English
Associate of Arts for Transfer
Program Details
This program is designed for students planning to transfer to a California State University (CSU) or a University of California (UC) with a major in English. Do you dream of having dinner with Sylvia Plath and James Baldwin? Of having drinks with Ernest Hemingway and Sandra Cisneros? Or of going dancing with Kendrick Lamar, Maya Angelou, and William Shakespeare? Do you smile with pleasure at hearing a well-turned phrase in a favorite song? Do you love to play with language, to bend it using irony or humor? Do you love to read — to become other people, to see the world through more sensitive, more articulate and shrewder eyes? Consider English! English offers courses that sharpen your skills in close reading, critical thinking, and clear communication, while sparking creativity to solve real-world problems. English prepares you for a fulfilling career in teaching, writing, journalism, advertising, broadcasting, screenwriting, business, government, law, and more.
English Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2026-2027. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Become self-reliant, evaluative readers and writers, able to think critically and communicate effectively in academic and workplace settings.
- Collaborate civilly, respectfully, and thoughtfully with other students, their instructors, and communities of diverse cultures and backgrounds to develop skills for success in college and the workplace.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of cultural diversity and historical perspectives through the study of the written word in order to foster an appreciation of the world in which they live.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of major literary movements, themes, genres, as well as a sensitivity to and a grasp of the nuances of language.
- Develop intellectual curiosity through the integration of reading and writing. Students will find, evaluate, and appropriately cite information; think, reason, and reflect critically; generate questions and explore ideas; and analyze and synthesize information.
- Effectively and ethically apply genre specific rhetorical strategies based on purpose and audience in their speech, print, and electronic media.