ENGLISH IN SOCIETY
Social and public uses of English; relationships of English structure, lexicon, and discourse to race, gender, class, education, ethnicity, age, and identity; the role of English in public policy.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate the observable expressions of speaker age, gender, ethnicity, and social class in the use of English. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze linguistic structures relevant to language acquisition, use, or variation. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate the observable expressions of speaker age, gender, ethnicity, and social class in the use of English. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze linguistic structures relevant to language acquisition, use, or variation. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027