Description of Courses ENGL 329 HONORS PROJECT SEMINAR (2) Minimum of 32 lecture hours per term. Interdisciplinary seminar designed for students admitted into the honors program. Students develop honors level scholarly projects corresponding to a selected transfer course in which they are concurrently enrolled. Intensive instruction in diverse research methods; emphasis on collaboration and various strategies for achieving academic excellence. (AA, CSU) ENGL 680 – 689 EXPERIMENTAL COURSE (1-3) (See first page of Description of Courses section.) (AA, CSU) ENGL 690 SPECIAL PROJECTS (1-3) (See first page of Description of Courses section.) (AA, CSU) ENGL 828 BASIC COMPOSITION AND READING (5) Minimum of 80 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. Recommended Preparation: appropriate skill level indicated by the English placement tests or READ 816 or 825. Practice in composition and reading based on the study of essays and other reading material. Composition of short essays, with focused work on reading, paragraph development, and sentence structure. (Units do not apply toward AA/AS degree.) ENGL 838 INTENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION AND READING (5) Minimum of 80 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. All students who received a grade of C in ENGL 828 are strongly advised to enroll in ENGL 838. Prerequisite: appropriate skill level indicated by the English placement tests OR ENGL 828 or 400; OR ESL 400; OR ENGL 826 and READ 826 (or eligibility for READ 836 or 400-level reading course). Intensive practice in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking to develop and refine composition proficiency. Includes intensive instruction in reading comprehension and vocabulary development, elements of the essay, and composing techniques necessary for college writing (writing from source materials, analytical reading, and English usage and mechanics). Designed mainly to prepare students to meet competency standards required for entrance into English 100. (AA: Area E2a) ENGL 848 INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION AND READING (4) Minimum of 64 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. All students who received a grade of C in ENGL 828 are strongly advised to enroll in ENGL 838. Prerequisite: appropriate skill level indicated by the English placement tests; OR ENGL 828 or 400; OR ESL 400; OR ENGL 826 and READ 826 with Pass (or eligibility for READ 836 or 400-level reading course). Practice in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking to develop and refine composition proficiency. Includes instruction Scalable above .25 inches: in reading comprehension and vocabulary development, elements of the essay, and composing techniques necessary for college writing (writing from source materials, analytical reading, and English usage and mechanics). Designed mainly to prepare students to meet competency standards required for entrance into English 100. (AA: Area E2a) ENGL 850 INDIVIDUAL WRITING INSTRUCTION (.5-3) (Pass/No Pass grading.) (Open entry/open exit.) Minimum of 24 to 144 lab hours per term. 24 hours are required for each .5 units of credit. For all students wishing to improve their writing. Includes individual appointments with a faculty member who will help the student identify problems and develop content. Some writing areas that might receive attention are organization, development, and mechanics although help will be tailored to the specific needs of the student. (Units do not apply toward AA/AS degree.)
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ENGL 865 PROJECTS IN WORKPLACE WRITING (1) (Pass/No Pass grading.) Minimum of 16 lecture hours per term. Introduction to skills required in workplace writing, including judging purpose and audience, writing clearly and grammatically, cultivating a professional and appropriate tone, and mastering any writing tasks specific to particular professions. Offered in self-contained, one-unit modules. Descriptions of the specific modules offered will be printed each semester in the Schedule of Classes. (Not transferable.) (AA) ENGL 875 ENGLISH GRAMMAR (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Comprehensive review of English grammar, including topics such as syntax, agreement, verb tenses, precision, coordination and subordination, the absolute phrase, the elliptical clause, and punctuation and graphics. (Units do not apply toward AA/AS degree.) ENGL 879 SELECTED TOPICS (1-3) (See first page of Description of Courses section.) (AA) ENGL 880 – 889 EXPERIMENTAL COURSE (1-3) (See first page of Description of Courses section.)
Literature LIT. 101 TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATURE (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 105. Study of a representative selection of the 20th Century fiction, poetry, and drama. Authors may include T.S. Eliot, Pablo Neruda, Vladamir Nabokov, Samuel Beckett, Virginia Woolf, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Sylvia Plath, Eugene O'Neil, Toni Morrison, among others. Emphasis on innovations of the Century's major writers within the context of literary and cultural movements. Lectures, discussions, related reading, and writing of critical papers. (AA: Area E2b+E2c or E5c, CSU: Area C2, UC: Area 3B) LIT. 105 THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 105. Selected texts from the Old and New Testaments and from the Apocrypha. Lectures, discussions, related readings, quizzes, term paper and project. (AA: Area E2b+E2c or E5c, CSU: Area C2, UC: Area 3B) LIT. 113 THE NOVEL (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 105. Study of a representative selection of novels of the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries and of various aspects of literary criticism. Authors may include Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, William Faulkner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, among others. Lectures, discussions, related reading, and writing of critical papers. (AA: Area E2b+E2c or E5c, CSU: Area C2, UC: Area 3B) LIT. 115 THE SHORT POEM IN ENGLISH: A SURVEY (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 105. The study of major short poems in English from Chaucer up to the present time, with an emphasis on different critical approaches, historical context, and literary appreciation. Lectures, discussions, related reading, writing of critical papers. (AA: Area E2b+E2c or E5c, CSU: Area C2, UC: Area 3B) LIT. 151 SHAKESPEARE (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 105. Study of representative plays and poems, with an emphasis on Shakespeare's poetic and dramatic skills and his understanding of human nature. Reading, discussion, critical papers. (AA: Area E2b+E2c or E5c, CSU: Area C2, UC: Area 3B) LIT. 201 AMERICAN LITERATURE I (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 105. Study of American Literature from the European conquest of the Americas through the 1870s with a focus on the major authors from the 18th and 19th centuries. Lectures,
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