MCCCD Program Description

Major: 6221N Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2020 Fall Last Admit Term: 2024 Summer Award: AC Total Credits: 22-25 CIP Code: 13.9999	Primary College: Initiating College: Rio Salado College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: Shared Program Availability: RS Field of Interest: Culture and Society Instructional Council: English (28), English as a Second Language (14), Humanities (35) GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: 25-1062

Description: The Academic Certificate (AC) in Language and Literary Culture of the USA is a course of study designed to provide students a strong foundation in the oral and written structure and vocabulary of North American English, academic and professional reading and writing, and knowledge and appreciation of representative literature and culture of the USA in all its diversity.

Suggested Course Plan Sequenced by Semester: RS

Required Courses

+ENG101 First-Year Composition (3) OR
+ENG107 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) 3

+ENG102 First-Year Composition (3) OR
+ENG108 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) 3

+ENG111 Technical and Professional Writing 3
ENH111 Literature and the American Experience 3

+CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR
Equivalent as indicated by assessment 0-3

+ENG298AA Special Projects (1) OR
+ESL298AA Special Projects (1) 1

Credits: 13-16

Restricted Electives
Complete three courses from the following disciplines: ASB Any ASB Anthropology course(s) COM Any COM Communication course(s) EDU Any EDU Education course(s) ENG Any ENG English course(s) expect courses used to satisfy Required Courses area. ENH Any ENH English Humanities course(s) HIS Any HIS History course(s) HUM Any HUM Humanities course(s) IBS Any IBS International Business course(s) IGS Any IGS Integrated Studies course(s) MUP Any MUP Music: Performance course(s) PSY Any PSY Psychology course(s) REL Any REL Religious Studies course(s) SOC Any SOC Sociology course(s)	Credits: 9

General Electives
	Credits:

Program Competencies
1. Demonstrate effective writing skills. (ENG101, ENG107) 2. Demonstrate skill in research, note-taking, organization, and documentation in the preparation and writing of a research paper. (ENG102, ENG108) 3. Write memos and business letters. (ENG111) 4. Organize and develop persuasive business presentations. (ENG111) 5. Identify and describe various interpretations of "the American Dream" in American culture and literature. (ENH111) 6. Explain how the following environments, agrarian, small town, suburban, urban, the South, New England, the Midwest, the Southwest, and the West, have contributed to American culture. (ENH111) 7. Describe ways in which Native Americans, Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and immigrants have contributed to American culture and literature. (ENH111) 8. Read and analyze varied and challenging reading materials, and analyze, synthesize, and evaluate these materials through written discourse. (CRE101, ENG101, ENG107, ENG102, ENG108) 9. Select, prepare, and present a discipline-related independent study project in accordance with established methodology and guidelines. (ENG298AA, ESL298AA)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: June 22, 2010

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