2023-2024 Online Catalog
English, A.A. |
Program Description
The English degree program is designed for the students interested in focusing on literature and writing in an interrelated academic environment. The program features a broad range of courses in English language, literature, and composition, including introduction to literature, survey courses, genre courses, diversity-based and interdisciplinary courses, and writing-intensive courses. The program will enable interested students to begin their major in English at Union College and transfer to a four-year institution to continue their academic advancement on the baccalaureate level.
Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able to:
- Write clearly, grammatically, and fluently with focus and continuity in standard American English;
- Demonstrate the ability to revise papers through the writing process;
- Demonstrate clarity, analytical skill, and organization to present and support ideas in formal papers and in-class writings;
- Articulate their evolving point of view about literature, authors, diverse cultures, and periods, and about compositional artistry, creativity, and style;
- Apply technology skills to write research papers that explore critical inquiry on works and authors studied; judge reliable sources for such writing;
- Discuss major writers, movements, cultures, and works covered in a given course in ways that demonstrate analytical competency and compositional skill;
- Illustrate the interrelatedness of literature, literary theory, and composition through discussion and written analysis;
- Evaluate the various issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion through the use of textual analysis.
After Union College
Graduates can transfer to a related program at a four-year college or university and are eligible to take advantage of the many transfer/articulation agreements Union College has with some of the top four-year colleges and universities in the country. See a transfer advisor for details.
Fall Semester
- ENG 101 - English Composition I 3 credit hours
- Modern Language Gen Ed Requirement - 3 credit hours
- PSY 101 - General Psychology 3 credit hours
- MAT 127 - Elementary Statistics 4 credit hours
- HIS 101 - Introduction to Western Civilization I 3 credit hours
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- HIS 102 - Introduction to Western Civilization II 3 credit hours
Spring Semester
- ENG 102 - English Composition II 3 credit hours
- Modern Language Gen Ed Requirement - 3 credit hours
- Social Science Gen Ed Requirement - 3 credit hours
- Lab Science Gen Ed Requirement - 4 credit hours
- Liberal Arts Elective* 3 credit hours
Fall Semester
- ENG 128 - The Dynamics of Communication 3 credit hours
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- ENG 129 - Public Speaking 3 credit hours
- COM 100 - Communications Technologies 4 credit hours
- ENG 200-Level Elective3 credit hours
- ENG 200-Level Elective 3 credit hours
Spring Semester
- ENG 122 - Introductory Technical and Business Writing 3 credit hours
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- COM 102 - Reporting and News Writing 3 credit hours
- ENG 213 - Advanced Writing 3 credit hours
- Liberal Arts Elective* 3 credit hours
- Diversity Gen Ed Requirement - 3 credit hours (ENG 200-Level)