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 101 4 Units
Freshman Composition
This is a writing course emphasizing expository and argumentative essays, which helps students develop writing skills necessary for other degree applicable courses. It includes reading and analysis of various forms of writing, instruction in library research and preparation of documented research papers.
ENGL 101H 4 Units
Freshman Composition-Honors
This is a writing course which emphasizes expository and argumentative essays, which helps students develop writing skills necessary for other degree applicable courses. It includes reading and analysis of various forms of writing, instruction in library research and preparation of documented research papers. This course is intended for students in the Honors Program, but is open to all students who desire more challenging course work.
ENGL 102 4 Units
Intermediate Composition and Critical Thinking
This course provides further work in argumentative and critical writing, critical thinking, analysis of non-fiction texts (and a work of literature), research and documentation.
ENGL 102H 4 Units
Intermediate Composition and Critical Thinking - Honors
This course provides further work in argumentative and critical writing, critical thinking, analysis of non-fiction texts (and at least 2 works of literature), research and documentation. This course is intended for students in the Honors Program but is open to all students who desire more challenging course work.
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 newsmagazine. Topics include the role of the journalist and related legal and ethical 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 and ethical 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), and 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
Freshman 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
Freshman 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 prominent women writers that explores historical and contemporary issues in 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 Mid 19th Century
This course introduces students to American Literary traditions. The course traces the beginnings of the earliest American literary voices up through 1865.
ENGL 261 3 Units
American Literature From 1865 to Present
This course introduces students to American Literary traditions. The course traces American authors from 1865 to present.
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: 18th Century to Present
This course surveys English literature from the late 18th Century to the present including coverage of all significant literary types.
ENGL 271H 3 Units
English Literature: 18th Century to Present - Honors
This course surveys English literature from the late 18th Century to the present including coverage of all significant literary types. 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. (Formerly ENGL 911)
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.
