ENGL 101 Basic Writing I (4) (CR/NC)
Practice in writing expository prose with attention paid to sentence variety, fluency, and editing skills. Emphasis on reading and the writing process. Directed readings of exemplary writings. Credit/No Credit grading only. Repeatable. 4 lectures.
ENGL 102 Basic Writing II (4) (CR/NC)
Instruction in the writing process. Practice in the strategies of writing, revising, and editing paragraphs and essays with attention paid to focus, support, and organization. Directed readings of exemplary prose. Credit/No Credit grading only. Repeatable. 4 lectures.
ENGL 104 Writing Lab Tutorial (1) (CR/NC)
Individual tutorials of at least three hours a week in the University Writing Lab. Practice in various essay writing strategies based on a student's needs and at student's own pace. Preparation for freshman composition. Credit/No Credit grading only. Repeatable. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: At least one quarter of basic writing.
ENGL 111 English Sentence Structure for ESL/EFL Students (4) (CR/NC)
Focus on the fundamentals of sentence patterns, sentence construction, and sentence combining within the context of the paragraph and story. Practice in writing a variety of effective sentences; practice in linking sentences in a unified paragraph controlled by a topic sentence. Credit/No Credit grading only. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Non-native English speakers who need to develop skill in writing English sentences.
ENGL 112 English Paragraph Development for ESL/EFL Students (4) (CR/NC)
Focus on the fundamentals of paragraph development within the context of the essay and story. Writing paragraphs with strong topic sentences that control paragraph unity; linking paragraphs for a unified essay through transitions and the control of the thesis statement. Credit/No Credit grading only. 4 lectures.
ENGL 113 Essay Writing/ESL (4) (CR/NC)
Practice in essay writing with special attention paid to the writing process. Focus on using details and examples for effective development. Review of grammar problems specific to ESL students. Journal writing to enhance fluency. Directed readings of essays and fiction. Credit/No Credit grading only. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 111 or ENGL 112, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 114 Writing: Exposition (4) GEB A.1.
Writing and stylistic analysis of expository papers. Study and application of techniques of exposition. Critical reading of model essays. 4 lectures.
ENGL 125 Critical Thinking (3) (Also listed as PHIL 125 and SPC 125) GEB A.2.
Nature of critical thinking. Analysis of inductive and deductive arguments. Practice in the composing of arguments in English. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 or equivalent.
ENGL 200 Special Problems for Undergraduates (1-2)
Individual investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems at the lower division level. Total credit limited to 4 units, with a maximum of 2 units per quarter. Prerequisite: Consent of department chair.
ENGL 215 Writing: Argumentation (4) GEB A.4.
Writing and critical evaluation of argumentative papers. Techniques of research and evaluation of research sources. Discussion of elements of argumentation, inductive and deductive reasoning and use of supporting documentation in written discourse. Examination of special problems in invention, form, style and evaluation. Not open to students with credit in ENGL 218. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 125 or PHIL 125 or SPC 125.
ENGL 218 Professional Writing: Argumentation and Reports (4) GEB A.4.
Extensive writing practice in professional situations: reports, proposals, letters, memoranda. Composing and conveying technical information. Methods of research. Analysis of writing situations. Analysis and criticism of student reports and technical reports. Not open to students with credit in ENGL 215. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 125 or PHIL 125 or SPC 125.
ENGL 230 Masterworks of British Literature: Through the Eighteenth Century (4) GEB C.1.
Selected readings in British literature from its beginnings through the Eighteenth Century. Early and middle English works read in translation. Includes works by such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, Pope and Johnson. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 or equivalent.
ENGL 231 Masterworks of British Literature: Romantic Period to the Present (4) GEB C.1.
Selected readings in British literature from the Romantic period to the present. Includes works by such Romantic, Victorian, Edwardian and Twentieth Century writers as Wordsworth, Byron, Tennyson, Shaw, Yeats and Eliot. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 240 American Tradition in Literature (4) GEB C.1.
Selected readings from major authors that show the American literary tradition from the Colonial period into the Twentieth Century. Literary expression of movements that shaped the American character, including Puritanism, Deism, Transcendentalism and Naturalism. Includes works by such authors as Franklin, Emerson, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Frost, Hemingway and Faulkner. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 251 Great Books of World Literature: Classical and Ancient World (3) GEB C.1.
Selected readings from world writings, beginning with the earliest epics through the literature of Greece and Rome. Includes such authors as Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes, Plato and Ovid. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 252 Great Books of World Literature: Middle Ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment (3) GEB C.1.
Selected masterpieces from the fall of the Roman Empire up to the Eighteenth Century. Includes such authors as Dante, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Molière, Voltaire and Swift. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 253 Great Books of World Literature: Romanticism and the Modern World (3) GEB C.1.
Selected works from the beginning of Romanticism up to the present. Includes material from literary movements such as Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism and Existentialism, with works by such authors as Goethe, Hugo, Keats, Wordsworth, Flaubert, Balzac, Dostoevsky, Woolf, Joyce and Beckett. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 260 Children's Literature (3)
Analysis and evaluation of realism, traditional fantasy, modern fantasy, and poetry for children in multiple subject classroom grades K-8. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 290 Introduction to Linguistics (4)
Overview of linguistics from its origin to present forms and practices. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.