ENGL 40: English Grammar and Usage

Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (1501.00)

This course reviews basic grammar conventions and emphasizes sentence craft and clarity. Topics include the parts of speech, sentence types, syntax development, and editing strategies. This course is intended for students who want to improve the accuracy and complexity of their prose at the sentence level.

ENGL 49: Introduction to Academic Writing

Units: 4
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with credit in ACE 49, ENGL 802, ESL 49, OR ESL 802.
Lecture 4 hours. (1501.00)

This course emphasizes critical thinking, reading, and writing. It provides practice in gathering, organizing, and communicating information and in applying the principles and conventions of standard edited American English. Offered pass/no pass only.

ENGL 50: Introduction to College Composition

Units: 4
Prerequisites: ENGL 49, ESL 49, or ACE 49 or eligibility determined by the English placement process.
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with credit in ACE 50, ENGL 803, ESL 50, or ESL 803.
Lecture 4 hours. (1501.00)

This course offers intensive practice in the writing process, critical reading, and critical thinking. It also provides practice in acquiring, synthesizing, and communicating information and in applying the principles and conventions of standard edited American English.

ENGL 100: Composition and Reading

Units: 4
Prerequisites: ACE 50, ENGL 50, or ESL 50 or eligibility determined by the English placement process.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 4 hours. (1501.00)

This course in critical reading and expository writing offers training in the reading and writing processes, the development and organization of expository prose, and research techniques. The course emphasizes quality in logic and diction.

ENGL 201: Critical Thinking, Composition, and Literature

Units: 4
Prerequisites: ENGL 100.
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with credit in ENGL 201H.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 4 hours. (1501.00)

Designed to continue the critical thinking, reading, and writing practice begun in ENGL 100, this course teaches critical thinking, reading, composition, research, and argument using literature as the basis for analysis. This course is designed for students who seek to satisfy both the full-year composition and the critical-thinking transfer requirements. C-ID ENGL-110.

ENGL 201H: Critical Thinking, Composition, and Literature (Honors)

Units: 4
Prerequisites: ENGL 100.
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with credit in ENGL 201.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Credit limitation
Lecture 4 hours. (1501.00)

This course offers enhanced instruction in critical thinking, critical writing, and research using the genres of literature (poetry, drama, short story, and novel). It is intended for highly motivated students who seek to satisfy the full-year composition and critical-thinking transfer requirements. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for ENGL 201 or ENGL 201H.

ENGL 202: Critical Thinking and Composition

Units: 4
Prerequisites: ENGL 100.
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with credit in ENGL 202H.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 4 hours. (1501.00)

This course emphasizes critical thinking, particularly in the reading and writing of argument. Content includes methods of analysis; principles of logic, including the relationship between language and logic; techniques of reasoning, including the use of evidence; techniques of style; and research skills. C-ID ENGL-105.

ENGL 202H: Critical Thinking and Composition (Honors)

Units: 4
Prerequisites: ENGL 100.
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with credit in ENGL 202.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Credit limitation
Lecture 4 hours. (1501.00)

This course offers enhanced instruction in critical thinking and writing, particularly in the reading and writing of argument. Content includes methods of analysis; principles of logic, including the relationship between language and logic; techniques of reasoning, including the use of evidence; techniques of style; and research skills. It is intended for highly motivated students who seek to satisfy the full-year composition and critical-thinking transfer requirements. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for ENGL 202 or ENGL 202H.

ENGL 280: Creative Writing

Units: 3
Prerequisites: Eligibility for ENGL 100.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1501.00)

This course focuses on the elements of creative writing, particularly through the study and creation of prose fiction and poetry. It offers practice in various genres and forms, based on instructor approach, and it promotes the writing process through a combination of drafting exercises and revision strategies. Utilizing workshops as the primary mode of instruction, this course offers the opportunity to produce creative works for publication, performance, and/or personal enrichment.

ENGL 292: Internship Studies

Units: 0.5-3
Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per unit.
Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or internship studies concurrently.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU

This course provides students the opportunity to apply the theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship position in a professional setting under the instruction of a faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance.

ENGL 296: Topics in English

Units: 1-3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Lecture 1 hour.
Lecture 2 hours.
Lecture 3 hours. (1501.00)

This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in English that are not included in regular course offerings. Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its own title and 296 number designation in the class schedule.

ENGL 298: Directed Study in English

Units: 1-3
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Limitation: Instructor and department chair approval and successful completion of 12 units of college work with at least a 3.0 grade-point average.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Laboratory 3 hours
Laboratory 6 hours
Laboratory 9 hours. (1501.00)

This course allows students to pursue a special area of interest in order to achieve specific goals beyond the scope of existing courses within the discipline. Students work independently and interact directly with an instructor on an individual basis and as prescribed by the Directed Study Agreement.