English

The English Department presents students with opportunities to develop strong writing skills appropriate to academic, vocational and personal demands by offering a variety of writing and literature courses. When students have completed English 101 and other college-level English courses, they will be able to think critically and creatively, and write effectively.

Written communication is central to all occupations and aspects of life. Excellent communication skills, writing and verbal, are top requirements for employers. Students are advised to take English courses early in their academic career because it will improve communication skills for other classes.

Our department is committed to equity by making data-driven improvements in our teaching practices, course offerings, and other programmatic elements of our department.

Here is a list of the courses the English Department offers.

Anti-Racism Statement

We, the English Department of Highline College, confirm our commitment to our Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) students and to anti-racist curriculum and pedagogy.

We acknowledge that our discipline has a history of complicity with racist practices that, among other things, have condemned BIPOC students at disproportionate rates to “remedial” education and have enforced a white supremacist language ideology.

We acknowledge our ongoing challenges with addressing the racist implications of our curriculum and pedagogy while recognizing the decades of resistance by scholars, writers, and students as evidenced, for example, by the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s statement on “Students’ Right to their Own Language,” first made in 1974.

We here affirm our commitment to centering our BIPOC students and supporting students of color in all of their intersectional identities, including but not limited to DACA students, international students, immigrants, refugees, multilingual students, and LGBTQ students of color.