Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences Area of Concentration, Associate of Arts
This area of concentration is designed to serve students who plan to transfer to a baccalaureate degree program in Language and Literature or English, with a concentration in Literature, both British and American.
Program objectives
Upon successful completion of this area of concentration, students will be able to:
- use writing, reading, and oral communication skills to organize, express, and synthesize ideas in analytical and expository writing concerning themes in literature;
- identify the characteristics of various literary periods, themes, movements, authors, cultures, and genres;
- engage with literary material from various periods, movements, cultures, and genres;
- participate in critical discussion with peers in the classroom;
- engage critical thinking skills;
- apply Literary Theory as well as other critical theories to the analysis of chosen literary material;
- create a final capstone essay;
- demonstrate the ability to locate and apply scholarly research to literary analysis; and
- demonstrate a mastery of the fundamental skills, concepts, and principles of their selected genre for the baccalaureate degree.
