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2022 - 2023 Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Catalog 
    
2022 - 2023 Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English Transfer Major, AA


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Campus: Clinton, Muscatine, and Scott Community Colleges

This program is designed to develop students’ curiosity and understanding of the English language and writing styles. The transfer major in English has been designed to provide students valuable critical thinking and communication skills through reading, discussing, researching, and writing about literature. This program is for students interested in transferring to a four-year institution with a major related to English.

Transfer Institutions: Iowa State University. This institution may have additional requirements. Please see your advisor for more information.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the English Transfer Major program, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate effective rhetorical strategies in academic and non-academic contexts.
  2. Demonstrate critical analysis in formal academic essays.
  3. Analyze literary works with reference to cultural, political, historical, and personal contexts.
  4. Evaluate a variety of primary and secondary sources.
  5. Synthesize arguments based on scholarly research.

Plan of Study


Discipline Requirements


Take the following courses:


Discipline relevant courses required for Transfer Major

General Education Requirements


Communications (3 credits required)


Select a Speech course (3 credits)

Arts and Humanities (6 credits required)


Select a Humanities course (3 credits)

Select a Fine Arts course (3 credits)

Cultural Historical Perspectives (6 credits required)


Select a Language or Intercultural Perspectives course (3 credits)

Social Sciences (6 credits required)


Select an Economics or Political Science course (3 credits)

Select a Psychology or Sociology course (3 credits)

Mathematics and Natural Sciences (11 credits required)


Select a Life Sciences course (4 credits)

Select a Physical Sciences course (4 credits)

Select a Mathematics course (3 credits)

Computer Skills (3 credits required)


Select a Computer Skills course (3 credits)

Electives (up to 9 credits required)


Select coursework based on content area/endorsement.

Students choose electives according to their needs and interests and the requirements of their intended transfer college to complete the 62 credit hours required of an Associate of Arts degree. While electives generally are chosen from any Arts and Science course numbered above 100, a maximum of 4 credit hours in SDV courses and 16 credit hours in career technical courses may be applied toward an AA. 

English Transfer Major, AA: 62 credits total


Non-discrimination Statement / Equal Educational Opportunities


It is the policy of Eastern Iowa Community College District not to discriminate in its programs, activities, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, creed, religion, and actual or potential family, parental or marital status, as required by the Iowa Code §§216.6 and 216.9, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d and 2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 206, et seq.), Title IX (Educational Amendments, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794), and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq.).

If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this policy, please contact EICC’s Equal Employment Opportunity Officer/Equity Coordinator, Eastern Iowa Community College District, 101 West Third Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801, 563-336-5222, equity@eicc.edu or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Education, John C. Kluczynski Federal Building, 230 S. Dearborn Street, 37th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604-7204, Telephone: (312) 730-1560 Facsimile: (312) 730- 1576, TDD (800) 877-8339 Email: OCR.Chicago@ed.gov.

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