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2023-2024 HCC Catalog & Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
    
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2023-2024 HCC Catalog & Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, A.A.


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The Associate of Arts in English is intended primarily for students planning on transferring to a senior college or university to receive a baccalaureate degree in the following areas: communication, business, social sciences, humanities, and fine arts. Commencing the fall of 1999, all Associate in Arts academic core curriculum courses taken at HCC are guaranteed to transfer and count toward the core curriculum at all Texas public higher educational institutions.

The requirements below must be completed in addition to Field of Study Curriculum  the degree requirements in order to complete all program requirements for this specialization.

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Program CIP Code: 23.0101

First Year


First Semester ‐ Fall


  • EDUC 1300 - Learning Framework Credits: 3
  • ENGL 1301 - Composition I Credits: 3
  • HIST #3## - American History Elective Credits: 3 1
  • MATH #3## - Approved Mathematics Elective Credits: 3 2
  • XXXX #3## - Life & Physical Sciences Elective Credits: 3 1

Semester Total: 15


Second Semester ‐ Spring


  • ENGL 1302 - Composition II Credits: 3
  • HIST #3## - American History Elective Credits: 3 1
  • XXXX #3## - Life & Physical Sciences Elective Credits: 3 1
  • XXXX #3## - Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective Credits: 3 1
  • XXXX #3## - Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 3 4

Semester Total: 15


Second Year


First Semester ‐ Fall


  • ENGL 2341 - Forms of Literature Credits: 3
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  • ENGL 23## - Literature/Creative Writing Elective Credits: 3    OR
  • ENGL 2389 - Academic Cooperative Credits: 3
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  • ENGL 23## - Literature/Creative Writing Elective Credits: 3
  • GOVT 2305 - Federal Government Credits: 3
  • XXXX 1411 - Beginning Foreign Language Credits: 4

Semester Total: 16


Second Semester ‐ Spring


  • ENGL 23## - English Literature/Creative Writing Elective Credits: 3
  • XXXX 1412 - Beginning Foreign Language Credits: 4
  • GOVT 2306 - Texas Government Credits: 3
  • XXXX #3## - Creative Arts Elective Credits: 3 1
  • XXXX #1## Transferable Elective Credits: 1 5

Semester Total: 14


Total Minimum Credits for the AA Degree: 60


1 A list of electives appears in the Core Curriculum  section of this catalog.
2 Consult with an advisor to select an appropriate MATH course.
3 Students who complete a four‐hour course should consult with an advisor to have the additional hour applied toward the one‐hour transferable elective.
4 Liberal arts electives: ANTH (not ANTH 2301 , ANTH 2101 ), GEOG (not GEOG 1301 ), HIST, HUMA, PHIL (not PHIL 2303 ), PSYC (not PSYC 2317 ), SOCI, or TECA 1354 .
5 Consult with an advisor to select an appropriate elective.

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