English
English 21: English Fundamentals (3 Units, Non-Transferable)
English 21 is designed to improve the writing of sentences, paragraphs, and short essays. It covers punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure and develops the ability to read analytically and think logically. Other objectives are to assist students to write effectively, to introduce a variety of literary types and to encourage more careful reading at a level that challenges their present understanding. Student Learning Outcomes: Respond to college level reading assignments by composing unified, coherent paragraphs with clear topic sentences and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent paragraphs with minimal errors in Standard English grammar and mechanics.
English 28: Intermediate Reading and Composition (3 Units, Non-Transferable)
The course is designed to assist the student in making a successful transition to English 101. Students focus on grammar, sentence structure, and paragraph and essay writing. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze college level reading assignments by composing unified, coherent essays with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays with minimal errors in Standard English grammar and mechanics.
English 101: College Reading and Composition I (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students gain proficiency in reading and writing through application of the principles of rhetoric and the techniques of critical thinking. Prerequisite is an understanding of the elements of grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. Formal research paper required. Required for English majors. Students gain proficiency in reading and writing through application of the principles of rhetoric and the techniques of critical thinking. Formal research paper required. Required for English majors. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze rhetorical and thematic elements of college-level fiction and non-fiction by composing critical analyses, including a research paper, with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays, including a research paper, with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 102: College Reading and Composition II (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students analyze literature and literary criticism in order to develop critical thinking, reading and writing skills beyond the level achieved in English 101, emphasizing logical reasoning, analysis, and strategies of argumentation. Students analyze literature and literary criticism in order to develop critical thinking, reading and writing skills beyond the level achieved in English 101, emphasizing logical reasoning, analysis, and strategies of argumentation. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze rhetorical and thematic elements of poetry, fiction, and drama by composing critical analyses, including a research paper, with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays, including a research paper, with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 103: Composition and Critical Thinking (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students develop critical thinking and writing skills beyond the level achieved in English 101 with an emphasis on logical reasoning, analysis, and strategies of argumentation using expository prose as subject matter. Students demonstrate the ability to use critical thinking in written arguments by applying established modes of reasoning, analyzing rhetorical strategies, evaluating logical fallacies, and detecting propaganda techniques. One of two critical thinking courses offered by the English department. Students develop critical thinking and writing skills beyond the level achieved in English 101 with an emphasis on logical reasoning, analysis, and strategies of argumentation using expository prose as subject matter. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze topical, primarily written arguments by composing critical analyses, including a research paper, using models for formal reasoning and the application of logic to writing. Compose unified, coherent essays, including a research paper, with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 32: College Literary Magazine Editing (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students process poetry and prose submitted to the editor of the literary magazine (Direction), including critical evaluation of short stories and poetry, rewriting, editing, and copy reading. In addition, students acquire print shop experience doing make up and proof reading, study and evaluation of other college literary magazines, and training in magazine promotion and sales. Student Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to develop criteria for evaluating and selecting works to be published in the college literary magazine. Students will be able to contribute to the publication process, including design, layout, copy editing, printing, and promotion.
English 127: Creative Writing (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
This course presents a workshop in creative writing. Class and instructor informally discuss and criticize students' plays, poems, short stories, and essays. Encourages student participation in campus literary publication. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze the conventions and techniques of literary genres including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama by composing original works in each of the literary genres.
English 203: World Literature I (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students in this class explore the works of great writers of the world from ancient times through the Renaissance. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze works of great writers of the world from Ancient Times through the Renaissance by composing critical (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 204: World Literature II (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students analyze great books of the world from the Renaissance to recent times. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze works of great writers of the world from the Renaissance to the present by composing critical (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 205: English Literature I (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students read and analyze English literature from Anglo-Saxon period through the 18th century. This class is required for English majors. Students will read and analyze the works of major English writers to construct critical arguments. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze works of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Eighteenth Century by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 206: English Literature II (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students continue the study of English 205, covering English literature, poetry, and fiction from the 18th century to the 20th century.Students analyze major authors within cultural context English 205 is not a prerequisite. This class is required for English majors. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze works of English literature from the Romantic Age to the Twentieth Century by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 207: American Literature I (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students survey American literature from 1608 to the Civil War, focusing on major writers and works. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze works of American, including Native American and African American, literature from the pre-Civil War era by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 208: American Literature II (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students read and analyze texts focusing on American literature from 1860 to the 20th century. Students compose thesis-driven essays based on readings. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze works of American, including Native American and African American, literature from the post-Civil War era to the present by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 210: Twentieth Century Novel (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students analyze significant novels of the twentieth century. Works discussed include landmark American, British, and European novels. Students explore the evolution of the novel in and the primary themes of the twentieth century. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze great Twentieth Century novels of the world by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 211: Fiction (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students analyze selected great novels and short stories from French, German, Russian, English, American, and Spanish literature. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze great novels and short stories by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 214: Contemporary Literature (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Concentrates on significant literature since 1920, primarily American and British. Includes lectures and discussions, oral and written reports. Emphasis is placed upon critical analysis of short story, novel, drama, and poetry. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze works of great writers of the world by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 215: Shakespeare I (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students are introduced to the life and works of William Shakespeare, with emphasis on Shakespeare's milieu. Emphasizes detailed study of several history plays, and earlier comedies. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze early plays and poetry of Shakespeare by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 216: Shakespeare II (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
This course introduces the life and works of William Shakespeare, with emphasis on Shakespeare's milieu. It emphasizes detailed study of Shakespeare's later dramatic plays, especially the major tragedies. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze later plays and poetry of Shakespeare by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 218: Children’s Literature (3 Units, CSU Transferable)
In this course, students study a selection of classic and contemporary literature suitable for children of many age levels, preschool through high school (and beyond), new readers and English language learners. Emphasis will be placed on storytelling, acquaintance with authors, and the development in children of desirable attitudes toward literature. Recommended for prospective nursery, kindergarten, elementary, and secondary teachers, parents of developing readers, literacy providers, literature consultants, librarians, and anyone who wants a foundation in what's great about English language literature or who wants to know how to select wonderful books for readers of all ages. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze children’s literature by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 219: Literature of American Ethnic Groups (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
A survey of the literature of American ethnic writers: stories, novels, plays, poems, essays, and other non-fiction prose works. Works are examined in the context of traditional and contemporary problems of American ethnic groups, each of which offers a unique contribution to American society. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze fiction and non-fiction of American ethnic groups by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 239: Women in Literature (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
This class focuses on major writings by women from ancient times to the present. The course considers the reflection of women's changing status as seen by women writers. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze fiction and non-fiction by and about women, primarily in the Western tradition by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 240: Literature and the Motion Picture I (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
This course examines the comparative arts of literature and the motion picture. Includes readings of literary works, both classic and modern, screenings of film versions based upon these literary sources, discussion, and writing of critical papers. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze literature as it relates to motion pictures by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 250: Mythology and Literature (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
This class introduces the mythology of Western and Near-Eastern civilizations, broadened to include such other elements of folk tale as marches, fairy tale, legend, etiological tale, fable, myth, and motif. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze stories from Sumerian, Egyptian, Indian, Greco-Roman, Teutonic, Norse, and Celtic traditions by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 251: The Short Story (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
English 251 covers classic, experimental, and contemporary short stories of all kinds, especially works by American authors. Through lectures and discussions, this course will sample many of the world's greatest storied inventions, with an inside look at the writers' own perspective of their craft. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze the short stories, especially by Americans, exploring major works and developments within the short fiction genre. Demonstrate, through essay writing and short answer/objective examinations, an understanding of the development of the short story tradition, movements, innovations, literary techniques, and influential authors. Compose various critical analysis essays, including a research paper of 8-10 pages following edited Standard English for sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, spelling, usage, and mechanics. Follow accurately MLA citation and documentation guidelines in the essays.
English 252: The English Bible as Literature (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students read and analyze the Bible with the Oxford Annotated Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha as the basic text. Students compose thesis-driven essays based on course texts. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze stories from the English Bible by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.
English 270: Science Fiction-Fantasy (3 Units, UC/CSU Transferable)
Students analyze science fiction as literature, with emphasis on the use of mythology; science fiction by scientists and non-scientists, political and philosophical oriented science fiction, and science fiction as fantasy and escape literature. Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze Science Fiction and Fantasy literature by composing critical analyses (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with clear thesis statements and specific, relevant support. Compose unified, coherent essays (including typed essays, essay exams, and/or research papers) with minimal errors in Standard English grammar, mechanics, and MLA format.