ENGL-ENGLISH -- 1999-2000 Catalog
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 a 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) GE A1
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 (Also listed as PHIL 125 and SPC 125) GE A2
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 203 Core I: Old English/Medieval (4)
Representative canonical and non-canonical readings in the literature of the period. Selections will include Beowulf, Dante, the Pearl Poet, Chaucer, Medieval theater, and others, as chosen by the instructor. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, and ENGL 251; for English majors only.
ENGL 204 Core II: Renaissance (4)
Representative canonical and non-canonical readings in the literature of the period. Selections will include Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Donne, Jonson, and others, as chosen by the instructor. 4 lectures. Prerequisite or concurrent: ENGL 203; for English majors only.
ENGL 205 Core III: 1660-1798 (4)
Representative canonical and non-canonical readings in the literature of the period. Selections will include Pope, Swift, Austen, representative American Colonial writers, one playwright, and others, as chosen by the instructor. 4 lectures. Prerequisite or concurrent: ENGL 204; for English majors only.
ENGL 215 Writing: Argumentation (4) GE A4
Instruction in the drafting, revising, editing and proofreading of effective argumentative prose; techniques of discovery, evaluation, and the incorporation of secondary sources in effective arguments. Discussion of the elements of argument in written prose. Critical reading of modes of effective argument. Not open for A4 credit 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) GE A4
Extensive writing in professional situations. Composing and conveying technical information using both traditional methods and electronic media. Work in business situations. Graphic design and layout. Not open for A4 credit 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) GE C1
Selected readings in British literature from its beginnings through the Eighteenth Century. Includes works by such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne, Milton, Swift, Pope, and Johnson. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 231 Masterworks of British Literature: Romantic Period to the Present (4) GE C1
Selected readings in British literature from the Romantic period to the present. Includes works by such authors as Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson, Shaw, Yeats, Woolf, and Eliot. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 240 American Tradition in Literature (4) GE C1
Selected readings in American literature from the Colonial period to the Twentieth Century. Literary expression of such philosophies as Puritanism, Deism, Transcendentalism, Naturalism and Modernism. Works by such authors as Franklin, Emerson, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Frost, and Faulkner. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 251 Great Books of World Literature: Classical and Ancient World (3) GE C1
Selected readings from the earliest epics through the literature of Greece and Rome. Includes such works as Gilgamesh, and such authors as Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes, Virgil and Ovid. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 252 Great Books of World Literature: Middle Ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment (3) GE C1
Selected readings from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Eighteenth Century. Includes such authors as Hsiyu Chi, Chrétien de Troyes, Chaucer, Dante, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Molière, Voltaire and Swift. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 253 Great Books of World Literature: Romanticism and the Modern World (3) GE C1
Selected works from Romanticism up to the present. Literary expression of movements such as Realism, Naturalism, and Existentialism. Includes such authors as Goethe, Hugo, Wordsworth, Keats, Flaubert, Balzac, Dostoevsky, Woolf, Joyce, Beckett, and Achebe. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, 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 and ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 290 Introduction to Linguistics (4)
Introduction to the nature of language; concepts and methods of linguistic science. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 114 and ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 301 Advanced Composition - ESL (4)
Writing and critical analysis of expository and argumentative papers. Emphasis on rhetorical, stylistic, and grammatical problems specific to non-native speakers. Critical reading of essays and/or fiction. Practice in revision and editing of papers. Journal writing to promote fluency. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218 or completion of Area A.
ENGL 302 Writing: Advanced Composition (4)
Writing and analysis of expository and argumentative papers at an advanced level. Special attention paid to issues of style and voice. Critical reading of models of effective writing. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218.
ENGL 303 Core IV: 1798-1865 (4)
Representative canonical and non-canonical readings in the literature of the period. Selections will include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Emerson, Hawthorne, and others, as chosen by the instructor. 4 lectures. Prerequisite or concurrent: ENGL 205; for English majors only.
ENGL 304 Core V: 1865-1914 (4)
Representative canonical and non-canonical readings in the literature of the period. Selections will include Dickinson, Whitman, Arnold, James, Hardy, and others, as chosen by the instructor. 4 lecture. Prerequisite or concurrent: ENGL 303; for English majors only.
ENGL 305 Core VI: 1914-Present (4)
Representative canonical and non-canonical readings in the literature of the period. Selections will include Yeats, Joyce, Woolf, Eliot, Faulkner, and others, as chosen by the instructor. 4 lectures. Prerequisite or concurrent: ENGL 304; for English majors only.
ENGL 310 Corporate Communication (4)
Instruction and practice in forms of communication characteristic of business and industry. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218.
ENGL 318 Advanced Professional Writing (4)
Professional writing as produced in industry and government. Analytic reports, manuals, instructions, specifications. Trade journal articles. Editing skills. Orientation to professional communication careers. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218.
ENGL 326 Literary Theory (4)
Theory and practice from the various perspectives common in current criticism covering fundamental issues about literature and its contexts, including the nature of literary "truth," the autonomy of texts, relationships between literature and history and the role of ideology, among others. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 327 Creative Writing: Fiction (4)
Instruction and practice in writing, revising, and evaluating fiction. Total credit limited to 8 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 328 Creative Writing: Poetry (4)
Instruction and practice in writing, revising, and evaluating poetry. Total credit limited to 8 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 329 Creative Writing: Drama (4)
Instruction and practice in writing, revising, and evaluating drama. Total credit limited to 8 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 330 British Literature: Medieval Period (4) GE C3
Major works of the Old and Middle English periods in modern translation, including epic and lyric poetry, early religious writings, romance cycles and mystery and morality plays. Representative works include Beowulf, the Arthurian legends, Everyman and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 203, 230, 231, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 331 British Literature: The Renaissance (4) GE C3
Major works of Elizabethan and Jacobean prose, poetry and drama. Literary responses to the foundations of humanism, individualism, nationalism and other forces of change leading from the medieval to the modern world. Representative writers include Spenser, Sidney, Donne, Jonson, Bacon and Milton. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 204, 230, 231, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 332 British Literature: The Enlightenment (4) GE C3
Major prose, poetry, and drama from 1660 to 1800, emphasizing the period's interest in order, reason, rules and decorum in both life and literature. Representative writers include Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Boswell and Defoe. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 205, 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 333 British Literature: Romanticism (4) GE C3
Major works of the Romantic period. Romantic concepts of imagination, individualism, nature and the organic qualities of art. Representative writers include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, 303 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 334 British Literature: The Victorians (4) GE C3
Major prose and poetry of the Nineteenth Century. Victorian concerns such as progress, belief, alienation and threats to the sense of personal identity in a technological age. Representative writers include Carlyle, Ruskin, Tennyson, Browning and Arnold. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, 304 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 335 British Literature: Twentieth Century (4) GE C3
Selected prose, poetry, and drama reflecting major movements of British literature from Modernism through Postmodernism. Representative writers include Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Waugh, Drabble, Yeats, Eliot, Smith, and Stoppard. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, 305 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 338 Shakespeare in London (4) GE C3
Readings from such works as Hamlet, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the sonnets. Attendance at performances of these plays in or near London. Miscellaneous course fee may be required-see Class Schedule. Not open for C3 credit to students with credit in ENGL 339. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 204, 230, 231, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 339 Introduction to Shakespeare (4) GE C3
Readings from such works as Hamlet, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream and the sonnets. Not open for C3 credit to students with credit in ENGL 338. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 204, 230, 231, 251, 252, or 253, 303 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 340 American Literature to 1860 (4) GE C3
Selected prose and poetry by American writers to 1860, showing the Puritan foundation of our national literature, developments of the Enlightenment, and achievements of the Romantic age. Representative writers include Bradstreet, Edwards, Franklin, Paine, Emerson, Poe, Hawthorne, Thoreau and Melville. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 205,230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 341 American Literature: 1860-1914 (4) GE C3
Selected prose and poetry by American writers from the Civil War to World War I with the focus on local-color fiction and on literary Realism and Naturalism. Representative writers include Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Howell, Chopin and Crane. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, 305 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 342 American Literature: 1914 to the Present (4) GE C3
Selected prose, poetry and drama by American writers from World War I to the present, depicting the social and psychological complexities of the Twentieth Century. Representative authors include Frost, Eliot, Stevens, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner and O'Neill. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 345 Women Writers (4) GE C3 USCP
Literature by women with attention to the woman artist and the creative process. Women writers and the dominant literary tradition with consideration of the existence of a women's literary tradition. Special emphasis upon the intersections of race, gender, and class as they affect the creative process. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 346 Ethnic American Literature (4) GE C3 USCP
Literature by African American, Asian American, and Native American writers, and American writers of Mexican descent. Socio-cultural impact on the creative process. Historical contexts which served as a background to particular literary trends. Relationships of such writers to the American canon and a revised canon. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 350 Modern Novel (3) GE C3
Readings in representative Twentieth Century novels with special emphasis on form and ideas. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 351 Modern Poetry (3) GE C3
Readings in representative Twentieth Century poetry with special emphasis on form and ideas. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 352 Modern Drama (3) GE C3
Readings in representative Twentieth Century drama with special emphasis on form and ideas. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 353 Drama in London (4) GE C3
Reading in drama of the Twentieth Century and/or earlier periods, exclusive of Shakespeare, with special emphasis on form and ideas. Attendance at play performances required. Miscellaneous course fee may be required-see Class Schedule. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 355 The Bible as Literature (4)
Old and New Testaments with historical background. Literary forms and characteristics of Hebraic writing. Appreciation of the far-reaching use of Biblical narrative and reference in literature, speeches, art, drama, and modern film. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 360 Literature for Adolescents (3)
Readings in literature suitable for use in secondary schools. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 370 World Cinema (4) GE C3
Major works of international cinema with emphasis on critical interpretation, on the ways film communicates visually and verbally, and on the historical and cultural contexts in which films are created. Contains films by directors such as Howard Hawks, Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman and Akira Kurosawa. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 372 Film Directors (4) GE C3
Significant film directors from the Western world and non-Western world, and their cinematic and technical achievements. Demonstrates relationships of Twentieth Century modes of thought. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 12 units. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 380 Contemporary Literary Ideas (4) GE C3
Literature of the modern period. Significant writers, both from the Western world and the non-Western world, and their literary achievements. Demonstrates relationships of prevailing Twentieth Century modes of thought. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 12 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 230, 231, 240, 251, 252, or 253, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 390 The Linguistic Structure of Modern English (4)
Linguistic analysis of the English language, including phonology, morphology, syntax, and style and dialect variation. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 391 Topics in Applied Linguistics (4)
Topics in applied linguistics including sociolinguistics, first and second language acquisition, literacy, bilingualism, and dialectology. Applications to teaching the English language. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 8 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 395 History of the English Language (4)
Linguistic approach to the history of the English language: evolution of phonology, morphology, lexicon, syntax, and semantics within the changing cultural context of the last 2000 years. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 399 Tutor Training (2) (CR/NC)
Studies of approaches to tutoring one-on-one. Practice in tutoring, with supervision, in the University Writing Lab. Two hours of lecture per week which reviews the special needs of ESL, dialect-different, dyslexic, and remedial students. Overview of Writing Lab administration and design. Credit/No Credit grading only. 1 lecture, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: ENGL 114, ENGL 215, and ENGL 315.
ENGL 400 Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates (1-2)
Individual investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 4 units, with a maximum of 2 units per quarter. Prerequisite: consent of the department chair.
ENGL 408 Internship (2-12) CR/NC
Advanced study and part-time work experience; current innovation, practices, and problems in administration, supervision, and organization. Must be able to do independent work in career field. Weekly reports and evaluation by work supervisor required. Repeatable to 12 units. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
ENGL 411 Writing Interactive Documents (4)
Computer-based writing in theory and practice: hypertext, e-mail, online documentation, multimedia, networked group editing; compound electronic documents, interdocument linking. Technical, business, scholarly, pedagogical and creative applications. Repeatable to 8 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Appropriate background: advanced skills in writing and/or graphics, and/or computer programming; upper-division standing.
ENGL 416 New Media Study (4)
Theoretical, critical, or applied study of new electronic communication media. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 8 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: HUM 250 or equivalent; upper division standing.
ENGL 418 Technical Communication Practicum (2-4) (CR/NC)
Supervised work experience in government, corporate, or volunteer setting, as approved by department chair. Placement may be student or employer initiated, or through Cooperative Education. Proposal, progress reports, and final report. Total credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: Senior standing and two technical writing courses.
ENGL 419 Multimedia Projects (2) (CR/NC)
Supervised independent projects creating computer-based multimedia documents for academic, professional, or popular audiences. Students are paired with teachers, business people, service organizations, or others who need multimedia, web, or hypertext documents designed for specific uses. Total credit limited to 8 units. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: ENGL 411 or ENGL 519 or equivalent and consent of instructor.
ENGL 423 Writing in Secondary Schools (4)
Methods of teaching writing in secondary schools, with emphasis on how writing may be integrated into the overall English curriculum. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, admission to the teaching credential program, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 424 Teaching English in Secondary Schools (4)
Methods of teaching English in secondary schools, with emphasis on practical approaches in a literature centered curriculum. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or ENGL 218, admission to teacher education program, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 427 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction (4)
Instruction and practice in advanced writing, revising and evaluating of fiction. Repeatable to 8 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 327 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 428 Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry (4)
Instruction and practice in advanced writing, revising and evaluating of poetry. Repeatable to 8 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 328 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 429 Advanced Creative Writing: Drama (4)
Instruction and practice in advanced writing, revising and evaluating of drama. Repeatable to 8 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 329 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 430 Chaucer (4)
Selected readings from Canterbury Tales and Chaucer's other major poems. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, or 335, or consent of instructor. English majors must have completed ENGL 203.
ENGL 431 Shakespeare (4)
Representative comedies, tragedies, and histories. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, or 335, or consent of instructor. English majors must have completed ENGL 204.
ENGL 432 Milton (4)
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, with some attention to the minor poems. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, or 335, or consent of instructor. English majors must have completed ENGL 204.
ENGL 439 Significant British Writers (4)
Selected British writers, as individual writers or in groups. Class Schedule will list topics selected. Repeatable to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, or 345, or consent of instructor. English majors must also have completed the MAJOR CORE in the relevant period.
ENGL 449 Signficant American Writers (4)
Selected American writers, as individual writers or in groups. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL 340, ENGL 341, or ENGL 342, or consent of instructor. English majors must also have completed the MAJOR CORE in the relevant period.
ENGL 459 Significant World Writers (4)
Selected world writers, as individual writers or in groups. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: 12 units of literature courses, and consent of instructor. English majors must also have completed the MAJOR CORE in relevant period.
ENGL 461 Senior Project (1)
One-unit adjunct course which must be taken concurrently with one of the following: ENGL 411, ENGL 418, ENGL 427, ENGL 428, ENGL 429, ENGL 430, ENGL 431, ENGL 432, ENGL 439, ENGL 449 or ENGL 459, ENGL 495, ENGL 497, or ENGL 498 during the last two quarters of the student's undergraduate career. English majors only.
ENGL 465 Computer Resources for English Teachers (4)
Computer as problem-solving, teaching, research, communication, and administrative tool in English education. Lesson planning and integration of technology into the secondary English classroom, including networked communication, the World-Wide Web, educational software and appropriate hardware. Attention to ethical, rhetorical, and phenomenological implications of the use of technology in English education. 3 seminars, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: Completion of computer literacy requirement GE F1
ENGL 485 Cooperative Education Experience (6) (CR/NC)
Part-time work experience in business, industry, government, and other areas of student career interest. Positions are paid and usually require relocation and registration in course for two consecutive quarters. Formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Repeatable to 16 units. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and consent of instructor.
ENGL 486 Cooperative Education Experience (12) (CR/NC)
Full-time work experience in business, industry, government, and other areas of student career interest. Positions are paid and usually require relocation and registration in course for two consecutive quarters. Formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Total credit limited to 16 units. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and consent of instructor.
ENGL 495 Topics in Applied Language Study (4)
Application of linguistics to human communications, human relations, and language policy and planning, or literature. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: ENGL 290, ENGL 390 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 497 Theories of Language Learning and Teaching (4)
Theories of first and second language learning and acquisition in the context of teaching English as a second language/dialect. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Eight units of linguistics coursesor consent of instructor.
ENGL 498 Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language/Dialect (4)
Approaches to teaching English as a second language. Attention to materials development and testing. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ENGL 497.
ENGL 499 Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language/Dialect (2) (CR/NC)
Practical experience in the English as a second language classroom under supervision of a cooperating teacher. Teaching materials development and curriculum design. Credit/No Credit grading only. 1 seminar,1 supervision. Prerequisite: ENGL 497 and ENGL 498.
ENGL 501 Techniques of Literary Research (4) (CR/NC)
Purposes and methods of literary research in literature. Acquaintance with printed and on-line materials of research and practical experience in collecting material, weighing evidence, reaching conclusions, and writing scholarly articles. Analysis of dissemination of scholarly information. Discussion of ethics of scholarship. Credit/No Credit grading only. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English.
ENGL 502 Seminar in Critical Analysis (4)
Basic approaches used by critics. Multiple points of view. Application to literary works. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 8 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English.
ENGL 503 Graduate Introduction to Linguistics (4)
Introduction to linguistics for graduate students. Phonology, morphology lexicon, syntax, and variation within language; application of linguistics to real-world issues. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English.
ENGL 504 Seminar in English Linguistics (4)
Examination of varying theoretical approaches to the structure of English, or applications of linguistic methods in the study of literature, dialectology, language acquisition, literacy, bilingualism, or discourse analysis. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English, ENGL 290, ENGL 390, or ENGL 503, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 505 Seminar in Composition Theory (4)
Special problems in composition. Direct application of composition and rhetorical theory to composition instruction. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 506 Pedagogical Approaches to Composition (4) (CR/NC)
Practical problems in the teaching of English composition. Application and study of practical approaches. Discussion of classroom organization and management. Discussion of research into the nature and resolution of student writing problems. Required of all new teaching assistants in English. Credit/No Credit grading only. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English and ENGL 505, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 510 Seminar in Authors (4)
Intensive study of major British and American literary figures, singly, doubly or in small groups. Written and oral reports of individual investigation. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 16 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English. ENGL 501 strongly advised.
ENGL 511 Seminar in American Literary Periods (4)
American periods. Written and oral reports of individual investigation. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 20 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English. ENGL 501 strongly advised.
ENGL 512 Seminar in British Literary Periods (4)
British periods. Written and oral reports of individual investigation. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 20 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English. ENGL 501 strongly advised.
ENGL 513 Seminar in Special Topics (4)
Themes and ideas in language and literature not ordinarily covered in the routine graduate course offerings. Written and oral reports of individual investigation. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Repeatable to 16 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English. ENGL 501 strongly advised.
ENGL 515 Apprenticeship in Teaching Literature or Linguistics at College Level (2) (CR/NC)
Supervised experience in planning, teaching, and evaluating a 200- or 300-level linguistics or literature class taught by English faculty member. Planning, selecting texts, conferring with students, discussing and constructing assignments, lecturing, leading small group discussions. Credit/No Credit grading only. Repeatable to 8 units. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English and 8 units of successful graduate work.
ENGL 518 Technical Communication Theory (4)
Theory of technical communication for teachers, managers, advanced writers, and editors. Applications to science, agriculture, engineering. Evolving concepts and uses of literacy in a technological age: e.g., readability, information retrieval, document design. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English and ENGL 318, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 519 Advanced Web Authoring (4)
Writing and publishing for the World Wide Web and/or other network based communication media. Rhetorical theory of computer-based communication and hypertext. Review of HTML and network delivery. Advanced supplementary technologies. Integration of text, graphics, multimedia, interactivity. Site construction, maintenance, and management. Total credit limited to 8 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: HUM 250 or equivalent; graduate standing or consent of instructor.
ENGL 527 Graduate Seminar in Creative Writing: Fiction (4)
Graduate instruction in writing, revising, and evaluating fiction. Repeatable to 8 units. 4 seminars Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English and ENGL 427, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 528 Graduate Seminar in Creative Writing: Poetry (4)
Graduate instruction in writing, revising, and evaluating poetry. Repeatable to 8 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English and ENGL 428, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 590 Directed Study (2-4)
Supervised independent or group study of special problems in selected areas of language, composition, or literature. Repeatable to 12 units. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English and the permission of the graduate adviser.