Academic Credit Program | Academic Credit Program Index | English

Option to Liberal Arts, (AA.ENG)

This academic discipline maintains a detailed website with extensive information English Studies at BCC

The English major provides students with a Liberal Arts concentration aimed at developing excellent reading and writing skills. Students develop the ability to analyze texts, collect and organize research data, and write clearly and effectively. In addition, the program emphasizes critical reading and writing skills required in a variety of career fields including law, medicine, teaching, communications, business and industry.

Students who complete the English program should be able to:

• Understand the importance of using sensitive and precise language;
• Write for different audiences and purposes;
• Develop different strategies for generating ideas and organizing thoughts;
• Analyze the effectiveness of their own academic and professional writing;
• Analyze the writing process to develop and argue a thesis supported in coherent paragraphs;
• Critically and thoughtfully read selected texts that comment on human experience;
• Use various critical perspectives to analyze fiction;
• Understand the language and forms of poetry;
• Analyze the complexity of dramatic literature;
• Understand the culture, historical, and social significance of texts ranging from ancient to contemporary world literature.

BCC has formal transfer agreements with several area four-year institutions.

General Education Courses	Credits
Written Communications	6
Arts and Humanities
Group A	6
Group B	3
Group C (SPE 102 recommended)	3
Social Science	6
Mathematics	3
Natural Science	7-8
Computer Science	3
Additional General Education Requirements (6 credits in a foreign language recommended)	6
Total	46-47
Program Courses	Credits
LIT 207 English Literature I	3
LIT 208 English Literature II	3
LIT 209 American Literature I	3
LIT 210 American Literature II	3
Total	12
Electives (ENG 251 and ENG 252 and other LIT courses recommended)	6
Total Required for Degree	64

For additional information contact Geneva Kohler ext. 7618

Last Updated: 03/29/04