Nov 21, 2024

Dallas College Catalog 2024-2025

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Dallas College Catalog 2024-2025

Associate of Arts Degree with a Field of Study in English Language and Literature

Location(s): Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, Eastfield, El Centro, Mountain View, North Lake, Richland

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Effective June 17, 2024, this field of study cannot be declared as a program or major. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, by law, has expired this field of study. Dallas College can no longer award this field of study after August 31, 2025. Students currently enrolled must complete by August 31, 2025. For questions, please contact a student success coach.

This plan is an official Field of Study Degree approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Offered on Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, Eastfield, El Centro, Mountain View, North Lake, and Richland Campuses

This is a new award effective Fall 2020.

Degree Code: AA.FS.ENGLISH

This degree plan is designed to meet the needs of students who wish to major in English and transfer to a four-year university. These students will achieve a greater depth of knowledge and have broader experiences within the area of English. They will become well-versed in writing and literature in various forms, genres, and time periods. Ultimately, this degree opens the door to employment fields including writer, editor, educator, attorney, transcriber, public relations, librarian, business, grant writer, and various positions with non-profit organizations.

This curriculum applies to the Bachelor of English degree, but also may be applied to the Bachelor of Arts or other baccalaureate-level English degree as deemed appropriate by the awarding institution. The field of study in English included in this degree is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This degree plan will constitute a 60-semester-credit-hour transfer block to any public Texas four-year college or university.

Transferring students who have completed the field of study curriculum must satisfy the competency and proficiency requirements of the receiving institution. Transferring students shall not be required to repeat courses transferred as part of the field of study curriculum. However, diagnostic assessment of transfer students is permissible if the receiving institution routinely conducts diagnostic assessment of native students at the same point in the Program of Study.

Completion of the field of study curriculum shall not prevent a receiving institution from requiring additional lower-division courses that may be necessary for specific degree programs. Receiving institutions may require transfer students in specialized programs to take additional degree-specific lower-division courses that are not included in the field of study curriculum. Receiving institutions are not required to accept a grade below “C” in transfer.

In order to be eligible to receive this A.A. degree, a student must:

Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours including all the required courses listed;
Earn a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1301 and the selected college-level mathematics course;
Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 (“C”);
Meet all Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements and course prerequisites; and
Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by Dallas College.

Students who plan to transfer must work closely with an advisor/counselor.

This page includes Coordinating Board (CB) Codes.

Courses Required for the A.A. Degree with a Field of Study in English Language and Literature

Communication (CB010)

Select EACH of the following:

ENGL 1301 - Composition I (3 Credit Hours) (a grade of “C” or better is required)
ENGL 1302 - Composition II (3 Credit Hours)

Semester Credit Hours Required: 6

Mathematics (CB020)

Select ONE of the following:

(A grade of “C” or better is required.)

Semester Credit Hours Required: 3-4*

Life and Physical Sciences (CB030)

Select TWO of the following:

Semester Credit Hours Required: 8

Note(s)

NOTE: This requirement cannot be met using the following combinations: BIOL 1406 and BIOL 1408 ; BIOL 1407 and BIOL 1409 ; BIOL 2420 and BIOL 2421 ; CHEM 1405 and CHEM 1411 ; CHEM 1406 and CHEM 1411 ; CHEM 1405 and CHEM 1406 ; CHEM 1406 and CHEM 1407 ; GEOL 1401 and GEOL 1403 ; PHYS 1401 and PHYS 1405 ; PHYS 1401 and PHYS 2425 ; PHYS 1405 and PHYS 2425 .

Language, Philosophy and Culture (CB040)

Select ONE of the following:

Semester Credit Hours Required: 3

Creative Arts (CB050)

Select ONE of the following:

Semester Credit Hours Required: 3

American History (CB060)

Select the following:

HIST 1301 - United States History I (3 Credit Hours) AND

Select ONE of the following:

Semester Credit Hours Required: 6

Government/Political Science (CB070)

Select EACH of the following:

Semester Credit Hours Required: 6

Social and Behavioral Sciences (CB080)

Select ONE of the following:

Semester Credit Hours Required: 3

Component Area Option (CB090)

Select ONE of the following:

Option A:

OR

Option B: FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Semester Credit Hours Required: 4

Core Credit Hours for this A.A. Degree: 42 Credit Hours

General Elective Credits

Select FOUR of the following:

Semester Credit Hours Required: 12

English Language and Literature Field of Study Required Courses

Select EACH of the following:

Semester Credit Hours Required: 6

Total Credit Hours Required for this A.A. Degree: 60 Credit Hours

Note(s)

*NOTE: If a student takes the four (4) credit hour mathematics course; three (3) of those hours will apply towards the mathematics requirement. The remaining one (1) credit hour from that mathematics course will be applied to the general elective requirement and does not count towards the 42-hour Core.

Student’s transcript will indicate the Field of Study has been completed upon successful completion of the following courses: ENGL 1301 , ENGL 1302 and select EACH of the following: ENGL 2341 and ENGL 2351 .