{
  "college": "berkeley-city-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "English",
  "id": "english-aa-t-degree",
  "name": "English",
  "award": "AA-T Degree",
  "department": "english",
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      "markdown": "##### Program Description\n\nBerkeley City College's English AA-T serves students with a wide variety of goals, including transfer to U.C., C.S.U., or other four-year institutions. They will learn high-level skills in essay composition and literary analysis.\n\nThis Associate Degree for Transfer is intended for students who plan to complete a bachelor’s degree in the field of English or a similar major at a CSU campus.  Students completing this degree are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, but not to a particular campus.  Students should consult with a counselor for more information on specific university major admission and transfer requirements.  Students who complete an ADT and transfer to a similar major at a CSU are guaranteed a pathway to finish their baccalaureate degrees in 60 semester or 90 quarter units.\n\nTo obtain this Associate Degree for Transfer, students must complete:\n\n-   60 units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University\n-   A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0\n-   A grade of “C” or \"P\" or better in all courses required for the major\n-   A minimum of 18 semester units in the major\n-   The California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)\n\n**\n\n##### Career Opportunities\n\n**\n\nTransfer to a 4-year university with a major in English or a related discipline.\n\n**\n\n##### Learning Outcome(s)\n\n**\n\n1.  Write well organized, well developed, effective, well edited, logically sound, and clear essays\n2.  Apply active reading strategies in order to critically analyze texts\n3.  Effectively analyze literature — fiction, poetry, drama, and creative non-fiction — in light of historical context, critical theories, and formal elements"
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Required Courses:",
          "units": "19"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL C1001",
          "title": "Critical Thinking and Writing",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL C1002",
          "title": "Introduction to Literature",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 85A",
          "title": "Literature in English Through Milton",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 85B",
          "title": "Literature in English: Late 17th through Mid-19th Century",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 85C",
          "title": "Literature in English: Mid-19th through the 20th Century",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Choose one of the following courses:",
          "units": "3"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 17A",
          "title": "Shakespeare",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 17B",
          "title": "Shakespeare",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 50",
          "title": "Multicultural American Literature",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        }
      ]
    }
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