Department Chair: Margaret Juncker
email: margaret.juncker@wvm.edu
phone: 408-855-5229
Counseling: 408-855-5030

Division: Language Arts
Division Chair: Myo Myint

Why Study English?

Learning Outcomes:
The Mission College English Department offers composition, literature, and technical writing courses designated to provide students with the skills needed to be successful in both their academic and work lives. Through these courses, students develop reading, writing, and critical thinking skills needed to attain an AA/AS degree, transfer to a four-year college or university, or move directly into the workforce.

Possible Career Options:

• Advertising
• Business
• Civil Service
• Editing
• Information Systems
• Insurance

• Journalism
• Law
• Library Science
• Management
• Marketing Communications
• Politics

• Public Relations
• Publishing
• Research
• Teaching
• Technical Communications
• Writing

Some career options require more than two years of college study.

Highlights:

• Composition courses designed for all levels of ability.
• Transfer level literature and creative writing courses that meet CSU & UC requirements.
• A certificate program in Technical Communication.
• On-line courses in composition & workplace writing.
• Experienced, innovative faculty, dedicated to student success.