ENGL C1000 4 Units
Academic Reading and Writing
In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research.
ENGL C1000H 4 Units
Academic Reading and Writing - Honors
In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. This is an honors course.
ENGL C1001 4 Units
Critical Thinking and Writing
In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 College Reading and Writing (C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course.
ENGL C1001H 4 Units
Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors
In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 College Reading and Writing (C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. This is an honors course.
ENGL 015 4 Units
Preparation for College Writing
This is a writing course designed to prepare students for writing at the college level. The primary focus is on the development of the paragraph and short essay. The course includes a review of grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation.
ENGL 086 1 Unit
Strategies for College Composition
This course provides support for English 101, including strategies for college level reading, writing and critical thinking. This course is taken as pass/no pass only.
ENGL 087 2 Units
Fundamentals for College Composition
This course provides intensive support for English 101, including fundamentals for successful college level reading, writing and critical thinking. This course is offered as pass/no pass only.
ENGL 122 3 Units
Journalism Production: Introduction
This course provides an introduction to gathering, synthesizing/organizing and writing news in journalistic style across multiple platforms resulting in the production of the campus student news magazine. Topics include the role of the journalist and related legal, ethical issues, social and cultural issues. Students will report and write based on their original interviews and research to produce news content. Experiences may include covering speeches, meetings and other campus events, writing under deadline, and use of AP Style.
ENGL 123 3 Units
Journalism Production: Intermediate
This course provides further instruction on gathering, synthesizing/organizing and writing news in journalistic style across multiple platforms resulting in the production of the campus newspaper as well as development of editorial leadership skills. Topics include the role of the journalist and related legal, ethical, social and cultural issues. Students will report and write based on their original interviews and research to produce news content. Experiences may include covering speeches, meetings and other campus events, writing under deadline, and use of AP Style.
ENGL 125 3 Units
Literary Magazine Production
This course covers the theory and practice of producing a literary magazine including instruction on all relevant aspects of editing, design and layout. Students in this class are responsible for production of the college literary magazine.
ENGL 140 3 Units
Exploring the World of Science Fiction
This course is a survey of science fiction genre from the late 19th Century to the present. Students read, analyze, and discuss major themes, genres (short story, novels, drama, and poetry), media (radio, film, tv, internet) written by diverse authors. Student explore the function of science fiction as a literary form that reflects human concern for solving or escaping problems in an increasingly technological culture and age.
ENGL 141 3 Units
Mystery and Detective Fiction
This course will introduce the student to mystery and detective fiction as a literary genre and as popular literature, exploring literary elements such as plot, sub-plot, suspense, setting, back story, procedural clues, hook, twist, ethical concerns of investigative methods, and civic life. Discussions of various styles and themes will engage students in critical thinking applied to historical era, multicultural contexts, and gender roles in mystery writing.
ENGL 151 3 Units
College Composition and Literature
This course includes the study of representative works of fiction, poetry, and drama, including an understanding of their cultural, historical and aesthetic contexts, as well as an emphasis on the fundamental principles of literacy criticism and interpretation, including student writing based on critical reading.
ENGL 151H 3 Units
College Composition and Literature - Honors
This course includes the study of representative works of fiction, poetry, and drama, including an understanding of their cultural, historical and aesthetic contexts, as well as an emphasis on the fundamental principles of literacy criticism and interpretation, including student writing based on critical reading. This course is intended for students in the Honors Program but is open to all students who desire more challenging course work.
ENGL 153 3 Units
Literature and Film
This course studies literature that has been adapted into film. Students will read short stories, novels, and plays; view the film(s) adapted from each literary work; and write critical and analytic essays about the literature, the films, and their interplay.
ENGL 161 3 Units
Women Writers
This course is a survey of poetry and prose written by diverse women writers that explores the social, cultural, historical and contemporary issues that impact women's lives.
ENGL 163 3 Units
Chicana/o Literature
This course is a survey of Chicana/o literature, including novels, drama, poetry, and essays. The course explores concepts of Chicana/o identity, race and racism, and how these themes characterize Chicana/o culture and literary expression. It also examines important social, cultural, and political movements that have influenced and continue to shape the Chicana/o community. (This course is also offered as ETHS 163) ENGL 165 3 Units
African-American Literature
This course is a comprehensive examination of African American literature, including prose, poetry, and fiction, from the early oral tradition to present. The course also explores concepts of race, racism, and ethnicity that are manifest in African American literature, and will examine identity as it relates to finding national identity, losing a given, forced identity and acceptance of identity that is foreign to personal history. (This course is also offered as ETHS 165) ENGL 175 3 Units
The Literature and Religion of the Bible
This course covers The English Bible as literature and as religion including an examination of the types of literature found in the Bible, the historical and religious context in which the literature was developed and an extensive reading of the two testaments. This course is also offered as RELIG 175. ENGL 224 1 Unit
Independent Study in English: Production
Students with previous course work in English may do assigned projects involving research and analysis of selected topics. This independent study is for students who are interested in furthering their knowledge of the production of work in print or other text-based media. This independent study would be appropriate for students wanting further work and practice in print publication (print newspaper, magazine or journal production, etc.) or publication for the web (web-based magazine, newspaper, or journal). Prior to registration, a written contract must be prepared jointly by the instructor and the student.
ENGL 232 3 Units
Creative Writing
This is an introductory course in creative writing, with an emphasis in poetry and fiction. Students will learn and practice creative writing by producing their own work in the genres studied, studying and analyzing the work of established and peer writers, and participating in the workshop method.
ENGL 260 3 Units
American Literature to 1865
This survey course introduces students to the multi-cultural literary traditions of America, from Iroquois, Navajo and other nations' origin stories to conquest, colonial, revolutionary, slavery, abolitionist, and Civil War writings, up through 1865.
ENGL 260H 3 Units
American Literature to 1865 - Honors
This survey course introduces students to the multi-cultural literary traditions of America, from Iroquois, Navajo and other nations' origin stories to conquest, colonial, revolutionary, slavery, abolitionist, and Civil War writings, up through 1865. This course is intended for students in the Honors Program, but is open to all students who desire more challenging course work.
ENGL 261 3 Units
American Literature from 1865 to Present
This course introduces students to American multicultural literary traditions from 1865 to the present, with an emphasis on the political and social contexts within which American literary movements emerged.
ENGL 270 3 Units
English Literature: Middle Ages to 18th Century
This course surveys English literature to the last quarter of the 18th Century including coverage of all significant literary types in the development of English literature from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century.
ENGL 270H 3 Units
English Literature: Middle Ages to 18th Century - Honors
This course surveys English literature to the last quarter of the 18th Century including coverage of all significant literary types in the development of English literature from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century. This course is intended for students in the Honors Program but is open to all students who desire more challenging course work.
ENGL 271 3 Units
English Literature: Late 18th Century to Present
This course surveys diverse voices in English literature from the late 18th Century to the present, including coverage of all significant literary types, ranging from essay and personal narrative to poetry, the short story, the novel, and drama.
ENGL 271H 3 Units
English Literature: Late 18th Century to Present - Honors
This course surveys diverse voices in English literature from the late 18th Century to the present, including coverage of all significant literary types, ranging from essay and personal narrative to poetry, the short story, the novel, and drama. This course is intended for students in the Honors Program but is open to all students who desire more challenging course work.
ENGL 611 Noncredit
Basic Grammar and Usage Review
This noncredit course covers a review of basic English grammar and common errors in grammar and usage.
ENGL 615 Noncredit
Preparation for College Writing
This is a noncredit writing course designed to prepare students for writing at the college level. The primary focus is on the development of the paragraph and short essay. The course includes a review of grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation.
ENGL 686 Noncredit
Strategies for College Composition
This noncredit course provides support for English 101, including strategies for college level reading, writing and critical thinking. Multicultural readings and writing assignments will help to connect students to their own lived experiences. This course is taken as pass/no pass only. (Formerly ENGL 086) ENGL 687 Noncredit
Fundamentals for College Composition
This noncredit course provides intensive support for English 101, including fundamentals for successful college level reading, writing and critical thinking. Reading and writing assignments will focus on students' lived experiences as they connect to the course content. This course is offered as pass/no pass only. (Formerly ENGL 087) 