ENGLISH

60 credit hours

Department Chair:

Shirley McBride . . . . . . . . SCC-B108 . . . . . . . . . . .972.881.5675

Martha Tolleson . . . . . . . . CPC-B252A . . . . . . . . .972.548.6843

Diana Sage . . . . . . . . . . . PRC-F237 . . . . . . . . . . .972.377.1748

Academic Advisor:

Caryn Hawkins . . . . . . . . . PRC-F133 . . . . . . . . . . .972.377.1655

Department Website:

http://www.ccccd.edu/cs/his/edhome.htm

An emphasis in English promotes the development of writing skills, reasoning, and critical thinking. Composition and rhetoric courses focus on expository and persuasive writing including argumentation, logical thinking, and research. An integral part of each course is a lab component that is designed to help students identify weak areas in their writing, eliminate individual writing problems and thus strengthen their writing skills.

The Writing Center, another part of the English Program, provides professional consultation to students across the curriculum. At the center, students can get immediate help in composing, writing and revising papers, resumes, reports, etc.

Some Composition/Rhetoric I courses are taught in computer classrooms. The department also offers distance learning classes. Students may also enroll in an Academic Co-op course through Cooperative Work Experience to gain practical work experience.

Career Opportunities

Positions requiring writing skills

Positions requiring editing/proofing skills

Positions requiring critical thinking skills

Positions requiring knowledge of the research process

Combined with further study, the associate degree with an emphasis in English may equip students for a variety of careers in education, law, government, and public information.

AA Core Curriculum 45 credit hours

Additional Graduation Requirement 3 credit hours

See AA Core.

Recommended Electives 12 credit hours

ENGL 2307 Creative Writing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 2308 Creative Writing II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 2311 Technical and Business Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 2322 British Literature I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 2323 British Literature II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 2327 American Literature I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 2328 American Literature II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 2332 World Literature I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 2333 World Literature II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 2342 Introduction to Literature I - Short Story and Novel 3

ENGL 2343 Introduction to Literature II - Poetry and Drama . . 3

ENGL 2351 Mexican-American Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

XXXX x4xx Foreign Language Sequence I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

XXXX x4xx Foreign Language Sequence II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4