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Course Descriptions:
English 39: Basic Writing
This course is designed for native speakers of
English who require instruction in basic writing including such topics as:
sentence and paragraph writing, literal comprehension, vocabulary development
and study techniques. (Non-degree credit)
English 59:
Developmental Writing
This course
is designed for native speakers of English who need to build basic English
skills in writing, reading and thinking. It provides instruction in writing
effective sentences, organization of ideas into paragraphs and essays,
fundamentals of English, reading short essays, vocabulary building, basic
critical thinking, and study skills.
English 60:
Preparation for College Writing
This course is designed to meet the needs
of students who have not yet mastered the writing and editing skills
necessary for college writing. Students will review English fundamentals,
read and analyze professional essays, and write essays with the emphasis on
exposition and critical thinking. (Degree credit)
English 100: College
Writing
This is a college level course in
composition designed to develop reading, critical thinking, and writing
strategies necessary for academic success. The emphasis is on reading and
writing expository essays. The course includes research and documentation
skills. (CSU) (UC Credit Limitation) (Degree credit)
English 102:
Introduction to Literature
A continuation of ENGL 100 College
Writing, this course uses literary works as content for reading and writing
with emphasis on analytical and critical approaches to drama, poetry, and
prose fiction. (CSU) (UC Credit Limitation) (Degree credit)
English 103: Critical
Reasoning and Writing
This course is designed to develop
critical thinking, reading, and writing skills beyond the level achieved in
English 100 F College Writing. The course will focus on the development of
logical reasoning and analytical and argumentative writing skills. (CSU) (UC
Credit Limitation) (Degree credit)
English 104: Critical
Thinking and Writing about Literature
This course will develop critical
thinking, reading, and writing skills as they apply to the analysis of
literature and literary criticism from diverse cultural sources and
perspectives. There will be an emphasis on the techniques and principles of
effective written argument as they apply to literature. (CSU) (UC) (Degree
credit)
English 201:
Intermediate College Writing
This course is designed to develop
academic writing and critical thinking skills beyond the level achieved in
English 100 F. The course will stress analysis and evaluation of courses,
integration of a variety of rhetorical strategies, and research and
documentation methods necessary for successful academic writing in essays,
reports critiques, exams, and research papers. Assignments are designed to
address cross-curricular needs of students from a variety of majors.
English 105:
Introduction to Creative Writing
Introduction to Creative Writing includes
writing original fiction, drama, and poetry; study and application of forms,
techniques, and literary elements of creative writing; and workshop
experience which provides an opportunity for analyzing and critiquing
student writing.
English 209:
Intermediate Creative Writing
Intermediate Creative Writing continues
the study of writing original fiction, drama, and poetry and the study and
application of forms, techniques, and literary elements of creative writing.
Workshops and peer critiquing are emphasized. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 203:
Introduction to Dramatic Literature
This course focuses on reading, critical
analysis, discussion and evaluation of selected plays from classical tragedy
and comedy to contemporary drama. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 204:
Introduction to Poetry
This course covers the reading and study
of poems from ancient to modern times in English and in translation. Poets
represented may include Blake, Dickinson, Donne, Eliot, Frost, Keats,
Neruda, Paz, Shakespeare, Whitman, Yeats and Levertov. The focus of the
course is on the analysis of poetic techniques and the interpretation of
universal themes. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 205: The Film:
From the Beginning to 1950
This course is designed to view, analyze
and discuss films. A study of representative film masterpieces will reveal
the evolution of moving pictures from their inception to the period just
after World War II. The idea, values, concerns, and views reflected in the
films are emphasized, and the artistic techniques employed are considered. (CSU)
(UC) (Degree credit)
English 206: The
Film: From 1950 to the Present
The course is designed to view, analyze
and discuss films. A study of representative film masterpieces will reveal
the evolution of moving pictures from 1950 to the present. (CSU) (UC)
(Degree credit)
English 207: The
Short Story
The course includes reading and discussion
of selected short stories emphasizing analysis, interpretation, and
evaluation. The course will focus on the short story as a genre and as a
source of significant insight into the human condition. (CSU) (UC) (Degree
credit)
English 211: English
Literature to 1800
A survey of British literature from
Anglo-Saxon times to 1800, the origins and development of the language are
covered, as well as the historical backgrounds and literary trends. Readings
from such writers as the author of the “Pearl Poet,” Chaucer, Shakespeare,
Donne, Milton, Swift, Pope, and Johnson introduce students to the writers
and the literary heritage of the English-speaking world. (CSU) (UC) (Degree
credit)
English 212: English
Literature Since 1800
This survey of British literature from
1800 to the present emphasizes literary trends and historical backgrounds.
Students will read and discuss fiction, poetry, drama, and prose from the
Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and postmodern eras in Great Britain and other
countries of the Empire and Commonwealth. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 214:
Contemporary Literature
The course is a study of representative
poetry, drama, and fiction, concentrating on — but not limited to —
recognized world literary figures. The focus of the course is on each
writer’s view of contemporary society, our situation, and people’s search
for values; consideration is also given to the artistic techniques employed
in each work. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 218:
California Writers
English 218 F is a survey of the
historical and cultural development of the literature of California. This
course emphasizes the literary, social, economic, multicultural and
environmental contexts of the California writers studied. This course
fulfills the Multicultural Education Requirement for graduation. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 221: American
Literature to the Civil War
A study of representative American writers
from the beginnings through the Civil War, the course includes major writers
such as Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Emerson, Douglass, Thoreau, Dickinson, and
Whitman. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 222: American
Literature from Civil War to Present
A survey of representative 20th century
American writers, the course includes major writers such as Wharton,
O’Neill, Cather, Frost, Lewis, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Steinbeck,
Jeffers, Plath, Baldwin, and Updike. The emphasis is on the diversity of
American subjects and styles. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 224: World
Literature
World Literature is a study of the great
masterpieces of world literature and the cultures and authors that produced
them. The course will trace common themes and changing ideas from classical
antiquity through the Renaissance, in the works of writers such as Homer,
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Dante, Boccacio, Chaucer, Machiavelli,
Montaigne, and Cervantes. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 225: World
Literature
World Literature is a study of the great
masterpieces of world literature and the cultures and authors that produced
them. The course will trace common themes and changing ideas from the
neoclassical period to the present in the works of writers such as Moliere,
Voltaire, Goethe, Dickinson, Flaubert, Ibsen, Dostoevsky, Yeats, Camus, and
Soyinka. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 234:
Introduction to Shakespeare
Introduction to Shakespeare is designed to
introduce students to ten to twelve of the tragedies, comedies, and
histories of William Shakespeare. Elizabethan context, genre, and critical
analysis with regard to theme, poetic devices, plot and character
development, and irony will be emphasized. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 239: Survey
of Children’s Literature
This course traces the historical and
cultural development of children’s literature throughout the world, from its
multiple origins in the oral tradition to its contemporary emphasis on
written excellence and pictorial artistry. The course focuses on comparative
and critical approaches to the multicultural elements in nursery rhymes,
poetry, fables, folk tales, myth, sacred literature, picture books, juvenile
literature, and works of non-fiction, with emphasis on contemporary
literature and the emergence of ethnic writers in children’s literature.
This course fulfills the
Multicultural Education Requirement for graduation. (CSU) (UC) (Degree
credit)
English 243: Folklore
and Mythology
This course is an introductory study of
the folklore and mythology of representative cultures of the world through
literature including such cultures as Greek, Norse, Babylonian, American
Indian, European, Mexican, Hindu and Chinese. The course will include a
comparative study of mythic elements and patterns with their modern
parallels in both Eastern and Western civilizations. This course fulfills
the Multicultural Education Requirement for graduation. (CSU) (UC) (Degree
credit)
English 245: The Bible
as Literature
Students will study the English Bible as
literature, its literary forms and techniques. Readings and discussions
emphasize analysis of such forms as short story, poetry, letters, dramatic
and narrative prose, wisdom and didactic literature. (CSU) (UC) (Degree
credit)
English 246: The
Novel
This is a study of the novel as an art
form, concentrating on — but not limited to — representative novels
illustrating the richness of the form: its thematic and stylistic variety,
its philosophical breadth, its historical development, and the like.
Emphasis will be placed on developing the student’s analytical skills. (CSU)
(UC) (Degree credit)
English 247: Voices
of America: Studies in Multicultural Literature
The course is a study of multicultural
literature, by both immigrant, and native American writers, which explores
varied responses — ethnic, gender, and regional — in the cultural context of
a diverse country. Students will critically examine a wide variety of
literature that includes such genres as fiction, plays, essays, journals,
autobiography, letters, tales, chants and other less traditional literary
forms. The course is designed to enrich students’ lives by exploring the
multicultural literary resources of America. This course fulfills the
Multicultural Education Requirement for graduation. (CSU) (UC) (Degree
credit)
English 248: Science
Fiction
ENGL 248 F is a survey of science or
speculative fiction. This course emphasizes the literary, social, economic,
cultural and environmental contexts of the works studied and traces the
development of the genre from early scientific romances through current
developments in postmodern and cyberpunk fiction. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 249: Survey
of Chicano/a Literature
This course offers students a survey of
Chicano/a literature from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to the
present day. It emphasizes the literary, historical, social, political and
cultural context of Chicano/a fiction, poetry, theater and prose. Students
can expect to read major literary classics as well as the works of
previously less recognized writers. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 250: Survey
of African American Literature
This course is a survey of literature by
African American writers. It emphasizes the literary, social, economic and
environmental context of the works studied and traces the development of
African American writing from spirituals and other oral literatures through
writing by contemporary African Americans writers in a variety of genres. (CSU)
(UC) (Degree credit)
English 251: Survey
of Native American Literature
A survey of Native American literary
tradition from its beginnings as an oral tradition to contemporary works by
representative authors. This course emphasizes the historical, cultural and
literary context of work written by Native American authors in a variety of
genres including poetry, fiction, autobiography, told-to autobiographies,
oral tradition, folklore and mythology, speeches, and mixed genres. (CSU) (UC)
(Degree credit)
English 252: Women’s
Literature
English 252 F is a survey of literatures
by women. This course examines traditional and non-traditional forms of
women’s writing from a variety of critical perspectives. The course focuses
on analysis of literary texts both in terms of their aesthetic qualities and
cultural contexts. (CSU) (UC) (Degree credit)
English 253: Survey
of Asian American Literature
This course surveys the development of
Asian-American literature from the mid-19th century to the contemporary
period in the United States. Drawing upon such literacy genres as fiction,
poetry, drama, memoir, and film, this course examines the literary,
cultural, historical, and political contexts of Asian-American writers.
(CSU/UC) (Degree credit)
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