Program Map

English - Associate in Arts for Transfer

Program Map

English - Associate in Arts for Transfer

Associate in Arts for Transfer
Spring 2021
  • Communication, Language & Media

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks

The study of English is the study of language, storytelling, culture, history, ideas, and creative expression. English majors are curious, thoughtful, articulate, and empathetic. In the English program you will develop your strength as a close reader and your craft as a writer. You will hone your ability to ask critical questions and conduct high-level analysis, skills useful in any of your future endeavors; a degree in English prepares you for transfer and many different kinds of academic, professional, and creative work.

Question: What are you going to do with a college degree in English?

Answer: Anything! Everything!

A degree in English can take you many places and into many careers. It can prepare you for transfer and graduate study in many academic fields. The study of English and writing is extremely valuable because it develops skills that are useful beyond any one job or area. High-level critical thinking, detail-oriented close reading, clear and effective communication, and sensitivity to human experience are always in demand.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
15 units
English 1- Critical Reading and Composition
 
GE
4.0
List B Course #1
 
3.0
Select one course from List B below.
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
2.0
Semester 2
 
14 - 15 units
ENGL 4A
Critical Thinking and Writing about Literature (Active)
4.0
Math Course for General Education: see a counselor to choose the appropriate course.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
Math 47 recommended
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
4.0
Semester 3
 
16 units
List C Course
 
3.0
Select one course from List C below
ENGL 35
Modern and Contemporary U.S. Literature (Historical)1
3.0
Counts as a List A course
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
1.0
1ENGL 35 has no prerequisite.
Semester 4
 
15 units
ENGL 41
World Literature (17th Century to the Present) (Historical)1
3.0
Counts as a List A course
List B Course #2
 
3.0
Select one course from List B below not already taken.
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
3.0
1ENGL 41 has no prerequisite.
List A
 
6 units
ENGL 35
Modern and Contemporary U.S. Literature (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 41
World Literature (17th Century to the Present) (Historical)
3.0
List B
 

Select two courses (6 units) from List B below. 

30 units
ENGL 11A
Introduction to Creative Writing (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 20
Studies in Shakespeare (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 21
The Evolution of the Black Writer (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 22
Mexican American/Latino Literature of the U.S. (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 25
Asian-American Literature (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 28
Classic and Contemporary Youth Literature (Active)
3.0
ENGL 31
Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Literature (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 32
U.S. Women's Literature (Active)
3.0
ENGL 45
Studies in Fiction (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 48
The Literature of the Holocaust (Historical)
3.0
List C
 

Select one course from List C below (3 units)

18 units
Any course from List B not already used, or one of the following below:
 
3.0
ENGL 12A
Beginning Fiction Writing (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 13A
Beginning Craft of Writing - Poetry (Historical)
3.0
COMM 2
Oral Interpretation of Literature (Historical)
3.0
THTR 10
Introduction to Theater Arts (Historical)
3.0
MCOM 20
Journalism: Newswriting and Information Gathering (Historical)
3.0
Total Units: 60.0-61.0