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Department Chair: Peter Francev
Department Location: Bldg 21 Office 138
Department Phone: 760-245-4271 Ext 2380
Department Email: peter.francev@vvc.edu
Division: School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences
Division Dean: Jackie Augustine
Division Location: Bldg 42
Division Phone: 760-245-4271 Ext 2357
Division Email: Jacqueline.Augustine@vvc.edu

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The study of English offers students an opportunity to develop critical thinking and writing skills necessary for success in both the academic and professional worlds. It also nurtures an appreciation of the literary arts. Reading, thinking, and writing about the human experience provide a vital foundation for further education and professional success.

Since English composition courses are designed to help students write the kinds of papers commonly required in college courses, students should take English as early as possible. 

Career Opportunities

Advertising/Marketing, Analyst, Archivist, Business, Copywriter, Creative Writer, Editor, Educator, Journalist, Lobbyist, Law Clerk, Lawyer, Librarian, Management, Magazine Writer, Mixed Media, Politician/Diplomat, Professor, Proofreader, Public Relations, Researcher, Social Media, Teacher, Technical Writer, Writer

Faculty

Adell, Tim

Campbell, Bryce

Fisher, Jamie

Francev, Peter

Franklin, Nathan

Golder, Patricia

Morgan, Brittany

Mott, Justin

Pendleton, Joseph

Solis, Judy

Wagenhoffer, Joshua

Transfer

  • California State University, San Bernardino: English major
  • University of California, Riverside: English major

For the most up-to-date information on these programs and others, visit assist.org. Please stop by the Transfer Center in Building 23 or make an appointment with a counselor if you have questions.

English, AA-T (33082)

Students completing an Associate in Arts in English for Transfer degree will be prepared to transfer into the UC and CSU systems to complete a baccalaureate degree in English or similar major. Upon completion of this degree, students will be able to read critically and analyze a variety of college level texts (such as: non-fiction, fiction, drama, and poetry) within the conventions of language, genre, and rhetoric; analyze, evaluate, synthesize and document a variety of sources to support written arguments; draft, revise, and submit an effective essay, project, or oral presentation with attention to purpose, coherence, voice, language, and mechanical conventions.

To earn this degree complete the major coursework listed here with “C” grades or better and the following graduation requirements: 60 CSU transferable units; either the CSU General Education or IGETC pattern; the Basic/Golden 4 requirements; and a 2.0 minimum overall CSU GPA. Courses used in the major may also be counted in the general education areas. Courses used for this major may also be used to earn other degrees at VVC.

Course List
Code Title Units
Required Courses
ENGL 102.0/102HComposition and Literature3.0
ENGL 104/104HCritical Thinking & Composition3.0
List A
Select two courses from the following:6.0
ENGL 230
Survey of American Literature 1600-1865
ENGL 231
Survey of American Literature 1865 to Present
ENGL 240
World Literature Ancient-Early Renaissance
ENGL 241
World Literature Renaissance-Modern
ENGL 245
Survey of British Literature Early Medieval-Neoclassics
ENGL 246
Survey of British Literature Romantic Period to 20th Century
List B
Select one course from the following:3.0
ENGL 220
Modern Fiction
ENGL 225
Poetry
ENGL 232
Chicanx and Latinx Literature
ENGL 233
African American Literature
ENGL 234
Native American Literature
ENGL 235
Children's Literature
ENGL 247
Shakespeare
List C
Select one course from the following:3.0-5.0
ENGL 210A
Fiction Writing I
ENGL 210B
Fiction Writing II
ENGL 211A
Poetry Writing I
ENGL 211B
Poetry Writing II
ASL 122
American Sign Language I
ASL 123
American Sign Language II
ASL 124
American Sign Language III
ASL 125
American Sign Language IV
FREN 101
Elementary French
FREN 102
Elementary French
SPAN 101
Elementary Spanish
SPAN 101A
Fundamentals of Spanish 101A
SPAN 101B
Fundamentals of Spanish 101B
SPAN 102
Elementary Spanish
SPAN 103
Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 104
Intermediate Spanish
Total Units18-20

English Courses

ENGL H104  Honors Critical Thinking and Composition  (3.0 Units)  

This course is designed to develop the students' critical thinking, reading and writing skills beyond the level achieved in ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H. It will focus primarily on the analysis and evaluation of expository and argumentative essays. Honors seminar will deepen students' insights. C-ID: ENGL 105(ENGL 115).

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 020  Fresh Start Academy English  (0.0 Units)  

The course prepares students for the academic demands of their Associates degree. Students learn to set their academic and career goals and develop skills for college level reading and writing assignments.

Lecture Hours: 12.00

Transfer: Not transferable

ENGL 81  ENGL 81 Co-Requisite for English 101  (2.0 Units)  

This co-requisite course is designed to assist students in successful completion of English 101. Assignments focus on developing vocabulary, study skills, reading comprehension and critical thinking skills with college level reading materials. Emphasis is placed on active reading and study skills including study methods, vocabulary development, reading comprehension and critical thinking. The strategies apply contextually to materials being presented in the associated co-requisite ENGL 101.0 course.

Co-requisite(s): ENGL 101.0

Lecture Hours: 36.00

Transfer: Not transferable

ENGL 101.0  English Composition and Reading  (4.0 Units)  

The course covers the principles and methods of research and expository writing with a variety of materials from different academic disciplines. Students read and analyze college level materials and compose expository essays that demonstrate critical thinking skills and an understanding of rhetorical strategies. C-ID: ENGL 100.

Lecture Hours: 72.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 101H  Honors Composition and Reading  (4.0 Units)  

Principles and methods of expository writing. Analytical reading of source materials and writing of expository essays. Honors seminar will require more advanced resources and more complex assignments than ENGL 101.0.

Lecture Hours: 72.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 102.0  Composition and Literature  (3.0 Units)  

An introduction to the genres of literature including short story, poetry, drama and novel. Further training in writing, especially about literature. C-ID: ENGL 120(ENGL LIT 100).

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 102H  Honors Composition and Literature  (3.0 Units)  

Further training in writing, critical theories and research, and an introduction to the short story, novel, drama and poetry. This course takes the methods of English 102.0 and promotes more comprehensive analysis, research, discussion and writing assignments. (UC credit limitation). C-ID: ENGL 120(ENGL LIT 100).

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 104  Critical Thinking & Composition  (3.0 Units)  

This course is designed to develop the student's critical thinking, reading and writing skills beyond the level achieved in ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H. It will focus primarily on the analysis and evaluation of expository and argumentative discourse, and on writing analytical and argumentative essays. C-ID: ENGL 105(ENGL 115).

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 109  Creative Writing  (3.0 Units)  

Principles of creative expression. Topics may cover fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and/or drama. Grade Option.

Recommended Preparation: ENGL 101.0

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 116  Authors of the Theatre  (3.0 Units)  

A survey of playwrights from the Greeks to the present. The selected plays are read, discussed, and analyzed. Crosslisted with TA 116.

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 128  Special Topics  (3.0 Units)  

A study of selected texts from various special topics. Each section of 128 will focus on a special topic such as The Byronic Hero, Victorian Women Writers, Crime and Detective Fictions, Science Fictions, Film as Literature, Millennial Voices, etc. Designed to provide an understanding of structures, motifs, themes, and cultural resonance within the special topic area.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 138  Cooperative Education English  (1-8 Units)  

Cooperative Education is a key element of Victor Valley College's comprehensive approach to career development. Cooperative Education is a 16-, 12-, or 8-week course that enables students to receive college credit for paid or unpaid work opportunities. This course helps students gain valuable on-the-job work experience while providing practical education, best practices in professional development, and academic guidance through the course of their work opportunity. The combination of practical experience and curricular development empowers students to be more competitive, efficient and valuable employees upon completion of this program and/or their academic program trajectory. The course is ideal for students who are cross-training at their current worksite for upward mobility or seeking career changes, as well as those looking for entry-level occupational training through work-based learning experiences such as through an internship. Cooperative Education transforms community businesses, industries, and public agencies into expanded educational training laboratories. Credit is awarded on the basis of learning objectives completed and the number of hours the student trains. Students must create/complete new learning objectives each semester they enroll. Students may utilize their present work sites.

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 210A  Fiction Writing I  (3.0 Units)  

Beginnig principles of writing fiction, focusing on the short story and the novel.

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 210B  Fiction Writing II  (3.0 Units)  

This workshop-style course addresses intermediate principles of writing fiction, focusing on the short story and the novel. Grade option.

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 211A  Poetry Writing I  (3.0 Units)  

A workshop-style course which includes a review of poetic forms, techniques, and revision strategies. Grade option.

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 211B  Poetry Writing II  (3.0 Units)  

This workshop-style course addresses intermediate principles of writing poetry, focusing on poetic forms, techniques, and revision strategies. Grade option.

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 220  Modern Fiction  (3.0 Units)  

Twentieth century literature, chiefly of England and the United States, emphasizing novels and short stories.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 225  Poetry  (3.0 Units)  

British and American poetry with consideration of versification, structure, imagery, diction, themes, and genres.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 230  Survey of American Literature 1600-1865  (3.0 Units)  

A survey of exemplary items in the origin and development of American thought and culture from 1600 to 1865. Designed to provide an understanding and appreciation of American literary achievements through the study of the works of representative writers including Bradford, Bradstreet, Edwards, Wheatley, Franklin, Irving, Poe, Stowe and Emerson. Also includes a study of Native-American folk tales and slave narratives. C-ID: ENGL 130.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 231  Survey of American Literature 1865 to Present  (3.0 Units)  

A survey of exemplary items in the origin and development of American thought and culture from 1865 to the present. Designed to provide an understanding and appreciation of American literary achievements through study of the works of great writers including Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Frost, Welty, Thurber, Tan and others. C-ID: ENGL 135.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 232  Chicanx and Latinx Literature  (3.0 Units)  

Introduction to the Mexican-American/Latinx cultural experience through literary analysis of fiction, poetry, drama, and the essay. Studies literature in the context of literary-historical-political growth of Mexican-American/Latinx identity and of current theories of analyzing multicultural writings.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 233  African American Literature  (3.0 Units)  

An introductory survey course of African-American oral and written literary traditions.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 234  Native American Literature  (3.0 Units)  

An introduction to Native American Literature from the oral tradition to contemporary writing. Study of myths and legends, traditional oral narratives and songs, transitional forms such as oration and autobiography, and written genres (poem, short story, novel).

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 235  Children's Literature  (3.0 Units)  

A survey of children's literature, emphasizing folktales, narrative fiction, poetry and some non-fiction works. Also includes the history and development of literature and illustration for children, the selection of materials for various age groups, and literature and the media.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 240  World Literature Ancient-Early Renaissance  (3.0 Units)  

Masterpieces of world literature and their cultural contexts from ancient times through the early Renaissance. C-ID: ENGL 140(ENGL LIT 180).

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 241  World Literature Renaissance-Modern  (3.0 Units)  

Masterpieces of world literature and their cultural contexts from the Renaissance until the present. C-ID: ENGL 145(ENGL LIT 185).

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 242  Classic Mythology  (3.0 Units)  

Mythology explores Greek and Roman myths using the works of Hesiod, Homer, Virgil and Ovid. We cover the history and cultures of the classical world through the stories on the origins and actions of gods and heroes.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 245  Survey of British Literature Early Medieval-Neoclassics  (3.0 Units)  

A survey of major British writers from the Middle Ages through the Eighteen Century, including a study of literary and historic contexts. Special consideration of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton and Pope. C-ID: ENGL 160(ENGL LIT 160).

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H; Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 246  Survey of British Literature Romantic Period to 20th Century  (3.0 Units)  

A survey of major British writers from the Romantics and their contemporaries through the 20th century, including a study of literary and historic contexts. Special consideration of Wordsworth, Eliot and Auden, for example. C-ID: ENGL 165.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 247  Shakespeare  (3.0 Units)  

An introduction to Shakespeare's work through a study of his principal plays and the sonnets.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to both UC/CSU

ENGL 261  Tutoring Writing  (3.0 Units)  

This course covers the theoretical concepts and practical issues involved in tutoring various levels of writing. Students develop an understanding of the issues and practices relevant to the role of tutoring writing through observing, reading, and discussing the relationship between the writer, his/her writing, the tutor, the classroom teacher, and the classroom environment.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0 or ENGL 101H, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 54.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

ENGL 262  Writing Tutor Workshop  (2.0 Units)  

This is an interactive course that analyzes the techniques of tutoring writing. Students will examine the role of writing tutors in one-on-one conferences, discuss tutoring theory, and observe tutors in the Writing Center and/or composition instructors in the classroom. Pass/No pass.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.0, Minimum grade C

Lecture Hours: 36.00

Transfer: Transfers to CSU only

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) are statements of the kind of learning a program hopes a student will achieve. The PLOs describe the knowledge, skills, problem-solving, communication and values that apply to all certificates and/or degrees within that program. 

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

1. Read Critically: Analyze texts (such as non-fiction, fiction, drama, and poetry) within the conventions of genre, language, and rhetorical devices; read college-level texts for main points and supporting material; understand rhetorical strategies used in college-level texts.

2. Think Critically: Analyze a variety of sources for purpose, content and style; evaluate source material for reliability; select and synthesize source material to support an argument.

3. Write Effectively: Produce a variety of college level writing projects which demonstrate an understanding of purpose, audience, coherence, clarity and style; assemble and synthesize diverse ideas from textual sources to create a unified essay, project, or oral presentation; assess, revise and edit writing projects to meet the conventions of academic discourse.

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