English

50% or more of this program can be completed online.

Get ready to go places with MCC’s English A.A. degree

Expand your love of literature and writing while building a foundation for a four-year degree in English or a related major. Depending on your career goals, you could also continue your studies in graduate school or begin professional training. The skills you develop in this program will serve you well in a wide range of careers that value your ability to see the big picture…or read between the lines. Here a just some of the fields you could enter with a bachelor's degree or beyond:

  • High School and College-Level Education
  • Journalism
  • Business
  • Law
  • Publishing
  • Communications and Media 
  • Advertising
  • Grant writing

Through MCC's English A.A. program, you'll delve into English and American Literature, explore a variety of writing styles, and sharpen your communication skills through courses taught by award-winning, published professors.

Transfer to a bachelor’s degree program in English, business, education, and more

No matter what your goals or interests, this versatile associate degree program is designed for seamless transfer to a wide range of SUNY bachelor's degree programs. MCC credits are also accepted at top-notch colleges and universities throughout the country.

  • SUNY:

    • Geneseo
    • Brockport
    • Oswego
    • Potsdam

  • Goddard College
  • St. John Fisher University
  • Nazareth University
  • University of Rochester

Get in touch with Monroe Community College's admissions office to learn more about the opportunities you can create with an associate degree in english. Contact us at (585) 292-2200 or admissions@monroecc.edu.

English

A.A. Degree - Transfer Program

Department:English/Philosophy

School(s): Arts & Humanities

MCC Program Code: EG01

50% or more of this program can be completed online.

Description
The English degree program includes a balance of general education and liberal arts coursework with a concentration on literature. The curriculum provides students an opportunity to develop analytical and critical thinking skills while examining literature as an expression of the human experience, with special attention to diverse voices and issues of representation, identity, and power. The program prepares students for future study leading to careers in fields that require excellent analytical, communication, and writing skills, such as business, nonprofit fundraising and development, communications, media, the arts, law, or education.

Program Learning Outcomes
1. Analyze diverse literary texts from a variety of genres with sensitivity to the historical, cultural, and social conditions in which they are produced and read.
2. Produce and support original arguments using primary and secondary sources and a standard documentation style.
3. Interpret literary texts by applying theoretical approaches.
4. Conduct and evaluate research to better understand a range of texts.

Employment Potential
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Distribution Requirements

Credit Hours
FIRST SEMESTER
ENG 101 College Composition (grade of C or higher required) OR
ENG 200 Advanced Composition
3
ENG 105 Introduction to Literature
3
MTH 150 - Survey of Mathematics OR
Higher SUNY MATHEMATICS (SUNY-MATH) ELECTIVE OR
PHL 102 Introduction to Logic*
3-4
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD LANGUAGES (SUNY-WLNG) ELECTIVE
3
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
First Semester Total:
15-16
SECOND SEMESTER
ENG 200 Advanced Composition OR
ENG 250 Professional Communication OR
ENG 251 Technical Communication OR
HON 295 Research Methods and Academic Writing
3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
(SUNY-DVRS) ELECTIVE THAT ALSO SATISFIES AN ENGLISH LITERATURE ELECTIVE
3
PHL 101 Introduction to Philosophy OR
PHL 103 Introduction to Ethics OR
PHL 105 Technology and Values
3
SUNY-GENERAL EDUCATION NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
(SUNY-NSCI) ELECTIVE
3-4
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
Second Semester Total:
15-16
THIRD SEMESTER
ENG 201 Early British Literature OR
ENG 202 Modern British Literature OR
ENG 218 Introduction to Shakespeare
3
PROGRAM ELECTIVE**
3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUNY-SOCS) ELECTIVE
3
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
Third Semester Total:
15
FOURTH SEMESTER
ENG 203 American Literature to 1865 OR
ENG 204 American Literature since 1865
3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION U.S. HISTORY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (SUNY-USCV) OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
(SUNY-WHGA) ELECTIVE
3-4
PROGRAM ELECTIVE**
3
PROGRAM ELECTIVE**
3
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
Fourth Semester Total:
15-16
TOTAL CREDITS:
60-63
*SUNY Math Elective: Students are strongly encouraged to check with the institution to which they intend to transfer to ensure selection of an appropriate course.
**Program Elective: Choose any English (ENG) Literature or Humanities (HMN) Course.
Revised: 5/14/2026


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