Welcome to the English & ESL Department

All freshman students are required to take one of the following composition courses: ENG 101, ENG 101z, ENG 101+104, or ESL 110. It is recommended that students take these courses in their first semester. To prepare for transfer to a UC or CSU, students must also take either ENG 102 or ENG 103 depending on their major and/or transfer school.

For students interested in an English degree, we offer both an Associate in Arts (AA) and an Associate in Arts for Transfer (AA-T). The AA-T guarantees acceptance into a Cal State School. We also offer Certificates of Achievement in Creative Writing and Linguistics.

We offer a number of scholarship awards to students taking English or credit ESL coursework. As for employment opportunities, we encourage students with excellent core writing skills to consider applying to work at our Writing Support Center; the application can be found here.

In addition to our transfer-level composition courses, we offer a number of exciting creative writing, literature, linguistics, and credit ESL classes. Many are offered on a rotating basis, and you can find out when we’re offering a class by contacting our department.

Our faculty includes professors who have published poetry, nonfiction, fiction, and critical work, award-winning screenwriters, and linguistics experts. Their bios are available on our English Faculty and Staff page and our Credit ESL Faculty and Staff page.

An expertise in languages, critical thinking, reading, and writing is critical to all college paths. When you pursue and complete an English or Linguistics degree a number of career opportunities become available, from advertising director, to screenwriter, to corporate copywriter, to college professor! For more information about salary, growth, and careers, visit our English, Creative Writing, Linguistics (English / ESL) and Linguistics (Modern Languages)  Pathways pages.

Students are encouraged to submit their creative writing to The Citadel, LACC's longstanding literary journal. Since 1962, The Citadel has published creative work by students and has fostered community growth and engagement. Students are also welcome to submit original creative work to the English & ESL Department's Annual Writing Contest. The English & ESL Department also facilitates a speaker series, The LACC Book Program, which brings notable writers and scholars to campus to interact with students and engage with topical issues.