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Program Duration: 2 Year Program
Degree Type: Associate in Arts (A.A.)
Total Credit Hours: 61

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About This Program

Employers will always need people who can tell a story and whose gifts can be applied well beyond the classroom. In the English degree, you will read inspiring literature and explore the connection between reading, writing and thinking as you prepare to transfer and pursue a bachelor’s degree in English. Courses in British, American and World Literature are combined with electives in foreign languages, philosophy and religion, as well as classes in poetry, fiction, scriptwriting and memoir which enable you to earn a Creative Writing certificate while completing your associate’s degree.

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Semester 1

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits	Gen Ed Req.
ENGL 101 - English Composition I or ENGL 101H - English Composition I (Honors)		3 credits	Writing/Research/Info Lit 1
ENGL 190 - Introduction to Literature	ENGL 101 which may be taken concurrently	3 credits	Cultural Analysis & Interpretation
FNMT 101 - Quantitative Reasoning or FNMT 118 - Intermediate Algebra or MATH 150 - Introductory Data Analysis or MATH 161 - Precalculus I^*	For FNMT 101, FNMT 118 and MATH 150: FNMT 017 or FNMT 019 completed or FNMT 118 (or higher) placement For MATH 161: FNMT 118 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits	Quantitative Reasoning
CIS 103 - Introduction to Information Technology ^**		3 credits	Technological Competency
HIST 101 - United States History: Colonial America through the Revolutionary Era or HIST 102 - United States: The Civil War and the19th Century or HIST 103 - United States History: The 20th Century and Beyond or HIST 103H - United States and Pennsylvania History: The 20th Century (Honors) or HIST 121 - World History: The Distant Past or HIST 122 - World History: The Recent Past or HIST 220 - African American History to 1877 or HIST 221 - African American History After 1865		3 credits

Semester 2

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits	Gen Ed Req.
BIOL 106 - General Biology I or BIOL 108 - Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology or CHEM 105 - Inquiry into Chemistry or STS 101 - Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society or other 4-credit lab science, selected in consultation with an advisor		4 credits	Scientific Reasoning
ENGL 115 - Public Speaking	ENGL 101, which may be taken concurrently	3 credits	Oral Communication/ Creative Expression
ENGL 102 - The Research Paper or ENGL 102H - The Research Paper (Honors)	ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits	Writing/Research/Info Lit 2
MATH 150 - Introductory Data Analysis or MATH 161 - Pre-Calculus I or ENGL 205 - Creative Writing ^*** or other general elective selected in consultation with an advisor	For MATH 150 or MATH 161: FNMT 118 with a grade of "C" or better, or placement in MATH 161 or higher	3 credits
ENGL 211 - Survey of British Literature: From Beginnings to 1750 or ENGL 212 - Survey of British Literature: From 1750 to the Modern Era or ENGL 221 - Survey of American Literature: From the Beginnings to the Civil War or ENGL 222 - Survey of American Literature: From the Civil War to the Present	ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits

Semester 3

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits
World Language 101 (Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish) or other general elective selected in consultation with an advisor ^†		3 credits
ENGL 250 - Survey of African American Literature: From Colonization to the Harlem Renaissance or ENGL 251 - Survey of African American Literature: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Present or ENGL 256 - African Literature	ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
Any 200-level English course (with the exception of ENGL 214) or ENGL 106 - Grammar or ENGL 137 - Introduction to Theater or ENGL 122 - Writing for Mass Media	For ENGL 122: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better For ENGL 211 through ENGL 272: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
ENGL 245 - World Literature: From Antiquity to 1500 or ENGL 246 - World Literature: From 1500 to the Present	ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
BHHS 103 - Human Development and Behavior in the Social Environment or ENGL 107 - Society and Mass Communication or JUS 101 - Survey of Criminal Justice or SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology or SOC 101H - Introduction to Sociology (Honors)		3 credits

Semester 4

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits
General Elective		3 or 4 credits
Any 200-level English course (with the exception of ENGL 214) or ENGL 106 - Grammar or ENGL 122 - Writing for Mass Media or ENGL 137 - Introduction to Theater	For ENGL 122: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better For ENGL 211 through ENGL 272: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
World Language 102 (Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) or other general elective selected in consultation with an advisor ^†	For ENGL 122: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
ANTH 112 - Cultural Anthropology or HUM 130 - Introduction to Japanese Culture and Civilization or HUM 150 - Introduction to Latin American Cultures and Civilizations or HUM 180 - Introduction to African Cultures and Civilizations or RS 151 - World Religions	For HUM 130, 150, and 180: ENGL 101, which may be taken concurrently	3 credits
ENGL 285 - Portfolio Development or other general elective in consultation with an advisor ^‡		3 credits

Notes:

^* Some colleges and universities require a mathematics course above FNMT 118. In that case:

Students who are FNMT 118 ready should take MATH 150 instead of FNMT 101.
Students who are FNMT 118 ready who intend to transfer to Temple University should take FNMT 118, which is the prerequisite for MATH 161.
Students with a math placement score above FNMT 118 should take MATH 161 or a higher-level math course.
Please visit the transfer agreements web page for more information and consult with an advisor when selecting a quantitative reasoning course.

^**Students with computer skills may apply for credit by exam through the Computer Technologies Department.
^***Students in the Creative Writing Academic Certificate should take ENGL 205 in the second semester, ENGL 280, 281, 282, or 283 in the third semester, and ENGL 280, 281, 282, or 283 concurrently with ENGL 285 in the fourth semester.
^† Students who wish to study a world language or who plan to transfer to an institution that requires a world language are advised to take at least two semesters of a world language as electives.
^‡ Students enrolled in Creative Writing Certificate must take ENGL 285: Portfolio Development. ENGL 285 is only open to students enrolled in the Creative Writing Certificate. Other students choose a General Elective based on area of interest and transfer institution, selected in consultation with an advisor.

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English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary – est. salary $94,251*
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists – est. salary $70,629
Proofreader or Copy Markers – est. salary $52,579
Technical Writer – est. salary $85,739

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**EMSI Data, 2022; The greater Philadelphia region a percentage of people in these jobs may have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Career Outlook

$94,251

Median Salary of an English Language and Literature Teacher, Postsecondary

21,213

Number of Jobs in the Region

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10-year Job Outlook in the Region for an English Language and Literature Teacher, Postsecondary

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English Language and Literature Teacher, Postsecondary

Teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Pay: $46,727

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Typical Tasks

Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
Teach writing classes.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as poetry, novel structure, and translation and adaptation.

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