English

Overview

The Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts with a Concentration in English serves as a launch pad for transferring into four-year programs! This program helps to develop strong college-level writing, analysis, and research skills applicable to upper-level courses in four-year degree programs across a wide variety of disciplines. English-centered degrees develop highly transferrable skills including the ability to analyze and interpret complex information, the ability to communicate cohesively and logically across media, and the ability to think creatively and independently. 

The AA in Liberal Arts English Concentration offers the opportunity to explore a wide variety of writing genres and techniques, communication approaches across multiple modalities, and interpretive analysis as applied to literature and beyond.

Career Pathways

This flexible degree option can lead to a wide variety of transfer opportunities and career pathways. Four-year transfer options include programs in English/Language Arts Education, Journalism, Literature and Theory, Creative Writing, Film Studies, Communications, and more!  Career pathways include, but are not limited to: social media management, human resources, content and technical writing, teaching and tutoring, public relations, publishing, and brand management. In fact, a CNN report stated that those with English-related degrees “are employable anywhere in the economy where there is thinking to be done.”

Why RVCC?

Liberal Arts at River Valley caters to each students’ passions to help them succeed in the job field or in their next academic steps.

What are you interested in?

We have just expanded our Liberal Arts Associate of Arts degree to include areas of concentration.  This flexibility aligns with students exploring various academic pathways in their first two years of college. 

The Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts aspires to create a community of inspired learners by offering challenging courses designed to cultivate scholarly inquiry, social responsibility and academic integrity. Liberal Arts faculty create a rigorous academic environment, characterized by mutual respect and collegiality, in which students are encouraged to discover their true potential and purpose.

Program Goals

The goal of the Liberal Arts program is to engage students in study across multiple disciplines with the goal of cultivating a broad knowledge base and strong skill set that prepares students for the workforce or continued study towards a bachelor’s degree. Through study in the arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and sciences, students learn to think critically, communicate in multiple mediums, conduct research, solve complex problems, demonstrate ethical reasoning and system thinking, and grow as globally responsible citizens. 

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Liberal Arts program, students will be able to:

• Synthesize and apply knowledge from multiple perspectives to evaluate social, ethical, cultural and global issues
• Assimilate a variety of intellectual and practical skills to solve sophisticated problems
• Communicate complex ideas and concepts both orally and in writing across multiple disciplines
• Address real-world problems by exercising mental agility, analytical and creative thinking and interpersonal negotiation
• Develop a foundation sufficient for transfer to a four-year college or university

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