English (ENG & ENGL)
ENGL C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing Units: 3
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 (previously ENG 001A) College Reading and Writing (C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. (formerly ENG 003)
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3, A1a CalGETC: 1B
ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing Units: 4
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. (C-ID ENGL 100); formerly ENG 001A
Lecture Hours: 72 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures and assessment process.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A1a CalGETC: 1A
ENGL C1000E Academic Reading and Writing Support Units: 5
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 course includes embedded support. (C-ID ENGL 100) formerly ENG 001X
Lecture Hours: 72 Lab Hours: 54 Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures and assessment process.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A1a CalGETC: 1A
ENG 005A Creative Writing Units: 3
This course introduces students to the theories, skills, and techniques of all forms of creative writing, with primary emphasis on fiction and poetry. C-ID: ENGL 200
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A7 CalGETC: None
ENG 005B Advanced Creative Writing Units: 3
This is an advanced course in creative writing, designed to enable students to refine their creative writing skills in their chosen genre(s).
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENG 005A.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: None CalGETC: None
ENG 010A American Literature I Units: 3
This course is a survey of American literature from its beginnings through the Civil War. Selections include writings that reflect the rich and diverse cultural backgrounds that make up America's unique and complex heritage. C-ID ENGL 130
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 010B American Literature II Units: 3
This course is a survey of American literature from the Civil War to the present. Selected literary writings highlight the diverse voices, histories, and aesthetic approaches that comprise American literature. (C-ID ENGL 135)
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 011A English Literature I Units: 3
This course surveys the major writers and works of English literature, spanning from Old English through the late eighteenth century (C-ID ENGL 160).
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 011B English Literature II Units: 3
This course surveys the major writers and works of English literature of the Romantic, Victorian, and twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 012A Global Literature 1 Units: 3
Global Literature 1 is a survey course, exploring major works of literature from early civilizations to the 17th century. Students will increase their awareness of social and historical events that contributed to literary development, engage in critical reading, thinking, and writing, and deepen their cultural sensitivity. Classics in a variety of genres are studied for their artistic merit and their contributions to the development of literature. (C-ID ENGL 140)
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENG 001A.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 012B World Literature II Units: 3
This course surveys works which have influenced world thought from 1660 to the present. Selections reflect the rich and diverse cultural backgrounds of world literature. This course may be taken independently from World Literature I, ENG 012A. (C-ID ENGL 145)
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENG 001A.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 014 Shakespeare Units: 3
This course is an introductory survey of Shakespeare's histories, comedies, tragedies, and sonnets.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 015 The Short Story Units: 3
This course introduces students to the short story, through critical discussion and analysis of the genre's elements, structure, devices, and meanings. Students will read a substantial and representative collection of short stories, all while considering the genre's characteristics and its relationship to other literary genres.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 017 Literature by Women Units: 3
This course is a survey of literature written by and about women. Students examine the relationships between and among feminist movements, women's identities and experiences, and women's literature as a genre.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 018 Poetry CSI Units: 3
This course offers an investigation of the techniques and development of poetry through the exploration, discussion and criticism of poetry in its historical context. Students are encouraged to compose their own poems based on forms studied in the course.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENG 001A.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 021 Latinx Literature Units: 3
This course surveys Latinx literature across literary genres and periods, through the lenses of ethnic studies, (de)colonization, intersectional identity, and the politics of literary canonization. The assigned literature is contextualized within the histories, politics, and aesthetic practices of Latinx people and cultures.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 022 Intro to African American Literature Units: 3
This course provides an introduction to folk, traditional and contemporary African American literature with critical analysis of representative works in the essay, the short story, the novel, poetry and drama. It includes a historical overview from the seventeenth century through the present. Through varied reading selections and learning about the history and culture of African Americans in the United States, the students better understand and appreciate the richness and diversity of African American literature.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENG 001A.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 024 Native American Literature Units: 3
This course is a survey of Native American literature, including oral and written traditions, taught through the lenses of Native American ethnic studies, anti-colonialism, decolonization, intersectional identity, and the politics of literary canonization.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 025 Introduction to the Novel Units: 3
This course introduces students to the literary genre of the novel. Emphasis is given to the novel's historical development, its formal characteristics, and its place within literary studies and the broader social world.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENG 001A.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 026 LGBTQ+ Literature Units: 3
This course is a survey of literature written by and about LGBTQ+ people. The course explores representations of LGBTQ+ people in fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as the social, historical, and political contexts in which queer identity is and has been rooted. Literary and cultural criticism is introduced.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 033 Science Fiction Units: 3
This course surveys the science fiction genre from literary and theoretical points of view. It draws upon stories, novels, and/or graphic novels that highlight speculative fiction's focus on exploring the impact of scientific and technological progress on humanity, as well as the ways in which science fiction settings offer new perspectives for critiquing existing social attitudes and structures and imagining the future.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 035 Myths and Legends Units: 3
This course introduces students to myths and legends as they figure into various and diverse literary traditions, including the role that myths and legends play as literary tropes and their role in sustaining and challenging cultural and national traditions. The course also includes focused study on contemporary myths and legends, particularly in popular culture.
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 036 Children's Literature Units: 3
This course introduces students to a formal study of literature for children from preschool through middle school, including critical examination of genres, themes, and cultures depicted in these texts; in addition, students study the professional literary criticism of this literature. (Equivalent to CDE 229.)(C-ID ENGL 180)
Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or college-level composition or equivalent.
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: A3 CalGETC: 3B
ENG 061 Accelerated English for College Success Units: 4
Preparation for academic writing and critical thinking expected in transfer and associate-degree classes. Strongly recommended: participation in the English placement process.
Lecture Hours: 72 Lab Hours: None Repeatable: No
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: None
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: None Degree Applicable: NAA
COD GE: None CalGETC: None
ENG 095A English Work Experience Units: 1-5
This work experience course of supervised employment provides students the opportunity to connect academics to applied experiential learning in the workplace. It assists students in developing transferable employability skills, career awareness, learning industry culture, competencies and norms, and developing professional networks that support career mobility. To enroll, students must have a job or internship placement in a part-time or full-time capacity. Credit may be accrued at the rate of one to five (1-5) units per semester based on the student's ability to meet the hours required per unit enrolled. Students must work 54 hours per unit earned. This Work Experience course is available to students whose job or internship placement is directly related to English.
Lecture Hours: None Lab Hours: 270 Repeatable: Yes
Grading: Letter
Prerequisite: None
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: CSU Degree Applicable: AA/AS
COD GE: None CalGETC: None
ENG 300 English Edge Units: 0
This course prepares incoming college students for the rigors of college-level reading and writing, and college-level English courses specifically. Students will learn and/or review the academic norms that lead to academic success and some foundational essay-writing concepts.
Noncredit Hours: 24 Repeatable: Yes
Grading: Pass/No Pass
Prerequisite: None
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: None Degree Applicable: NONC
COD GE: None CalGETC: None
ENG 303 Developing Paragraphs Units: 0
This course strengthens a student's ability to compose focused and developed paragraphs. Students learn basic paragraph elements, including topic sentences, supporting details, and analytical commentary. Students will practice composing paragraphs using these foundational components. (Noncredit In-class Hours: 10)
Noncredit Hours: 8 Repeatable: Yes
Grading: Pass/No Pass
Prerequisite: None
Advisory: None
Limitation on enrollment: None
Transfer Status: None Degree Applicable: NONC
COD GE: None CalGETC: None
