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English & Journalism

Master the power of words with Butte College’s English and Journalism programs. Whether you want to refine your writing, analyze literature, or pursue a career in media, our courses help you develop the skills to inform, inspire, and engage.

Programs

Program Name
Goal
Length
Flexibility
AA-T AA

Goal

Transfer or Career

Length

2 years

Flexibility

  • Main Campus
  • Chico/Skyway Center
  • Online
AA-T

Associate Degree for Transfer in English

The Associate in Arts in English for Transfer (AA-T) is designed for students planning to complete a Bachelor of Arts in English or a related major at a California State University. This program provides the foundational knowledge and skills covered in the first two years of many four-year English programs. Students completing the AA-T in English are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, though not to a specific campus or major, and those transferring to a CSU that accepts the degree will be required to complete no more than 60 additional units to earn a bachelor’s degree.

AA

Associate Degree in Language Arts

Upon successful completion of the Associate in Arts in Language Arts, students will be able to assess how this degree supports personal, educational, and professional growth. They will identify, apply, and evaluate a range of critical frameworks for analyzing and interpreting literature and communication, including political, socioeconomic, geographical, cultural, ecological, psychological, historical, gender, and genre-based perspectives. Students will demonstrate effective oral, aural, and nonverbal communication skills appropriate to their area of study or language.

Flexibility

The programs in this cluster offer strong flexibility for where you complete your coursework. You can finish your degree requirements at Main Campus, at the Chico Center, or entirely Online, with all three locations providing solid coverage of major requirements. Glenn Center is available as a supplemental option if you're studying there, though you'd need to pair it with one of the primary locations to ensure you can access all required courses.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are synthesizing a single cluster-level flexibility statement for a community college academic cluster (a group of related programs that share a department-page accordion).

CLUSTER
  Title: English
  Programs in cluster: 2

PER-PROGRAM STATEMENTS
  • English (AA-T Degree):
      You can complete all your required coursework for the English AA-T degree at Main Campus. If you'd prefer to study elsewhere, you have some flexibility — the Chico Center and Online both offer some of your major requirements — but you'd need to combine either of those locations with Main Campus or another center to cover all the required courses. General education requirements can be completed at any of our centers or online, so you have options there regardless of where you focus your major work.
  • Language Arts (AA Degree):
      You can complete the required courses for the Language Arts AA at Main Campus, at the Chico Center, or entirely Online — all three locations have reliable coverage of what you need. Glenn Center can work as a supplemental location if you're studying there, but you'd need to pair it with Main Campus, the Chico Center, or Online to cover all your major requirements.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Write 2 to 3 sentences that summarize the AVAILABILITY STORY shared by these programs. Most programs in a cluster will have similar availability — name the common pattern. Note distinct outliers ONLY if a program's availability story differs in a way that affects student decisions (e.g., one program is online-only, others are not).

  - Plain, student-facing language.
  - Refer to "the programs in this cluster" or "these programs" — don't list each program by name unless an outlier needs calling out.
  - If all programs share the same flexibility story, write one unified statement.
  - Do NOT list percentages, term codes, or jargon.
  - Lead with the most flexible/strongest availability and follow with caveats.
  - Refer to locations ONLY by official center names (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology Center, Online). NEVER use a city or town name — no Oroville, no Willows, and never "Chico" as a city. Write "at the Chico Center", never "in Chico" — even if a per-program statement below used a city name, do not repeat it.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown.
AA-T

Goal

Transfer

Length

2 years

Flexibility

  • Main Campus
AA-T

Associate Degree for Transfer in Journalism

The Associate in Arts in Journalism for Transfer (AA-T) is designed for students who plan to complete a Bachelor's in Journalism at a CSU campus. Students completing this degree are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, though not to a specific campus or major, and those transferring to a CSU that accepts the degree will be required to complete no more than 60 units after transfer.

Flexibility

You'll need to split your major coursework between Main Campus and Online, since neither location alone offers all your required courses reliably. Depending on which electives you choose, you might also pick up a section at the Chico Center or Glenn Center. Your general education requirements can be completed at any of our centers or online, so you have flexibility there to fill in around your major courses.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are writing a brief, student-facing flexibility note for a Butte College program. Imagine you are a counselor sitting across from the student. The student is trying to decide WHERE they will physically have to be to finish this degree.

PROGRAM
  Title: Journalism
  Award: AA-T Degree

LOCATIONS
  - Main Campus — Butte's main campus.
  - Chico Center — general center; many transfer-degree courses run there.
  - Glenn Center — satellite center.
  - Skyway Center — the dedicated home of the Auto Technology and
    Industrial / Power Pathway programs.
  - Cosmetology Center — the dedicated home of the Cosmetology and
    Barbering programs.
  - Online means a student can take it from anywhere with internet.
  - Dual Enrollment sections are taught at participating high schools
    across the region (NOT at Butte's centers). Coverage varies by HS.

LOCATION NAMING — HARD RULE
  Refer to locations ONLY by the official names exactly as listed above
  (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology
  Center, Online). NEVER mention a city or town name — no Oroville, no
  Willows, no Paradise, and never "Chico" as a city — not even
  alongside a center name. Students read a city name as the town
  itself, and Butte's campuses don't sit where the names suggest (Main
  Campus is not "in Oroville" in any practical sense). Write "at the
  Chico Center", never "in Chico". Write "at Main Campus", never "in
  Oroville".

RELIABLE REQUIRED-COURSE OFFERINGS BY LOCATION (last two academic years)
A required course counts as "reliably offered" at a location only if it
showed a REGULAR PATTERN — at least one section in BOTH window falls or
in BOTH window springs. A one-off section doesn't count: the student
can't bank on it coming back. For Select-N slots (e.g. "Select two"),
the slot is reliably satisfied at a location only when ≥N of its
options are reliably offered there.

  Main Campus:    Partial  (3 of 5 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Chico Center:   Partial  (1 of 5 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Glenn Center:   Partial  (1 of 5 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Online:         Partial  (3 of 5 required slots reliably satisfiable here)

WHAT EACH STATUS MEANS
  - "Yes"     — every required slot has reliable coverage at this location. A student can plan to take their major coursework here.
  - "Partial" — SOME required slots are reliably covered here, but not all. A student who wants to attend mostly at this location will have to combine it with another location or with Online for the gaps.
  - "GE only" — NO required slots are reliably covered here. The student can complete GE breadth here, but for the major's required courses they'll have to go elsewhere.

GROUND TRUTHS YOU MUST RESPECT
  - For Associate degrees, GE breadth requirements can be completed at ANY Butte center or online. That's a given for every Associate program — you don't have to belabor it, but you may briefly mention it when the student's location story for required courses is unfavorable.
  - When a Skyway-Center or Cosmetology-Center program shows "Yes" at its specialized center, LEAD with that — those programs are housed there by design, and the student should plan on being at that center (not Main Campus) for the bulk of their major coursework.
  - Don't tell a student to come to Main Campus when the program's specialized center has full reliable coverage. Main might still be useful for GE; the major work is at the specialized center.
  - "GE only" is NOT "Partial". Don't soften it. Say plainly the program's required coursework isn't taught there.
  - Online is a real option for some programs, but ONLY when its column is "Yes". Don't promise online completion based on "Partial".
  - Dual Enrollment coverage is an aggregate across participating high schools — at any single HS the available courses are typically far fewer. If you mention dual enrollment, mention that "what's offered at your high school will vary."
  - Even "Yes" is "has been reliably available recently" — future schedules can shift. The student should still meet with a counselor.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Two to three short, plain sentences in second person ("you can…", "you'll need to…"). Lead with where the major's required coursework actually runs reliably — that's what determines where the student has to be. Be honest, not promotional.

  - Do NOT list percentages or course counts.
  - Do NOT promise future schedules.
  - Do NOT use the words "completability", "completable", "AY", or "primary location".
  - Do NOT call a "GE only" location a place to "complete the program" — they can't.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown headers.
CC

Goal

Career

Length

1-2 years

Flexibility

  • Chico/Skyway Center
  • Glenn Center
CC

Noncredit Certificate of Competency in ESL

(Not Eligible for Financial Aid) The Certificate of Competency in ESL is a noncredit program that takes students from survival skills to high-intermediate language proficiency in preparation for matriculation into credit-bearing ESL courses. This program provides the foundational language proficiency needed for success in various career fields or in general education coursework. The 102-hour certificate can be completed in two semesters and requires successful completion of at least two courses in the ESL sequence, including ESL 313.

Flexibility

You can complete the required coursework for this certificate at the Chico Center or Glenn Center, both of which offer reliable coverage of all major courses. General education can be completed at any of Butte's centers or online, so you have flexibility there, but plan to attend either the Chico Center or Glenn Center for your ESL-specific requirements.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are writing a brief, student-facing flexibility note for a Butte College program. Imagine you are a counselor sitting across from the student. The student is trying to decide WHERE they will physically have to be to finish this degree.

PROGRAM
  Title: Noncredit Certificate of Competency in ESL
  Award: Noncredit Certificate of Competency

LOCATIONS
  - Main Campus — Butte's main campus.
  - Chico Center — general center; many transfer-degree courses run there.
  - Glenn Center — satellite center.
  - Skyway Center — the dedicated home of the Auto Technology and
    Industrial / Power Pathway programs.
  - Cosmetology Center — the dedicated home of the Cosmetology and
    Barbering programs.
  - Online means a student can take it from anywhere with internet.
  - Dual Enrollment sections are taught at participating high schools
    across the region (NOT at Butte's centers). Coverage varies by HS.

LOCATION NAMING — HARD RULE
  Refer to locations ONLY by the official names exactly as listed above
  (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology
  Center, Online). NEVER mention a city or town name — no Oroville, no
  Willows, no Paradise, and never "Chico" as a city — not even
  alongside a center name. Students read a city name as the town
  itself, and Butte's campuses don't sit where the names suggest (Main
  Campus is not "in Oroville" in any practical sense). Write "at the
  Chico Center", never "in Chico". Write "at Main Campus", never "in
  Oroville".

RELIABLE REQUIRED-COURSE OFFERINGS BY LOCATION (last two academic years)
A required course counts as "reliably offered" at a location only if it
showed a REGULAR PATTERN — at least one section in BOTH window falls or
in BOTH window springs. A one-off section doesn't count: the student
can't bank on it coming back. For Select-N slots (e.g. "Select two"),
the slot is reliably satisfied at a location only when ≥N of its
options are reliably offered there.

  Main Campus:    GE only  (0 of 2 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Chico Center:   Yes      (2 of 2 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Glenn Center:   Yes      (2 of 2 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Online:         GE only  (0 of 2 required slots reliably satisfiable here)

WHAT EACH STATUS MEANS
  - "Yes"     — every required slot has reliable coverage at this location. A student can plan to take their major coursework here.
  - "Partial" — SOME required slots are reliably covered here, but not all. A student who wants to attend mostly at this location will have to combine it with another location or with Online for the gaps.
  - "GE only" — NO required slots are reliably covered here. The student can complete GE breadth here, but for the major's required courses they'll have to go elsewhere.

GROUND TRUTHS YOU MUST RESPECT
  - For Associate degrees, GE breadth requirements can be completed at ANY Butte center or online. That's a given for every Associate program — you don't have to belabor it, but you may briefly mention it when the student's location story for required courses is unfavorable.
  - When a Skyway-Center or Cosmetology-Center program shows "Yes" at its specialized center, LEAD with that — those programs are housed there by design, and the student should plan on being at that center (not Main Campus) for the bulk of their major coursework.
  - Don't tell a student to come to Main Campus when the program's specialized center has full reliable coverage. Main might still be useful for GE; the major work is at the specialized center.
  - "GE only" is NOT "Partial". Don't soften it. Say plainly the program's required coursework isn't taught there.
  - Online is a real option for some programs, but ONLY when its column is "Yes". Don't promise online completion based on "Partial".
  - Dual Enrollment coverage is an aggregate across participating high schools — at any single HS the available courses are typically far fewer. If you mention dual enrollment, mention that "what's offered at your high school will vary."
  - Even "Yes" is "has been reliably available recently" — future schedules can shift. The student should still meet with a counselor.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Two to three short, plain sentences in second person ("you can…", "you'll need to…"). Lead with where the major's required coursework actually runs reliably — that's what determines where the student has to be. Be honest, not promotional.

  - Do NOT list percentages or course counts.
  - Do NOT promise future schedules.
  - Do NOT use the words "completability", "completable", "AY", or "primary location".
  - Do NOT call a "GE only" location a place to "complete the program" — they can't.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown headers.
Department English & Journalism

Full Time Faculty

Nicole LaGrave

English Instructor

Amanda Runyan

English Instructor

Amy Antongiovanni

English Instructor

Katherine MacKinnon

English Instructor

Heather Springer

English Instructor

Cristina Dahl

English Instructor

Nickolas Wilson

English Instructor

Jasmine Corona Alcazar

English Instructor

Lisa Kekaha

English Instructor

Kelly Fredericks

English Instructor

Leslie Henson

English Instructor

Kenneth Bearden

English Instructor

Mark Scholl

English as a Second Language Instruct

Associate Faculty

Ian Allen

English Instructor

Andrea Bonis

English Instructor

Pamela Bejerano

English as a Second Language Instruct

Timothy Wall

English Instructor

Jennifer White

English Instructor

Lia Hood

English Instructor

Zu Vincent

English Instructor

Elizabeth Armstrong

English Instructor

Leonard Bailey

English Instructor

Cheryl Battles

English Instructor

Andrew Gates

English Instructor

John Klein

English Instructor

Vera Austin

English Instructor

Joshua Wright

English Instructor

Michael Griffin

Language Education/Development Instru

Lacey McKinnon

English Instructor

Christian Vancil

English Instructor

Finn Kraemer

English Instructor

Sarah Knowlton

English Instructor

Ty Moore

English Instructor

Kyleen Bromley

English Instructor

Laura Talley-Hoffmann

English as a Second Language Instruct

Katherine Wasche

English Instructor

Tara Smith

English Instructor - Unit

Teresa Ensslin

English Instructor

Timothy Hayes

English Instructor

Bonnie Pipkin

English Instructor

Tegan O'Neil

English Instructor

Anina Berman

English Instructor

Rob Hood

English As a Second Language Instructor

Martha Robles Furgason

English as a Second Language Instructor - Unit

Michael Wicks

English as a Second Language Instruct

Emily Negus

English as a Second Language Instruct

Melinda Jackson

English As a Second Language Instructor

Guy Bordoli

Spanish Instructor

J Jesus Rojas Rivas

English as a Second Language Instructor - Unit

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