ATTENTION:  International Students!  NEW PROGRAM!

Approved March, 2008

For more information, please contact Program Advisor Barbara Jordan bjordan@mesacc.edu

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Academic Certificate--Language and Literary Culture of the USA

Certificate Description

The Academic Certificate (AC) in Language and Literary Culture of the USA is a 25 credit course of study designed to provide international and/or immigrant students with a strong foundation in the oral and written structure and vocabulary of North American English, academic and professional reading and writing, and knowledge and appreciation of representative literature and culture of the USA in all its diversity.

Benefits to Certificate Holders

This certificate will provide future employers in international settings with evidence that you have the knowledge and ability to socialize and do business with, anticipate the reactions of, and teach others about Americans: who they are, how they speak, what cultural values motivate them, and how the literature and culture of the USA influences them.  Certificate holders will also possess the academic knowledge necessary, in conjunction with local requirements, to teach the basics of North American English.

Degrees and Majors

Students pursuing the Academic Certificate in Language, Literature and Culture of the USA may use the credits they earn as part of an associate degree program at Mesa Community College.  All coursework completes general education requirements and transfers to universities, serving as an excellent foundation for a degree in English, linguistics, education, international business, international public relations, or interpreting, among other possibilities.

Admission

Appropriate ASSET/COMPASS placement scores in English and Reading, or TOEFL iBT composite score of 60, or completion of ESL/RDG Level IV coursework.

Required Courses

All students will complete the following courses (16 credits):

ENG 107 First Year Composition for ESL (3)

ENG 108 First Year Composition for ESL (3)

ENG 109 Business Writing for ESL (3)

ENH 111 Literature and the American Experience (3)  (offered spring semester)

CRE 101 Critical and Evaluative Reading (3)

ENG 298 or ESL 298 Special Project (1)

Elective Courses

All students will complete three courses (9 credits) from the following disciplines:

ASB, COM, EDU, ENG, ENH, HIS, HUM, IBS, IGS, MUP, PSY, REL, SOC

         ASB              Any ASB Anthropology course(s)

         COM            Any COM Communication course(s)

         EDU             Any EDU Education course(s)

         ENG             Any ENG English course(s) except courses used to satisfy the Required Courses area.

         ENH             Any ENH English Humanities course(s)

         HIS               Any HIS History course(s)

         HUM            Any HUM Humanities course(s)

         IBS               Any IBS International Business course(s)

         IGS               Any IGS Integrated Studies course(s)

         MUP             Any MUP Music: Performance course(s)

         PSY              Any PSY Psychology course(s)

         REL              Any REL Religious Studies course(s)

         SOC             Any SOC Sociology course(s)

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