Associate of Arts Degree - English Concentration
Are you interested in a good read and in vibrant debate? Are you interested in local culture and its relation to contemporary society? Are you interested in other cultures or new insights into earlier societies? Writers have always offered unique perspectives on people and the world. Novels, poems, plays, films and emerging experimental genres give us unique access to human behaviour in relation to class, gender, sexuality, race, technology, and much more.
In small, discussion-orientated classes, students are encouraged to think critically about English literature written in traditional and experimental modes, in a variety of genres, and in the context of contemporary issues.
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Thinking about a major or minor in English at university?
The benefits of completing the Associate of Arts degree with an English concentration go beyond the selection of fascinating courses. You will also have the opportunity to earn up to 60 credits of university transfer. This would be the equivalent of completing the first two years of study toward your Bachelor of Arts degree while attending Capilano.
- First-year literature courses offer a selection of readings in the major genres as well as hybrid-genres, new media and film.
- Second-year literature courses offer a variety of approaches: British literature from Beowulf to Paradise Lost and from Oronooko to The Wasteland; Canadian literature from Susanna Moodie to Christian Bök; modern American literature from Catch 22 to The Shipping News; Literary Theory from Marxism to Eco-criticism; World Literature from Homer to Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Children's Literature from Lewis Carroll to Tolkien; literature and its translation into film from Hamlet to The Hours.
- Creative writing courses -- in first- and second-year -- provide intensive workshops in the writing of poetry, fiction and drama.
Career Opportunities? What does a degree in English offer? More and more evidence shows that Humanities students succeed and even flourish in today's quick changing economies. In a competitive workforce, those with flexible writing and critical thinking skills are more likely to succeed. In our small, discussion-orientated classes, students develop skills in effective argument, organized thinking, creative problem-solving, collaboration, and communication. Students go on to apply these crucial skills in further study, and in a wide range of careers in writing, teaching, law, business, publishing, editing, communications, the media, etc. The sky's the limit with an English degree!
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