ENGLISH

A.A. DEGREE

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.


Distribution Requirements

Credit Hours
FIRST SEMESTER

ENG 101 College Composition (grade of C or higher required) OR
ENG 200 Advanced Composition
3
PHL 102 - Introduction to Logic OR
MTH 150 - Survey of Mathematics OR
higher SUNY-MATH Elective ###
3-4
HED 108 - Health, Family and Society OR
HED 110 - Disease Prevention and Healthy Lifestyles OR
HED 207 - Emotional Wellness OR
HED 209 - Drugs and Behavior OR
HED 212 - Women's Health and Wellness OR
PEC 253 - Stress Management
2- 3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION -WORLD LANGUAGES (SUNY-WLNG) ELECTIVE
3
ENG 105 Introduction to Literature
3
First Semester Total:
14-16
SECOND SEMESTER

ENG 108 - Literature of the Holocaust OR
ENG 109 - Crime Fiction OR
ENG 201 - Early British Literature OR
ENG 202 - Modern British Literature OR
ENG 210 - Literature of the Black Experience OR
ENG 217 - Women, Gender and Literature
3
SUNY-GENERAL EDUCATION - NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING (SUNY-NSCI) ELECTIVE
3-4
PHL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy OR
PHL 103 - Introduction to Ethics OR
PHL 105 - Technology and Values
3
ENG 200 - Advanced Composition OR
ENG 250 - Professional Communication OR
ENG 251 - Technical Communication OR
HON 295 - Research Methods and Academic Writing
3
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
HMN 220 Global Humanities I OR
HMN 221 Global Humanities II
4
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION - SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUNY-SOCS) ELECTIVE
3
PROGRAM ELECTIVE
3
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
Third Semester Total:
16
FOURTH SEMESTER

ENG 203 American Literature to 1865 OR
ENG 204 American Literature since 1865
3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION - WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS (SUNY-WHGA) OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION - U.S. HISTORY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (SUNY-USCV) ELECTIVE
3
PROGRAM ELECTIVE
3
PROGRAM ELECTIVE
3
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
Fourth Semester Total:
15
TOTAL CREDITS:
60-63
Program Elective: Choose any English (ENG) Literature or Humanities (HMN) Course.
###MTH 150 or any other SUNY-MATH course with a higher number. Students are strongly encouraged to check with the institution to which they intend to transfer to ensure selection of an appropriate math course.

Revised: 6/28/2023