San Antonio College Schedule/Catalog 2016-2017 [Archived Catalog]
English, Reading, and Education
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Garry Partridge, English Coordinator
GH 110A, 210-486-0680
www.alamo.edu/sac/english/
The English Department offers a variety of courses to students. For the student who enrolls in English for the first time, placement is made according to college entrance examination scores approved by the English Department. If the student’s performance on such tests indicates that the student needs instruction before taking English 1301 (Composition I), the student will be required to take INRW 0055 (INRW Refresher). The student will then be assessed by a faculty member and placed in either INRW 0420 Ready Set Go or English 1301.
If students are required to take INRW 0420 Ready Set Go, they must pass the INRW 0420 4 week course with a “C” or better before enrolling in INRW 0420 12 week course. If students are required to take INRW 0420, they must pass that course with a “C” or better before enrolling in ENGL 1301. Students taking English 1301 Ready Set Go must pass the INRW 0101 4 week course with a “C” or better to go into the English 1301 part of the course. INRW courses cannot be used to replace any other required English course.
ENGL 1301 Composition I and ENGL 1302 Composition II are designed to satisfy the requirement of most colleges that demand six hours of freshman composition, to meet the core requirements and to meet Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science (AS) Degree exit competencies.
If transfer students encounter special problems, they should consult a counselor or an advisor in the English Department.
In selecting sophomore English courses, the student should consider both the major subject and the senior college to which the credits will be transferred. When only three hours of sophomore English are required, the student may choose any of the three-hour sophomore courses. Many colleges accept any combination of the three-hour sophomore courses if the total required is six hours. However, a few colleges require that ENGL 2323 British Literature II: Romanticism to Present always be combined with ENGL 2322 British Literature I: Anglo Saxon through Neoclassical and ENGL 2332 World Literature I: Antiquity through Renaissance with ENGL 2333 World Literature II: Neoclassical to Present. Many senior colleges require that students with English as a major complete the survey of British Literature (ENGL 2322/2323) and students with elementary education as a major complete World Literature (ENGL 2332/2333), or ENGL 2341 (Children’s Lit). A student with science or engineering as a major usually takes any of the three-hour sophomore literature courses and follows it with ENGL 2311 Technical Writing. All sophomore literature courses are writing intensive (WI).
To be allowed to take two sophomore English courses concurrently when it is acceptable to the degree granting institution, a student must have at least a “B” average in freshman English and the approval of the chairman of the Department of English. All sophomore-level English courses require essay writing and may require oral reports.
Reading and Education
Ann Weesner, Education Coordinator
MCCH 132B, 210-486-1280
Reading www.alamo.edu/sac/reading/
Education www.alamo.edu/sac/education/
The Reading and Education Department consists of INRW (Integrated Reading & Writing) and Education courses. Reading courses are no longer offered.
The department centers a great deal of its energy on giving the community’s under-prepared students the opportunity to acquire workplace literacy skills and to achieve success in college-level classes. Curriculum and instruction are carefully planned to reflect current research on how students learn and are especially sensitive to the needs of under-prepared students. The department’s computer instructional center has proven to be effective in giving many students, particularly developmental students, and the type of practice with reading skills which they require. Self-paced software and Internet assignments invite students to become active participants in the learning process and address their wide range of skill levels. These efforts are consistent with departmental and instructional goals:
- To ensure that students are provided lifelong learning and career preparation opportunities through quality traditional and non-traditional instruction programs.
- To strengthen the utilization of evolving technology.
The Reading and Education Department also offers two three-hour education course, EDUC 1301 Introduction to the Teaching Profession and EDUC 2301 Introduction to Special Populations. These courses fulfill the department’s goal of serving the diverse needs of the San Antonio community. It does so by offering prospective education majors an opportunity to examine the positive and negative aspects of a career in teaching. These courses explore educational, historical, and current trends. Students mentor in area schools. One of the primary purposes of the education program is to recruit future educators.
Programs and Courses - English, Reading and Education English, Reading, and Education
Field of Study
Associate of Arts/Associate of Science
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