Associate Degree in Literature (Transfer)

Through literature courses at Lane Community College, you’ll explore the ways literature is used to explore the human condition and build critical thinking and close reading skills along the way. Through our literature courses, you'll develop textual analysis and composition skills that will help you stand out when you transfer to complete your four-year degree. Coursework features inquiry and discussion-based learning that focuses on critical reading. What you'll learn; Focus on critical thinking; explicitly on perspective taking and issues of diversity. Textual analysis through close reading. Engagement of theory and methodologies. Inquiry and discussion- based learning (“flipped classrooms”). Engaging in creative and non-instrumental ways of knowing. Writing intensive and multimodal composition formats. Programs may require at least one literature class, whether you’re planning on transferring to a four-year school or completing your degree at Lane. Literature studies help strengthen skills of inquiry and analysis to prepare for any field. Some of our students continue their literature studies with plans to teach or to continue onto graduate school. The Oregon Arts Transfer Degree (AAOT) will help you take the classes you need to transfer to a four-year institution to earn your degree and launch your career. Because the AAOT is a transfer degree, you’ll take a wide variety of classes in math, science, arts & letters, and more, preparing you for junior level status at most Oregon four-year schools.  Students in this pathway develop skills in written communication, information literacy, analysis and research, multicultural awareness, metacognition/critical self-reflection, problem-solving, audience awareness, group communication and collaboration, and interpersonal communication. Competences in these areas consistently rank at the top of employer wish lists. 

Career Path 

Graduate career path includes Editorial Assistant, Publishing Assistant, Literary Research Assistant,Content Writer or Copywriter (Entry-Level), Social Media Content Creator (Literary Focus), Bookstore Manager or Assistant, Library Technician or Assistant, Proofreader, ESL Program Assistant, Freelance Writer or Blogger, Grant Writing Assistant, Education Program Facilitator (Literature or Reading), Writing Tutor or Literacy Coach, Script Reader or Coverage Assistant (Film/TV), Cultural Outreach Coordinator, Museum or Archive Assistant (Literary Collections), Communications Assistant (Nonprofit or Academic), Marketing Assistant (Publishing or Literary Events), Book Reviewer (Entry-Level), Public Relations Assistant (Arts or Education Focus).