English I
This course focuses on fostering and extending students’ communication and language skills. These skills include reading, writing, speaking, listening, and researching. A survey of American and British literature is included with an emphasis on novellas, short stories, poetry, and drama.  Formal analytical essays as well as a formal research presentation are expected. This course also focuses heavily on daily grammar and writing skills and includes an emphasis on independent reading.

Required of all Freshmen
Semester offered: Year long course
1 Credit


English II
This course focuses on deepening students’ analytical skills and writing proficiency.  American literature is studied with an emphasis on novels, short stories, and drama. Formal analytical essays as well as an argumentative rhetorical project are expected. Nonfiction is heavily studied in this course in the forms of informational, persuasive, and satirical texts. This course also focuses on improving grammar and writing skills and emphasizes regular independent reading.

Required of all Sophomores
Prerequisites: English I
Semester offered: Year long course
1 Credit


English III
This course focuses on deepening students’ analytical reading skills of both fiction and nonfiction texts as well as improving writing skills through rigorous composition. British literature is studied with an emphasis on allegorical novels and short stories. Symbolism and figurative interpretations are analyzed, and several essays are expected including expository and narrative writing. This course also heavily drills complex level grammar and writing skills and emphasizes independent reading. Class discussion, public speaking, and presentations are also expected.

Required of all Juniors
Prerequisites: English I and English II
Semester offered: Year long course
1 Credit


English IV
The students integrate critical reading, writing and thinking skills into their study of various literary types. Students will become familiar with representative works and their cultural contexts, analyze those works in conjunction with various media, and produce text-based oral and written arguments that demonstrate their understanding.

Open to Seniors
Semester offered: Year long course
1 Credit


ACC English Composition
The students will integrate critical reading, writing, and thinking skills and study actual writing practices. Sequenced reading and writing assignments build cumulatively to more complex assignments. This course includes formal and informal writing, drafting and revising, editing for correctness, synthesizing source material, and documenting sources accurately.

Open to Seniors
Prerequisites: Cumulative 3.0 GPA and instructor approval. Student needs to meet the requirements of scoring “Proficient” on the Reading Inventory test (1185 Lexile) and 18 on the Reading subsection of the ACT. Student
must also have at least a B average in English III.

Semester offered: Fall
.5 Credit; 3 college credits through UMSL


ACC Introduction to Literature
The student is introduced to the various literary types, including the novel, poetry, drama, short story, and the essay. Students become familiar with representative works and their cultural contexts, understand how those works reflect human concerns, and produce text-based oral and written arguments that demonstrate their understanding.

Open to Seniors
Prerequisites: Companion course to ACC English Composition. Please see above requirements.
Semester offered: Spring
.5 Credit; 3 college credits through UMSL


ACC Introduction to Public Speaking
This Advanced College Credit Course will cover theories and techniques of organization, evidence, argumentation, persuasion, and delivery in public speaking.

Open to Juniors and Seniors
Prerequisites: Cumulative GPA 3.0 and instructor approval.
Semester offered: Spring and Fall
.5 Credit; 3 college credits through UMSL

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