English

Arts and Sciences Degree/A.A.

Career Opportunities: A degree in English offers many opportunities. Four-year graduates continue their education by attending graduate school or use their English degree as a pre-professional degree for medical or law school. Still others become associated with writing in media-related fields, creative writing, or management positions. Business and industry leaders consistently call for applicants with a solid command of written and spoken English. Jobs available to graduates include administrative assistant, customer service representative, editor, management trainee, office manager, and public information specialist.

Requirements for Graduation

In order to earn an Associate of Arts Degree in English, a student must complete a minimum of 62 credit hours of required and elective course work.

 

Recommended Two-Year Sequence

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

ENGL

101

Composition and Rhetoric

3

Foreign Language 101 or 203*

3

ENGL

241

American Literature or

 

ENGL

261

British Literature

3

GEC Electives

 

6

WVUe

191**

First-Year Seminar

(1)

Total

 

 

16

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

ENGL

102

Composition and Rhetoric

3

Foreign Language 102 or 204**

3

ENGL

241

American Literature or

 

ENGL

261

British Literature

3

GEC Electives

 

6

Total

 

 

15

 

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

Foreign Language 203 (if needed)*

3

ENGL

242

American Literature or

 

ENGL

262

British Literature

3

Natural Science with Laboratory

4

MATH

121

Introductory Concepts of Math or

 

MATH

126

College Algebra

3

GEC Elective

 

3

Total

 

 

16

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

Foreign Language 204 (if needed)*

3

ENGL

242

American Literature or

 

ENGL

262

British Literature

3

GEC Electives

 

6

Elective

 

 

4

Total

 

 

16

Total Hours: 63

*Students who present more than two or more units of high school credit in a foreign language may satisfy this requirement by taking courses 203 and 204. Students who do not have adequate high school credit must take four semesters of study in one language.

**Required of first-time, first semester students; not required for graduation.