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For those that seek an associate’s degree in English, Pierce College is not the right fit.

According to the Pierce website, there are over 80 subjects in which students can receive certificates, degrees and degrees for transfer in. While the college offers a certificate in specialty Automotive Service Technology, it does not offer a simple associate’s degree in English. Though Pierce includes an English degree for transfer, is it the same? After completing two years of course work, some students would rather see their chosen field on their degree instead of a generic “Social and Behavioral Sciences.”

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Also, students who do not plan to transfer, want to start their professional careers, displaying a degree that shows off what they studied and wish to work on.

While interviewing for a job after finishing college, a student who has an associate's degree may be the chosen candidate over more the student who has an associate’s degree for transfer. By having a transfer degree, it insinuates that the student will return to school and may not intend to work fulltime or long-term.

Recently, Pierce held Senior Day, where high school students were invited to come to the campus and learn about degrees offered, meeting students and professors in

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those fields.

Administration and counselors can begin to find out what majors incoming students would like to study by taking surveys from different high schools and holding degree fairs.

Currently, Pierce offers all the classes that are required for an associate’s degree in English, so why is there not one offered? If Pierce’s admissions department understood how many incoming students seek a degree in English, they could start the process of adding one.

While students may be able to transfer to a four year university that offers a bachelor’s degree in English, it doesn’t create the