Students who complete the English Associate Degree will be able to:

• Demonstrate an ability to compose and communicate using appropriate rhetorical patterns and writing strategies.
• Demonstrate college-level reading, writing, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance and influence of literature’s study of the human condition in shaping and reflecting intellectual history and cultural identity.
• Demonstrate, through the study and analysis of literature from a variety of cultural or ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations, an ability to recognize and examine assumptions about difference and social norms and an understanding of how the experience of reading literature from different perspectives can better prepare one for meaningful participation in a diverse global community
• Explore and demonstrate through creative writing and/or analytical techniques, the practice and study of diverse literatures and publishing.

Careers in English include but are not limited to:

• Advertising Copywriter or Editor
• English Language and/or Literature Teacher
• Editor or Publisher
• Journalist
• Public Relations Specialist
• Writer
• Technical Writer
• Grant Writer

Get in contact with the English program faculty for more career opportunities and information!