English 494EI - Writing,Identity&EngStudies

The Integrative Experience at UMass Amherst is a required upper-division course that asks students to reflect on and integrate their learning, from their major to their General Education courses to their extracurricular experiences; to further practice key Gen Ed objectives, such as oral communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary perspective-taking; and to begin to apply what they've learned at UMass to new situations, challenging questions, and real world problems. This course is a writing-intensive version of the IE, designed specifically for BA-English majors. Over the course of the semester, you'll use writing to look back at the work you've done so far - in your major, your Gen Ed courses, your electives, and your extracurricular activities - in order to learn more about yourself as a writer, scholar, and person, and to look ahead to your future, thinking about possible applications of what you've learned to the rest of the world. At the end of the semester, you'll collect your work into an online, multimedia portfolio showcasing your knowledge, skills, accomplishments, and aspirations.

Open to seniors with English as a primary major only. ENGLISH 200 w/ C or E200 This class is intended for Primary English majors only.