Associate of Arts in English in North Las Vegas United States | College of Southern Nevada

The Associate of Arts Degree with an English focus equips students with critical thinking, analytical writing, and communication abilities. Graduates fulfilling these requirements will gain the necessary skills for transferring to a bachelor's degree program.

Program Learning Objectives
Adapt writing to purpose, audience, and context.
Demonstrate academic reading comprehension through written work.
Employ writing processes to craft thorough, research-supported papers.
Develop thesis statements with textual support for argumentative or exploratory essays.
Identify, assess, and incorporate credible sources.
Interpret, examine, combine, utilize, and properly cite reference materials.
Master language conventions, grammar rules, and MLA formatting standards.
Apply critical analysis skills to interpret literature.
Show understanding of relationships between literary works.
Exhibit knowledge of literary works within their historical and cultural contexts.