Academic Program Proposal

Date Proposal Activated	Institution and Proposal	Degree Awarded	Academic Program Name	Objection Deadline	MHEC Final Action	Final Decision Date
	Anne Arundel Community College Proposal	Associate of Arts (A.A.)	Substantial Modification to add an Area of Concentration (A.o.C.) in English	8/25/2019	Approved	9/27/2019
Substantial Modification to add an Area of Concentration (A.o.C.) in English Program Description
Anne Arundel Community College is requesting approval for the new Arts & Sciences Transfer - English Area of Concentration (AoC). The program is intended to prepare students to transfer to four-year colleges and universities that offer a baccalaureate degree with a major in English and will transfer to all Maryland four-year public colleges. Students who study English at Anne Arundel Community College will be taught to read analytically, to ask why, to think critically, and write persuasively.  Since all of these skills transfer well to the job market, students who choose to pursue AACC’s Arts and Sciences Transfer Degree with a concentration in English set themselves up not only for transfer to four year schools but for eventual careers across a wide range of occupations including pub li shin g, journalism, media, advertising, public relations, education, technical communication, government, human services, public policy, research, law, marketing, and business.