Clinton Community College
Mission Statement
The English Department provides students with instruction in literacy skills—specifically, the ability to read, write, and think critically—to positively impact their academic, transfer, and career success.
The department also strives to broaden students’ perspective, enrich their lives, and enhance their personal understanding through a variety of literary and writing experiences.
“A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.” Gaston Bachelard
Goals and outcomes of the Humanities/Social Science degree
I. Develop a range of skills including critical thinking and problem solving
A. Identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work
B. Develop well-reasoned arguments
II. Demonstrate information literacy
A. Use contemporary information technology and research tools
B. Use research skills to evaluate and gather information
C. Identify, access, and use authoritative sources of information
III. Gain knowledge and understanding of the human condition in a broader world perspective (depending on course selection, may include the following outcomes:)
A. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding from an international perspective about the human condition
B. Demonstrate openness toward diverse points of view
C. Demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language
D. Demonstrate knowledge of distinctive features of the culture associated with the foreign language studied
IV. Promote diversity awareness and a global view (depending on course selection, may include the following outcome:)
A. Demonstrate an awareness of global economic issues, historical social issues, and environmental concerns
V. Demonstrate a range of skills in written and oral proficiency
A. Compose written and/or oral arguments, presentations, and proposals
B. Participate in small and large group discussion
C. Compose clear, mechanically correct, supported, and coherent writing, in both in-class (timed) and out-of-class settings
D. Document and cite sources, using a standard research format
VI. Demonstrate proficiency in additional required courses in order to gain breadth of experience in a variety of curricular areas
A. Mathematics
B. Art, Music, or Theater
C. Communications
D. Natural Science
E. Physical Education
VII. Prepare the student for transfer to a four-year program
A. If required based on placement test results, remediate reading, writing, and/or mathematics skills in preparation for completing college-level coursework
B. Complete at least seven general education requirements before transfer