhance the range of
students' critical inquiry skills both for personal development and growth and to prepare
students to critically examine literary premises and theories. Courses provide specific opportunities for
experiences in writing, reading, questioning and critical examination. Our courses
help completion by fulfilling transfer curriculum requirements for all programs and
degrees. In addition, majors pursue a wide range of career opportunities including
law, teaching, public service, politics, business, journalism, advertising and many other
fields that require good communication and critical inquiry skills.
In pursuit of our English and Reading mission and vision, we hope to provide each student at Inver Hills College with up-to-date, rigorous, and practical pre-college and college reading and writing courses comparable to those at the best colleges and universities in Minnesota and the nation, and to provide additional high-quality experiences in reading, literature, journalism, and the humanities that prepare people to become active, thoughtful, culturally sensitive persons, citizens, and professionals. All of our college-level courses are transferable in some form to most colleges and universities. As in other departments at Inver Hills College, our college-level English and Reading courses are equal in variety and quality to first- and second-year courses at typical private colleges throughout Minnesota and the nation. Our courses often are better than similar first- and second-year courses at universities because we often significantly smaller class sizes. In addition, while a large number of first- and second-year college classes at universities nationally are taught by teaching assistants still earning their own graduate degrees, our Inver Hills teachers already have their graduate degrees (and many have PhDs). Our instructors are caring teachers with years of experience who are committed to working with students. In particular, among the instructors in our English and Reading Departments, past and present, are published authors, leaders of regional and state scholarly initiatives, national conference presenters, and award winners in writing and teaching. We hope you enjoy our courses and services! |
Welcome to the English and Reading Departments! We hope this Web site will help you find our courses, teachers, tutoring, and online resources. We also have an "FAQs" section for your frequently asked questions.
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WARNING: problem with saving MS Word 2007 files
Free online bibliography makers and "Research Assistant" page
WRIT--"Writing Intensive" details (for IHCC instructors only)
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Date this page was most recently revised: 20 Aug. 2007
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