Students enrolled in the Associate in Arts in English for Transfer degree (AA-T in English) graduate with demonstrated skills in writing, literary analysis and critical thinking.  They will build vital research skills and learn to synthesize outside information into their own writings.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Compose essays of various lengths, up to ten pages, that are guided by thesis statements.
2. Produce writing for different purposes, which may include description, cause and effect, classification, definition, comparison and contrast, textual analysis, argumentative research, and creative fiction or non-fiction.
3. Support thesis statements with different types of proof: logic, anecdote, textual interpretation, research.
4. Revise their own writing for English grammar, spelling, punctuation, manuscript format, and other literary conventions.
5. Evaluate researched evidence in the course of an essay.
6. Interpret texts and discuss them in terms of genre categories.
7. Review college-level texts that represent a variety of genres and rhetorical strategies such as irony, understatements, parody, and more.
8. Articulate generic differences between poetry, narrative fiction, and drama.
9. Analyze canonical works and/or authors of English and American literature.

Associate Degree for Transfer Graduation Requirements

Associate Degrees for Transfer require students to meet the following requirements:

• Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of degree-applicable courses,
• Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0,
• Minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major, and
• Completion of Cal-GETC.

Students should consult a GWC counselor in order to select the best pathway to meet their educational goals. For students who intend to transfer, the choice of general education will be specific to both their major and transfer institution.

Course List Units

Course	Title	Units
Required Courses – Core
ENGL G110	Critical Thinking, Reading And Writing Through Literature	4
List A
Select two of the following:		6
ENGL G150	American Literature through the Civil War (1865)	3
ENGL G155	American Literature 1865 To The Present	3
ENGL G270	British Literature to 1800	3
ENGL G275	British Literature Since 1800	3
ENGL G160	Masterpieces of World Literature I (From Antiquity to the Mid-17th Century)	3
ENGL G161	Masterpieces of World Literature II (From the Mid-17th Century to the Present)	3
List B
Select two of the following:		6
Any course from List A not already used
ENGL G112	Appreciation Of Literature	3
ENGL G114	Great Myths And Legends	3
ENGL G281	Creative Writing: Prose	3
List C
Select one of the following:		3-4
Any course from List A or B not already used
CMST G180	Introduction to Mass Communication	3
ENGL G127	Introduction to Screenwriting	4
ENGL G147	Introduction to Science Fiction	3
ENGL G181	Shakespeare	3
ENGL G143	Children's Literature	3
ENGL G280	Creative Writing	3
SPAN G285	Intermediate Spanish 2	4
THEA G100	Introduction to the Theater	3
Major Total		19-20
GE Pattern (Cal-GETC)		34
Transferable Electives (as needed to reach 60 units)
Total Units		60