Literature and Creative Writing
Upcoming Courses for Fall 2024
Remote and Distance Learning
ENGL 205 | Asian Literature
CRN 23662 | Professor Jennifer Lee
Distance Learning
9/16/24-12/22/24
Fulfills Humanities and Global and Cultural Perspectives Requirements
- Explore works of contemporary Asian authors whose works are new to you.
- Enjoy short and medium length fiction, graphic novels, and poetry.
- Engage in discussion about identity, gender, power, and class.
- Choose readings from a country of your interest!
ENGL 235: FILM & LIT
CRN 20339 | Dr. Leah Sneider
Wednesdays, 2-5:05 PM
Rockville Campus
Starts: 9/18/24
Fulfills ARTSD
More Info: Dr. Leah Sneider, leah.sneider@montgomerycollege.edu
Why Take a Literature Class?
- Good preparation for jobs in education, journalism, law, business, marketing/advertising, publishing, library sciences, curation, video game narration/design, TV production, human resources, nonprofit work, art, editing, and more.
- Leads to more employability and personal development.
- Teaches you to reflect on the world around you and your place in it.
- Teaches you to consider alternate perspectives.
- Teaches critical thinking and effective communication skills, both of which are necessary for professional success.
- Makes you more appealing to four-year schools in a competitive environment.
- Taking literature classes shows transfer schools a specialization and a set of skills that are highly sought after.
- Medical schools are seeking more collaboration with English as well as recruiting more and more applicants with English degrees.
- Reading literature can strengthen human connections, expands perspectives, and provide inspiration!
- It’s fun!