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University Transfer Options

English
(Associate of Arts - Oregon Transfer)

MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Gerry Barra: 503-491-7659 - Room 2386 Gerry.Barra@mhcc.edu
Chad Bartlett: 503-491-7151 - Room AC 2379 Chad.Bartlett@mhcc.edu
Celia Carlson: 503-491-7218 - Room AC 2380 Celia.Carlson@mhcc.edu
Holly DeGrow: 503-491-7268 - Room AC 2396 Holly.DeGrow@mhcc.edu
Edward delVal: 503-491-7512 - Room AC 2377 Edward.DelVal@mhcc.edu
Sandra Frank: 503-491-6094 - Room AC 2385 Sandra.Frank@mhcc.edu
Ursula Irwin: 503-491-7606 - Room AC 2388 Ursula.Irwin@mhcc.edu
Mary Kelly-Klein: 503-491-7126 - Room AC 2383 Mary.Kelly-Klein@mhcc.edu
Marcy Lee: 503-491-7132 - Room AC 2384 Marcy.Lee@mhcc.edu
Jodie Marion: 503-491-7265 - Room AC 2387 Jodie.Marion@mhcc.edu
Jonathan Morrow: 503-491-7147 - Room AC 2390 Jonathan.Morrow@mhcc.edu
Scarlett Saavedra: 503-491-7252 - Room AC 2381 Scarlett.Saavedra@mhcc.edu
Beth Sammons: 503-491-7177 - Room AC 2382 Beth.Sammons@mhcc.edu
Bob Watkins: 503-491-7413 - Room AC 1383 Bob.Watkins@mhcc.edu
David Wright: 503-491-7344 - Room AC 2378 David.Wright@mhcc.edu
Lidia Yuknavitch: 503-491-7185 - Room AC 2395Lidia.Yuknavitch@mhcc.edu

English majors study a range of classes that may cover modern literature as well as writers from the United States, Great Britain, and around the world. Career paths for English majors are various; they may plan on careers in creative writing, education, journalism, law, technical writing - indeed, any field in which expert command of the English language is central.

Curricular Outcomes

At the completion of this curriculum, the student should be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to discuss and explicate, orally and in writing, themes, plots, characterization, symbolism, and other conventions and practices of literature and literary genres
• demonstrate knowledge of key events, ideas, and social and cultural developments which shaped the attitudes and styles of the authors and materials on which the course focuses
• define and apply vocabulary appropriate to the study of literature and the humanities (e.g., hero, myth, symbols, irony).

The two-year program listed below is designed to meet requirements of the Associate of Arts - Oregon Transfer degree (AA/OT) from MHCC and to prepare students to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from an accredited college or university. Students are urged to consult catalogs and web sites of the four-year institutions they are considering in order to meet their lower division course requirements. English majors also need to be aware that to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree they are required to achieve two years of college-level second language competency.

After consulting with their advisers, students may also choose to add a focus on creative writing by taking some of the following classes:

WR240 Creative Writing: Nonfiction
WR241 Creative Writing: Fiction I
WR242 Creative Writing: Poetry I
WR244 Creative Writing: Poetry II
WR245 Creative Writing: Fiction II
WR247A/B The Literary Publication
WR248 Strategies for Revision: Advanced Professional Writing

Students should consult with their faculty adviser as they plan their individual course of study within the framework suggested below and the requirements of MHCC’s AA/OT degree.

NOTE: A maximum of 15 credits of the highest level of ENL courses may be applied as electives only toward the AA/OT Degree.

1 R efer to Associate of Arts - Oregon Transfer (AA /OT ) requirements, pages 10-11.
2 R ecommended course to fulfill social science general education requirement
3 Suggested courses to fulfill humanities requirements include: FR201-203, GER 201-203, JPN201-203, SPAN 201-203. NOTE : Oregon transfer students seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree must complete the second year of a language other than English (201-202 or equivalent) before graduation from their transfer school.

Transfer Schools' Web Links
Eastern Oregon University - http://www.eou.edu/engwrite/
Marylhurst University - http://www.marylhurst.edu/english/index.php
Oregon State University - http://www.orst.edu/dept/english/
Portland State University - http://www.english.pdx.edu
Southern Oregon University - http://www.sou.edu/catalog/00-01/English/INDEX.HTM
University of Oregon - http://www.uoregon.edu/~engl/
Western Oregon University - http://www.wou.edu/las/humanities/english/index.php
(Oregon Institute of Technology - No English Major or Department)

Disclaimer

This information is meant to serve as a general guide for students intending to major in English. Specific requirements for transfer will vary from school to school. It is the student’s responsibility to contact his/her four-year transfer school to confirm specific admission requirements.