Your personalized course of study at PPSC is based on your chosen English designation, goals and transfer plans. As a PPSC English student, you will: 

• Improve your writing skills 

• Master critical reading and thinking 

• Learn how to find, evaluate, and use sources effectively 

• Get familiar with proper citation and documentation styles 

• Explore your creative side through writing, whether in poetry, fiction, or personal narratives 

• Understand global perspectives through literature and other writing 

The Associate of Arts degree in English is guaranteed to transfer within Colorado, fulfilling your associate requirement and setting you up to continue your education toward a bachelor’s degree. 

As an English student at PPSC, you will study a range of classical and contemporary literature encompassing poetry, short stories and novels, drama and non-traditional literature across genres like British, American, minority, science fiction, children's and many others. 

These courses are taught by experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about their course content. You will engage in close reading, discussion, analysis and written response to texts. This degree is especially helpful if you plan to complete a degree in English education to teach at the secondary level. But if you're in any humanities field, social sciences like psychology and sociology, journalism, communications, creative writing, and a host of other degree programs, you will find this degree path invaluable preparation for these bachelor's programs. 

When you complete a bachelor's degree in English, you'll be equipped for jobs in communications, advertising, education, law, content management, library sciences and writing and editing fields.