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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 College Catalog
English, A.A.
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Program Description
The English, A.A. is recommended for students planning to pursue a bachelor’s degree in English. The American, British, and world literature survey courses and electives in this program provide the foundation for the upper-level literature classes students will take when they transfer to a four-year college or university. To build an understanding of the cultural context for the works of literature, the program also includes history courses. Additionally, students develop robust academic writing skills and study English grammar, both diachronically and synchronically.
Program Outcomes
Graduates of the English A.A. will be able to:
- Discuss major authors, titles, and literary trends of the periods studied.
- Produce written and oral analyses of characters, themes, plots, symbolism, and language of works in American, British, and world literature.
- Explain how the works studied reflect the social and intellectual climate of the historical period when they were written.
- Apply literary criticism in the study of primary works.
- Synthesize primary and secondary sources ethically according to Modern Language Association documentation style.
- Apply knowledge of the history and development of English grammar and usage.
Required Courses (in expected order)
Program Total: 60 Credits
Transferability
Credit earned at any public institution in the state shall be transferable to any other institution if the:
- Credit is from a college or university parallel course or program;
- Grades in the block of courses transferred average 2.00 or higher; and
- Acceptance of the credit is consistent with the policies of the receiving institution governing students following the same program. Refer to ARTSYS at artweb.usmd.edu and the receiving institution’s catalog to select transferable courses.
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