All New BCC Students Should Enroll in English 1A

English 1A (First Year Composition) at Berkeley City College We are here to support you! At Berkeley City College, all students are eligible to enroll in English 1A and should enroll in their first semester. English 1A is a course that gives you foundational college-level skills in writing, reading, and research – skills that you Read more…

Milvia Street Art and Literary Journal

Milvia Street Art and Literary Journal, first published in 1989, has featured creative work by Berkeley City College students–many who have gone on to university writing or art programs–recent alumni, faculty and staff. It is a student edited and produced publication that in 1996 won national first place in the Literary Magazine competition of the Community College Humanities Read more…

BCC English Department Courses

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Berkeley City College’s English AA-T.: The Path to Transfer to a U.C. or C.S.U.

Those who complete the Berkeley City College English AA-T (Associate of Arts for Transfer degree)  have taken all courses required for transfer to U.C. Berkeley, U.C.L.A., and other U.C. campuses as an English major and are guaranteed admission to a C.S.U. campus as an English major.  Berkeley City College’s English program offers a variety of literature Read more…

Our Values

We in the English Department support our college’s values of academic excellence, multiculturalism and diversity, commitment to preparing students for citizenship in a diverse and complex changing global society, commitment to a quality and collegial workplace, and the importance of innovation and flexibility: Berkeley City College embraces values which allow all members of our college Read more…

BCC Voice Special Issue: Winners of “Rethinking Justice” Essay Contest Sponsored by BCC English Department

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BCC English Department Alumni Honored

Congratulations to our alumna, Amy Clark, for her acceptance to Harvard’s English Ph.D. program (2015) with a full scholarship. _____________________ Congratulations to our alumnus, Joseph Cadora, who published his book, Rilke: New Poems, with a foreword by Robert Hass, in 2014. __________________________________________ Congratulations to our alumnus, Martin Zirulnik, who was awarded the UC Berkeley English Department Read more…