ENGLISH

School of Humanities and Liberal Arts

ENGLISH (ENGL)

ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A) ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

4 units: 4 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ENGL 100)
(Cal-GETC area 1A)
(CSU breadth area A2) (IGETC area 1A) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Prerequisite: Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process.
Advisory: LRNR-30 or ESL-40.

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. Students also receive instruction in reading processes, information literacy, and disciplinary documentation practices. Students also receive instruction in reading processes, information literacy, and disciplinary documentation practices. (11/24)

ENGL-01B INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ENGL 120)
(Cal-GETC area 3B)
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Prerequisite: ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course introduces representative works from four major genres: short story, novel, drama, and poetry. Students develop analytical and evaluative reading and writing skills while acquiring an appreciation for the cultural context and the aesthetic qualities of literature. Students read texts from various countries and periods in order to encourage an appreciation of literature’s range, artistry, and insight into the human experience. (02/19)

ENGL-01C: CRITICAL THINKING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ENGL 105)
(Cal-GETC area 1B)
(CSU breadth area A3) (IGETC area 1B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Prerequisites: ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

Develops critical thinking, reading, and writing skills as they apply to textual analysis of primary and secondary sources, essays, articles, and a book length work from a range of academic and cultural contexts. Theme based. Emphasis on the techniques and principles of effective written argument in research-based writing across the disciplines. (02/22)

ENGL-02 ORAL INTERPRETATION (ALSO: COMM-02)

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: COMM 170)
Prerequisite: ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course is designed to introduce students to performance studies through analysis, appreciation and application of interpretive performance of the various forms of literature: poetry, prose and drama. (02/19)

ENGL-04A INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE: ANCIENTS TO 1650

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ENGL 140)
(Cal-GETC area 3B)
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Advisory: ENGL-01B, ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course examines the origins and developments of world literatures and cultures from the ancients to 1650 through various literary genres and cultural traditions. Primary focus will fall on major works of certain periods and of geographic origins. Students will engage in comparative analysis and evaluation of the literary works as well as close study of the works in addition to the study of each text’s merit. (12/24)

ENGL-04B INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE: 1650 TO PRESENT

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ENGL 145)
(Cal-GETC area 3B)
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Advisory: ENGL-01B, ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course examines the origins and subsequent developments of world literatures and cultures from 1650 to the present through various literary genres and cultural traditions. Primary focus will fall on major works of certain periods and of geographic origins. Students will engage in comparative analysis and evaluation of the literary works as well as close study of the works in addition to the study of each text’s merits. (12/24)

ENGL-05 INTRODUCTION TO FICTION

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(Cal-GETC area 3B)
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Advisory: ENGL-01B, ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course traces the origins and subsequent developments of short fiction and longer fiction (novels) and signals the specific characteristics of respective genres. Students will read a number of books of short fiction and three to five novels in order to study the various developments of style, form, structure, and other artistic choices associated with the history of fiction. (12/24)

ENGL-06A MAJOR ENGLISH WRITERS TO THE LATE 18TH CENTURY

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ENGL 160)
(Cal-GETC area 3B)
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Advisory: ENGL-01B, ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course introduces students to the history and variety of English literature from its beginnings to the late eighteenth century. Representative works of major authors are read as examples of the various genres, literary trends, and historical eras in which they were written. (12/24)

ENGL-06B MAJOR ENGLISH WRITERS SINCE THE LATE 18TH CENTURY

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ENGL 165)
(Cal-GETC area 3B)
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Advisory: ENGL-01B, ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course introduces students to the history and variety of English literature from the late eighteenth through the twentieth, to the twenty-first centuries. Representative works of major authors are read as examples of the various genres, literary trends, and historical eras in which they were written. (12/24)

ENGL-07 STUDIES IN LITERATURE: POETRY

This course traces origins and developments of the poem as a major literary genre. Course includes an intensive study of the poetic process. Poems from ancient times to the present are analyzed in terms of form, idea, and language. (12/24)

ENGL-08 INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE

Introduction to Shakespeare is a course of literary analysis based on reading and studying the major works of William Shakespeare. The course focuses on a number of Shakespeare’s plays, especially the most widely known ones, from the categories Comedy, History, and Tragedy, as well as a survey of his non-dramatic poetry. As this course is an introductory course, students will receive the opportunity to learn about Elizabethan England -- the England of the time of Shakespeare. (12/24)

ENGL-10 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM BEGINNINGS TO CIVIL WAR

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(Cal-GETC area 3B)
(C-ID: ENGL 130)
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Advisory: ENGL-01B, ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course is designed to introduce students to the history and variety of literature from American Literature’s beginnings to the Civil War. Representative works are read as examples of various genres, literary trends, and historical eras. (12/24)

ENGL-11 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM POST-CIVIL WAR TO PRESENT

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ENGL 135)
(Cal-GETC area 3B)
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Advisory: ENGL-01B, ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course is designed to introduce students to the history and variety of American literature from the end of the 1865 to the present. Representative works of major and influential authors are read as examples of various genres, literary movements, and historical eras. (12/24)

ENGL-12 CREATIVE WRITING

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ENGL 200)
Advisory: ENGL-01B, ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

A course designed to provide experience in the writing of poetry, drama, fiction, and creative non-fiction and to aid the student in becoming aware of the craft of writing as described and/or demonstrated by professional writers. The class is conducted primarily as a workshop in which students read their works for constructive criticism. (12/24)

ENGL-C1001 (Formerly ENGL-13 or PHIL-13) 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 Academic Reading and Writing (or C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. Readings feature mostly non-fictional essays and books that reflect diverse cultural perspectives on a variety of contemporary issues, such as those involving race, ethnicity, and gender. (11/24)

ENGL-C1001H (Formerly ENGL-13H or PHIL-13H) 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 Academic Reading and Writing (or C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. This is an honors course. Readings feature mostly non-fictional essays and books that reflect diverse cultural perspectives on a variety of contemporary issues, such as those involving race, ethnicity, and gender. This honors course is more rigorous than the non-honors version. (11/24)

ENGL-14 INTRODUCTION TO FILM

3 units: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab.
CSU & UC Transferable
(Cal-GETC area 3A)
(CSU breadth area C1) (IGETC area 3A) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Advisory: ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course includes critical and popular approaches to film. Students will study film form, genre, style, criticism, and history. They will read screenplays and film criticism and theory and view the films under consideration to obtain a better understanding of the film discipline. (12/24)

ENGL-15 HISTORY OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C1) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Advisory: ENGL-01B, ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course traces origins and development of drama from classic to contemporary periods. It examines drama as a literary genre, including analysis of theme, style, character, and dramatic sub-genres. (12/24)

ENGL-18 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND BLACK STUDIES (ALSO: ETHN-18)

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(Cal-GETC area 3B)
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Prerequisite: ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)
Advisory: ENGL-01B.

This course provides an overview of African American racial and cultural formation through literature, using the lens of ethnic studies theories such as resistance, self-affirmation, and agency. Students will explore, describe, and analyze a diverse range of literary texts from various genres and historical periods in order to understand how the struggle for civil rights has impacted Black communities through the history of the United States. The African American experience as expressed through literature will be contrasted with at least one other group such as Native American, Asian American, and Latinx/Chicano, with a particular focus on how the groups express resistance, social justice, and liberation on contemporary issues. (11/22)

ENGL-19 CHICANA/O LITERATURE AND STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES (ALSO: ETHN-19)

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(Cal-GETC area 3B/6)
(CSU breadth area C2/F) (IGETC area 7) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]
Prerequisite: ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)
Advisory: ENGL-01B.

This course surveys, interprets, compares, and explores the lived experiences of Latinx/Chicanx authors through a variety of texts and genres. Readings, discussions, lectures, and presentations will focus on the cultural, social, and historical aspects of Latinx/Chicanx literature. The course may include a variety of genres: fiction, poetry, drama, film, and non-fiction prose, etc. (10/21)

ENGL-95S ENHANCED ACADEMIC LITERACY

2 units: 2 hours lecture.
Corequisite: ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)

This course is designed to provide supplemental instruction and support for students enrolled in a linked section of English-01A. Students will further develop skills in reading, writing, and researching. In addition, they will learn to address strategies for academic success and be able to utilize computerized technology necessary for a composition course. (11/24)

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Dean	Travis Hicks
Phone	(209) 384-6150
School Office	IAC-C Humanities BLDG., 2ND Floor
Counseling	(209) 381-6478
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