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ENGLISH

 

ENGLISH COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

 

 

21 ENGLISH FUNDAMENTALS (3) NDA

Prerequisite: English 64 with a grade of "C" or better or placement process.

Lecture: 3 hours

This beginning composition course reviews the essentials of good sentence writing: grammar, usage, and mechanics. The main emphasis is on practice of paragraph and essay construction.

 

22 TECHNICAL ENGLISH (3) NDA

Prerequisite: English 64 with a grade of "C" or better or placement process.

Lecture: 3 hours

This course emphasizes short essay construction as well as improving reading and critical thinking. Students will review the essentials of good sentence writing: grammar, usage, and mechanics as they apply to daily life. At the conclusion of the course, students will have prepared several successful essays as well as letters of application and occupational resumes.

 

28 INTERMEDIATE READING AND COMPOSITION (3)

Prerequisite: English 21 with a grade of "C" or better or placement process.

Lecture: 3 hours

This course introduces students to the principles and techniques of essay writing. Practice includes the writing of descriptive, narrative, expository, and argumentative essays.

 

33 BASIC VOCABULARY (3) NDA

Lecture: 3 hours

This course is designed to expand student's vocabulary through reading; learning unfamiliar words and practice in their use; a study of the history of word derivations, prefixes, suffixes, pluralization and spelling and the use of dictionaries and thesauri.

 

46 READING AND STUDY IMPROVEMENT (3) NDA

Lecture: 3 hours

This course covers the improvement of reading speed, comprehension, and general techniques.

 

47 READING CLINIC (3) RPT1 NDA

Lecture: 3 hours; Lab: 2 hours

This beginning course is designed to help the individual student improve reading methods and comprehension. The course may be repeated once for credit.

 

64 INTERMEDIATE READING AND COMPOSITION: BASIC SKILLS (3) RPT1 NDA

Lecture: 3 hours

This basic skills course reviews the elements of the English sentence, grammar, usage, and mechanics. Practice exercises include the writing of cogent sentences and simple paragraphs, while reading provides vocabulary study and ideas for writing.

 

67 WRITING LABORATORY (0.5) NDA RPT3

Lab: 1 hour

This lab setting provides students with one-on-one assistance in improving their writing skills. An emphasis is placed on the composing process and includes organizing, spelling, punctuating, grammar, and mechanics.

 

68 READING LABORATORY (0.5) NDA RPT3

Lab: 1 hour

This course helps students improve college reading comprehension and interpretation. An emphasis is placed on vocabulary, sentence meaning, paragraph meaning, and finding the main idea in texts.

 

94 INTENSIVE GRAMMAR REVIEW (3) NDA RPT1

Lecture: 3 hours

Offers an intensive review of the principles of standard English grammar, sentence structure, usage, and diction. The course reviews the parts of speech, verb forms and tenses, fragments, run-ons, and mechanics. Students will learn to identify errors and correct them. Intended for students enrolled in English 28 and more advanced courses.

 

101 COLLEGE READING AND COMPOSITION I (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGLISH 2)

Prerequisite: English 28 with a grade of "C" or better or placement process.

Lecture: 3 hours

This course studies the use of persuasive discourse, logic, and manuscript documentation. Written essays and a research paper are course requirements.

 

102 COLLEGE READING AND WRITING II: INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE (3) UC:CSU

Lecture: 3 hours

This course introduces students to the critical reading of short stories, novels, plays, and poems. The course further develops skills taught in English 101, including analytical thinking and the writing of essays with a clear, welldeveloped thesis.

 

103 COMPOSITION AND CRITICAL THINKING (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENGLISH 4)

Prerequisite: English 101 with a grade of "C" or better

Lecture: 3 hours

This course is designed to help students clarify and refine their thinking and reasoning processes, allowing them more effectively solve problems and analyze complex issues. Students will develop skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing which will help them succeed in their other academic coursework, regardless of discipline. Writing assignments will emphasize critical analysis and argumentation.

 

127 CREATIVE WRITING (3) RPT3 CSU

Lecture: 3 hours

This course provides an overview of principles and techniques to assist with the writer's practical needs. Students will present their original stories, sketches, essays, poems, or plays for informal discussion by class members

 

150 PEER TUTORING IN WRITING: THEORY AND PRACTICE (0.5)

Prerequisite: English 28 with a grade of "C" or better

Laboratory: 1 hour

Instruction will take place in a center serving student writers. This course introduces students to writing theory and methods of effective tutoring in writing. Tutors will be given concrete guidance on observing, participating, and analyzing sessions with student writers. Covers special topics in writing across the curriculum. Focuses on challenges of tutoring writing and on designing a rewarding experience for both the peer tutor and the student writer. and instructor.

 

203 WORLD LITERATURE I (3) UC:CSU

Prerequisite: English 28 with a grade of "C" or better

Lecture: 3 hours

This course provides a survey of literature from throughout the world up to the year 1700. Readings include Greek and Roman masterpieces, the Bible, and medieval and renaissance classics from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Central America. Students will learn to explore the relationship between the written works and their cultures as well as their significance to modern society.

 

205 ENGLISH LITERATURE I (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENG 8 AND SEQ B)

Prerequisite: English 28 with a grade of "C" or better

Lecture: 3 hours

The course provides a historical survey of English literature, from inception to the decline of neo-classicism in the 18th century. An emphasis is placed on major figures and works from each era.

 

206 ENGLISH LITERATURE II (3) UC:CSU (CAN ENG 10 AND SEQ B)

Prerequisite: English 28 with a grade of "C" or better

Lecture: 3 hours

This course provides a historical survey of English literature from the pre- Romantics of the 18th Century to the present.

 

207 AMERICAN LITERATURE I (3) UC:CSU

Prerequisite: English 28 with a grade of "C" or better

Lecture: 3 hours

This course is a survey of literature written in the United States from precolonial and colonial times up to 1860. Reading focuses on major works and writers from various cultural and regional groups.

 

208 AMERICAN LITERATURE II (3) UC:CSU

Prerequisite: English 28 with a grade of "C" or better

Lecture: 3 hours

Course provides a survey of the literature of the United States from the Civil War to the present with emphasis on the major writers and their works.

 

212 POETRY (3) UC:CSU RPT1

Prerequisite: English 28 with a grade of "C" or better

Lecture: 3 hours

The course is designed to increase the students' understanding and enjoyment of poetry through the reading, discussion, and analysis of selected American, British, and world poetry. Students will also write and critique poetry of their own.