This Certificate of Competency is a noncredit program designed for students interested in developing the skills needed to be proficient academic writers and readers. Skills covered focus on those necessary to successfully pass college-level English, including grammar, reading, and paragraph writing. Specifically, students will explore different types of academic writing, strategies to improve style and content, build more sophisticated vocabulary, and strengthen reading comprehension and analysis.

Program Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate essay writing skills in support of college-level coursework and produce academic writing that follows proper format and standard English grammatical rules.
2. Students will demonstrate command of reading strategies for reading academic texts.

Certificate of Competency

A certificate in a recognized career field articulated with degree-applicable coursework, completion of an associate degree, or transfer to a baccalaureate institution.

For more information regarding noncredit, please visit https://orangecoastcollege.edu/academics/adult-education/index.html

Course List Hours

Course	Title	Hours
Required Courses
Select two courses from the following:
ENGL A001N	Grammar Within Reach - Noncredit	18
ENGL A002N	Reading for Success - Noncredit	18
ENGL A003N	Perfecting Paragraphs - Noncredit	18
ENGL A004N	Building A College Essay - Noncredit	18
ENGL A006N	Support Skills for English Composition	1-6
ENGL A010N	Fundamentals of Analyzing Literature	10-36
Total Hours		11-54