english department

65 Intermediate Reading and Composition: Fiction (3) PD
Prerequisite: Acceptable level of skill as demonstrated in the English placement process, or satisfactory completion of English 57 or 64.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course offers instruction in the fundamental techniques of writing at the college level, progressing from three-paragraph 500 words. Readings, discussion, and writing assignment will focus on fiction, particularly short stories.

74 Composition Workshop (0.5) RPT1
Laboratory, 1 hour.
This course offers students enrolled in an English 60s level or English 101 class the opportunity to work one-on-one with a language skills instructional assistant and tutors in a lab setting to improved their writing skills. Individualized computer programs are used as needed.

101 College Reading and Composition I (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGL 2) (ENGL 101 + ENGL 102 = CAN ENGL SEQ A) IGETC Area 1A
Prerequisite: Satisfactory score on English Placement test, or one of the following: English 61, 62, 63 or 65.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This is a college-level freshman composition course which requires the writing of full-length essays. The course is intended for students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university. Instruction in this course includes both expository and argumentative writing.

102 College Reading and Composition II (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGL 4) (ENGL 101 + ENGL 102 = CAN ENGL SEQ A) IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course is an introductory study of literary genres, emphasizing both the analysis of particular works and the range of forms and styles in prose, poetry, dramatic literature, and literary nonfiction. Frequent writing assignments are made.

103 Composition and Critical Thinking (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 1B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course is designed to develop critical thinking, reading, and writing skills beyond the level achieved in English 101. The course focuses on the development of logical reasoning and analytical and argumentative writing skills.

127 Creative Writing (3) UC:CSU RPT3 (CAN ENGL 6)
Prerequisite: One of following: English 61, 62, 63 or 65.
Note: Eligibility for English 101 is acceptable.
Workshop, 3 hours.
This course is a workshop directed towards individual explorations of personal narrative, poetry, fiction, and drama (screenplay and theater format). The course incorporates audio and video tapes of writers reading and discussing their work to emphasize the importance of reading aloud and establishing a dialogue about the creative process.

129 Report Writing (3) CSU RPT2
Note: Eligibility for or completion of English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course offers a study of and practice in the writing of the kinds of essays needed for short papers, essay examinations, and the term paper. It includes practice in the collection and organization of material and the presentation of papers commonly needed in college classes.

137 Library Research and Bibliography (1) UC:CSU
Advisory: English 101.
Lecture, 1 hour.
This course is designed to acquaint student with an effective method of planning, organizing, researching, and writing the substantial research paper required in classes including and beyond English 101. Emphasis is on using current research sources available in any comprehensive library and on the Internet.

203 World Literature I (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Note: Either English 203 or English 204 may be taken first.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course covers masterpieces in world literature from the epics of Homer to the dramas of the Renaissance. Writers covered include Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato, Ovid, Virgil, the authors of the Old Testament, Dante, Boccaccio. Emphasis will be placed on understanding different literary genres such as epic, tragedy, and lyric poetry.

204 World Literature II (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Note: Either English 203 or English 204 may be taken first.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course introduces the student to great masterpieces of world literature written from 1700 to the present. Writers covered include Voltaire, Rousseau, Goethe, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Flaubert, Dostoevski, Tolstoy, Ibsen, and Lorca. Characteristics of neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, naturalism, and modernism are carefully explored.

205 English Literature I (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGL 8); (ENGL 205 + ENGL 206 = CAN ENGL SEQ B) IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Advisory: English 102.
Note: Either English 205 or English 206 may be taken first.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course surveys the English language, literary forms, and ideas from the Anglo-Saxon period through the eighteenth century, with special attention to Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson as representatives of their respective periods.

206 English Literature II (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGL 10): (ENGL 205 + ENGL 206 = CAN ENGL SEQ B) IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Advisory: English 102 or English 205.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course surveys the British Literature from the late eighteenth century emergence of the Romantics through the Victorian Era and into the early twentieth century and the rise of Modernism.

207 American Literature I (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGL 14) (ENGL 207 + ENGL 208 = CAN ENGL SEQ C) IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101
Advisory: English 102.
Note: Either English 207 or English 208 may be taken first.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course explores the literature of the United States from its ancient indigenous roots through the Civil War in the mid-nineteenth
century. Included are narratives, poetry, journals, and fiction written by Native Americans, and Spanish-, French-, and African-Americans extending from indigenous chants to the poetry of Whitman.

208 American Literature II (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGL 16) (ENGL 207 + ENGL 208 = CAN ENGL SEQ C) IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101;
Advisory: English 102
Note: Either English 207 or English 208 may be taken first.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course surveys the literature of the United States from the Civil War in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Among the works covered are the late nineteenth century Realists, the early Modernists, the writers of the Harlem Renaissance, writers who focus on social issues, Native American writers, and late twentieth century writers including poets, short story writers, novelists, and playwrights.

211 Fiction (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGL 18) IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course emphasizes reading, discussion, and critical analysis of selected novels, novellas, and short stories.

212 Poetry (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGL 20) IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course focuses on the reading, discussion, and interpretation of selected American (North and South), British, and Continental,
and Asian poems. It is designed to increase understanding and appreciation of all forms of poetry with an emphasis on poets who are currently writing and giving readings. Audio and video tapes give insight into the poetic process. Student write their own poems.

213 Dramatic Literature (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGL 22) IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Note: Credit can be given for only one of the following courses: English 213 or Theater 125.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course focuses on the reading, discussing, and interpreting works of dramatic literature

214 Contemporary Literature (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course focuses on reading, discussing, and analyzing contemporary literature (commonly defined as post-1960), which may include novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and essays. Emphasizing literary texts written by American and international authors, this course examines the concerns, styles, and theories that influence current writing.

215 Shakespeare I (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Note: Either English 215 or English 216 may be taken first.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course provides the historical, social, and literary contexts for the full understanding and appreciation of selected histories, comedies, and romantic tragedies of William Shakespeare. Students also study the different types of plot construction, the use of dialogue, and the dramatic conventions of the Elizabethan theatre.

216 Shakespeare II (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Note: Either English 215 or English 216 may be taken first.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course provides the historical, political, religious, and artistic backgrounds for the full understanding and enjoyment of selected
poems, romances, problem comedies, and mature tragedies of William Shakespeare. Students study different literary genres,
Shakespeare’s poetic style, and his conception of human character.

220 Contemporary Latin American Short Story (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course present a study of contemporary Latin-American short stories from Mexico, Central, and South America as well as the United States. Further, the course covers the major themes of Social Realism, Magical Realism, and the Chicano Literary Movement. Writers to be read include, among others, Paz, Borges, Garcia-Marquez, Cossio, and Viramontes.

234 Afro-American Literature I (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Note: Credit given for one of English 234 or Afro -amer 20.
Lecture, 3 hours.
An analysis of the literary, social, and historical aspects of essay, novel, drama, short story, and poetry written by Afro-Americans,
revealing the progression of culture in America as interpreted by Afro-American writers who seek to define themselves and other
Americans.

239 Women in Literature (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course is designed to acquaint students with the work of women writers, historical and contemporary, who have made important contributions to literature.

240 Literature and the Motion Picture I (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course is designed to give the student the opportunity to view, analyze and evaluate films of artistic and cultural significance.
The relationship between literature and films is emphasized. Focus is placed on the dynamics of reading a text (plot, setting, characterization, etc.) and seeing how these same dynamics are expressed in movie terms.

250 Mythology and Literature (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course focuses on the mythologies of various cultures selected from throughout the world and includes their expression in oral epics, poetry, and ritual dramas. Also examined are the functions myths perform, the ceremonies that give them form, and modern interpretations of myth and myth making.

252 The English Bible As Literature (3) UC:CSU IGETC Area 3B
Prerequisite: English 101
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course is a study of the history and different literary styles of the King James Bible or the New Jerusalem Bible. Particular
attention is given to the different forms of biblical narrative, such as the epic, parable, wisdom and prophetic modes, and drama. The social and cultural background of the most important and frequent myths and symbols in the text also are studied.

185 Directed Study - English (1) UC:CSU
385 Directed Study - English (3) UC:CSU
Conference, 1 hour per week per unit.
The above courses allow students to pursue Directed Study in English on a contract basis under the direction of a supervising
instructor.

Credit Limit: A maximum of 6 units in Directed Study may be taken for credit.