# Language Arts (Associate in Arts in University Studies (18 Unit Emphasis))

Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Language Arts

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With careful planning, the Language Arts emphasis will satisfy the lower division major courses to transfer to a university and earn a Bachelor’s degree in the various fields of Language Arts.

### Program learning outcomes

For University Studies Degree Learning Outcomes, see page 28.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Choose 18 units from at least two areas** | |  |
| COMM-10 |  |  |
| COMM-20 | Intercultural Communication |  |
| COMM-30 | Oral Interpretation |  |
| COMM-40 | Argumentation and Debate |  |
| COMM-54 | Small Group Communication |  |
| COMM-C1000 | Introduction to Public Speaking |  |
| ENGL-C1002 | Introduction to Literature |  |
| ENGL-C1001 | Critical Thinking and Writing |  |
| ENGL-10A | World Literature (to 1650) |  |
| ENGL-10B | World Literature (After 1650) |  |
| ENGL-11A | Survey of American Literature – Pre-Colonial to Civil War |  |
| ENGL-11B | Survey of American Literature – Civil War to Present |  |
| ENGL-13A | Survey of English Literature (Old English Period through Neoclassicism) |  |
| ENGL-13B | Survey of English Literature (from the Romantic Period to Present) |  |
| ENGL-15 | Literature by and About Women |  |
| ENGL-16 | Poetry |  |
| ENGL-17 | Introduction to Shakespeare |  |
| ENGL-18 | African American Literature |  |
| ENGL-19 | Survey of Bible as Literature |  |
| ENGL-20 | World Mythology |  |
| ENGL-25 | Linguistics |  |
| ENGL-31 | Creative Writing |  |
| ENGL-36 | Children’s Literature |  |
| **Foreign Languages** | |  |
| ASL-1 | American Sign Language 1 |  |
| ASL-1L | American Sign Language 1 Skill–building Lab |  |
| ASL-2 | American Sign Language 2 |  |
| ASL-2L | American Sign Language 2 Skill–building Lab |  |
| ASL-3 | American Sign Language 3 |  |
| ASL-4 | American Sign Language 4 |  |
| CHIN-1 | Mandarin Chinese 1 |  |
| FREN-1 | French 1 |  |
| FREN-2 | French 2 |  |
| GERM-1 | German 1 |  |
| GERM-2 | German 2 |  |
| JAPN-1 | Japanese 1 |  |
| JAPN-2 | Japanese 2 |  |
| JAPN-3 | Japanese 3 |  |
| JAPN-4 | Japanese 4 |  |
| JAPN-19 | Japanese Conversation 1 |  |
| JAPN-20 | Japanese Conversation 2 |  |
| SPAN-1 | Spanish 1 |  |
| SPAN-2 | Spanish 2 |  |
| SPAN-3 | Spanish 3 |  |
| SPAN-4 | Spanish 4 |  |
| SPAN-19 | Spanish and Latin American Civilzation |  |
| JOUR-21 | Introduction to Mass Communications |  |
| JOUR-27 | Newswriting and Reporting |  |
| JOUR-29 | Photojournalism |  |