Language Degrees Online

The English Department has a wide range of courses specifically designed to help students improve their not only their writing skills, but also their reading, vocabulary and critical thinking.This semester’s online LAVC schedule of classes will give you crucial information on our current ESL offerings.
The tutors at the Writing Center, in Humanities 101, are there to help you get higher grades on all of your compositions and other LAVC written work.
Some of our composition classes are offered on-line. Click here to learn more about Virtual Valley.
There are several composition course offered each semester through the VCAP Program, which offers accelerated courses on evenings and weekends.
The Puente Program has courses in composition for those interested in Latino cultures and issues.

There is a lot of help out there on the web for students working to improve their written English. Here’s a place to get started.

Did you know that one of the best ways to improve your writing is to increase the amount of material you read? Click here to see a list of recommended books to read for self-improvement and fun.
There are several essay contests each semester for students who write outstanding essays in English 28, 101, 102, and 103.

The English Department has a wide range of courses specifically designed to help students develop their writing and research skills while reading and interpreting literary works from ancient and modern times, from England, America, and the rest of the world.

This semester’s online LAVC schedule of classes will give you crucial information on each of our literature and creative writing courses.
You can take some of our literature classes for honors credit, as explained in the schedule. Also see the TAP program for further info on honors.
Also, some lit classes are offered through the Valley College Accelerated Program. See the VCAP page for further info.
The English Circle is a special project of the LAVC English Department that provides special help and special events for English majors, those considering the major, and the college community as a whole. Take a look at this year’s annual Shakespeare Birthday Celebration.
The tutors at the Writing Center, in Humanities 101, aren’t there only to help students in composition classes. Many of them are experienced English majors and can offer a lot of help for those working on literary research, interpretive essays, and even poetry and fiction.
While none of our literature or CW courses are offered online at this time, one of our instructors, Rod Moore, has course web pages that supplement his two courses in British Literature, English 205 and 206.
There is an essay contest each semester for students who write outstanding essays in English 102, Introduction to Literature.

Not all literature courses are offered every semester. Depending on student demand, here are the expected offerings for the near future.

Fall ’07 Spring ’08 Fall ’08
Bible as Lit (252) World Lit I (203) World Lit II (204)
English Lit 1 (205) English Lit 1 (205) English Lit 1 (205)
English Lit 1 (206) English Lit 1 (206) English Lit 1 (206)
American Lit II (208) American Lit 1 (207) American Lit 1 (208)
Dramatic Lit (213) Poetry (212) Bible as Lit (252)