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Wharton Campus
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, Texas 77488
1-800-561-WCJC (9252)
979-532-4560
Ft. Bend Tech Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, Texas 77469
1-800-561-WCJC (9252)
281-239-1500
Sugar Land Campus
550 Julie Rivers Drive
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
1-800-561-WCJC (9252)
281-243-8447
Bay City Campus
4000 Avenue F
Bay City, Texas 77414
979-244-4552
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Sharon Prince
Department Head and 
Instructor of English
Wharton County Junior College
Fort Bend Technical Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, TX 77469
Ph: (281) 239-1574
Email:  sharonp@wcjc.edu

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Program Curriculum

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This is a recommended list of courses for students who plan to major in ENGLISH at a university. Students who complete this program will be eligible to apply for the Associate of Arts degree at WCJC. Courses that must be taken in order to satisfy AA degree requirements are listed with the corresponding WCJC Core Curriculum Component. Courses that are listed as “Recommended” are electives that will contribute to AA degree requirements. Different electives may be chosen.

English majors are encouraged to take all literature survey courses.

WCJC’s AA degree requires 60 hours, and students should be aware they may not be able to transfer more than 60-66 hours.

Course

Course Title

Degree Requirements

Sem. Hours

Freshman Year, First Semester

ENGL 1301

Composition I

Core 010

3

HIST 1301

US History I

Core 060

3

SPAN 1411

Spanish I

Recommended

4

MATH

MATH 1314 or above

Core 020

3

Science

BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS

Core 030

4

 

17 sem. hrs

Freshman Year, Second Semester

ENGL 1302

Composition II

Core 010

3

HIST 1302

US History II

Core 060

3

SPAN 1412

Spanish II

Recommended

4

Science

BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS

Core 030

4

Humanities

Any Humanities course

Core 040

3

PHED

Any PE Activity Course

Core 090

1

 

18 sem. hrs

Sophomore Year, First Semester

GOVT 2301

Constitutions, Federalism, & Participation

Core 070

3

SPAN 2311

Intermediate Spanish

Recommended

3

SPCH 1315

Fundamentals of Speech

Core 011

3

English

Any Literature course

Recommended

3

Social/Behavioral Science

Any Social/Behavioral Science

Core 080

3

 

15 sem. hrs

Sophomore Year, Second Semester

GOVT 2302

Institutions, Rights & Public Policies

Core 070

3

SPAN 2312

Intermediate Spanish II

Recommended

3

English

Any Literature Course

Recommended

3

Perf/Visual Arts

ARTS, DRAM, or MUSI course in Core D

Core 050

3

English

Any Literature course

Recommended

3

 

15 sem. hrs

 

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