Language Degrees Online

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)

(36 semester hours)
ENG 211 Introduction to British Literature I
ENG 212 Introduction to British Literature II
ENG 220 Introduction to American Literature
ENG 370 Shakespeare
ENG 499 Literature and Theory
Two additional English (ENG) courses numbered at the 200 level: Five additional English (ENG) courses numbered at the 300 level or above (one of which must be a WI designated course and one of which must be at the 400 level):

Note: WRT 300 Advanced Composition may be used in place of one of the above-listed required 300-level courses.
English Major (37 semester hours and the appropriate education requirements)
for Early Adolescence through Adolescence Certification (grades 6-12)
ENG 211 Introduction to British Literature I
ENG 212 Introduction to British Literature II
ENG 220 Introduction to American Literature
ENG 350 Young Adult Literature (1 semester hour)
ENG 370 Shakespeare
ENG 499 Literature and Theory
WRT 300 Advanced Composition
Two additional English (ENG) courses numbered at the 200 level Four additional English (ENG) courses numbered at the 300 level or above (one of which must be a WI designated course and one of which must be at the 400 level). One of the courses must be in American literature.

(24 semester hours)
ENG 211 Introduction to British Literature I
ENG 212 Introduction to British Literature II
ENG 220 Introduction to American Literature
ENG 370 Shakespeare
One additional English (ENG) course numbered at the 200 level
Three additional English (ENG) courses numbered at the 300 level or above
(one of which must be at the 400 level)
English Minor (24 semester hours and the appropriate education requirements.)
for Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Certification (1-8) also Early Adolescence through Adolescence Certification (6-12) in combination with other major
ENG 211 Introduction to British Literature I
ENG 212 Introduction to British Literature II
ENG 220 Introduction to American Literature
ENG 370 Shakespeare
WRT 300 Advanced Composition
One additional English (ENG) course numbered at the 200 level
Two additional English (ENG) courses numbered 300 and above (one of which must be at the 400 level) One must also include American literature

English at LaGrange takes a good, long look into the literary heritage of the English language. Starting with basic literature from past centuries (and the current one), the program progresses toward an in-depth study of Milton, Chaucer, or Shakespeare. You’ll hear visiting lecturers, help publish The Scroll, and enter the LC Writing Contest. Upperclassmen serve as peer writing consultants in the Writing Center, where anyone can come to get some extra, out-of-the-classroom help on their papers.

Core curriculum
Required of all students majoring in English

Required:

16 units from
ENGL 210 Survey of British Literature I: To 1600 (4)
ENGL 211 Survey of British Literature II: 1600-1800 (4)
ENGL 212 Survey of British Literature III: 1800-1890 (4)
ENGL 213 Survey of British Literature IV: 1890-Present (4)
ENGL 224 Survey of American Literature I: To 1860 (4)
ENGL 225 Survey of American Literature II: 1860 to Present (4)
ENGL 246 – Literary Forms and Ideas (4)
ENGL 414 World Literature (4)
ENGL 487A Classical Rhetoric and Criticism (4)
ENGL 487B Contemporary Literary Criticism (4)

8 units from
ENGL 238 Introduction of Writing for the Print Media (4)
ENGL 304 Advanced Expository Writing (4)
ENGL 338 Advanced Writing for Print Media (4)
ENGL 339 – Writing for the Digital Media (4)
ENGL 405 Creative Writing (4)
ENGL 405A, 405B, 405C, 405D – Creative Writing: short story, poetry, playwriting, and screenwriting (4)
ENGL 406 – Writing for Publication (4)

4 units from
ENGL 457 Chaucer (4)
ENGL 458 Shakespeare (4)
ENGL 459 Milton (4)

ENGL 484 Language and Linguistics (4)

ENGL 285/485 English Colloquium (Four years of residence requires 1 unit of 285 and 1 unit of 485)

Required cognates: Modern foreign language through level 201

The student chooses one of the following areas of concentration:

Literature
58 total units (28 upper division) in English, including the core curriculum; 16 remaining units from (not taken in core)
Remaining units to be selected in consultation with advisor:
ENGL 210 Survey of British Literature I: To 1600 (4)
ENGL 211 Survey of British Literature II: 1600-1800 (4)
ENGL 212 Survey of British Literature III: 1800-1890 (4)
ENGL 213 Survey of British Literature IV: 1890-Present (4)
ENGL 224 Survey of American Literature I: To 1860 (4)
ENGL 225 Survey of American Literature II: 1860-Present (4)
ENGL 246 Literary Forms and Ideas (4)
ENGL 414 World Literature (4)
ENGL 487A Classical Rhetoric and Criticism (4)
ENGL 487B Contemporary Literary Criticism (4)

Remaining units to be selected in consultation with advisor

Writing
58 units (28 upper division) in English including the core curriculum; 16 units from (if not taken in core):
ENGL 238 – Introduction of Writing for the Print Media (4)
ENGL 304 – Advanced Expository Writing (4)
ENGL 338 – Advanced Writing for Print Media (4)
ENGL 339 – Writing for the Digital Media (4)
ENGL 405 Creative Writing (4)
ENGL 405A, 405B, 405C, 405D – Creative Writing: short story, Poetry, playwriting, and screenwriting (4)
ENGL 406 – Writing for Publication (4)
If not taken in core

Remaining units to be selected in consultation with advisor

Teaching Credentials
The California Teaching Credential requires the following courses. These may be taken as electives toward the major, to be selected in consultation with advisor.
ENGL 415A Literature for Children (4) or 415B Literature for Children (4), for K-6
ENGL 416 Young Adult Literature (4), for 7-9

The Seventh-day Adventist Secondary Teaching Credential requires: ENGL 445 Biblical Literature (4).

Students desiring the single subject waiver in English should work closely with advisors in both the English and Communication Department and the School of Education.