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English Competencies

  • Skills

    • Write effectively for various audiences
    • Write persuasively with subtlety, clarity, and precision
    • Precise messaging
    • Synthesize multiple sources
    • Write creatively
    • Narrative construction
    • Crafting nuanced responses to multiple perspectives
    • Argumentation and logic
    • Editing
    • Digital content creation
    • Summarize ideas
    • Public speaking/presenting
    • Technical writing
    • Teaching, training, and mentoring skills
  • Skills

    • Approach information from multiple perspectives
    • Identify patterns and anomalies
    • Summarize ideas
    • Think and Read critically
    • Think independently
    • Understand components of complex problems
    • Establish hypotheses
    • Interpret data
    • Attention to detail
    • Strategic planning/visioning
    • Identifying and solving problems
    • Forecasting/predicting
  • Skills

    • Identify reliable sources
    • Manage information
    • Analyze information
    • Evaluate and manage information
    • Project management
    • Finding solutions to complex problems
    • Effective use of sources
    • Interpreting data
    • Gather data
    • Interview skills
    • Strategic planning/visioning
    • Organization skills
    • Knowledge of historical writing conventions
    • Multitasking
    • Prioritizing
  • Skills

    • Narrative construction
    • Writing creatively
    • Curiosity/Exploring Questions
    • Problem solving/innovative solutions
    • Willingness to try new things/take risks
    • Big-picture thinking
  • Skills

    • Understand and navigate/value multiple/diverse viewpoints
    • Recognize how cultural systems and institutions work
    • Relate to others with empathy
    • Ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds
    • Emotional intelligence
    • Conflict mediation
    • Service orientation
    • Social awareness