English Course Descriptions
ENGL 1001 English as a Second Language (4 units)
The first of a two-semester course for students whose first language is not English and whose English Placement Test places them into ESL. Emphasis on the writing of grammatical, well-structured sentences and the development of paragraphs in clear, idiomatic English. Grades: Pass/Fail/Satisfactory Progress. Fall Semesters.
ENGL 1002 English as a Second Language (4 units)
The second of a two-semester course for students whose first language is not English and whose English Placement Test places them into ESL. Continued emphasis on the writing of grammatical, well-structured sentences and the development of paragraphs in clear, idiomatic English. Grades: Pass/Fail/Satisfactory Progress. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 1003 Developmental Writing (3 units)
Preparation for university-level writing. Writing of paragraphs and short essays. Emphasis on coherence, development, and Standard English. Grades: Pass/Fail/Satisfactory Progress. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 1004 Expository Writing (3 units)
University-level writing. Writing of expository essays. Emphasis on essay writing, including essay structure, thesis idea, relation between thesis and rhetorical modes as well as style and correctness. Students must complete this course with a ‘C’ (2.0) or higher to fulfill the first of a two-semester General Education requirement in writing. Prerequisite: placement test or passing ENGL 1003 or its equivalent. Please see also English Placement Policy in this catalog. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 2301 Genre: Epic (1.5 units)
Formal study of the genre of epic, with analysis of its literary elements (protagonist, supernatural beings, elevated style, etc.), focusing on Homer’s Odyssey and Beowulf. May be taken for upper division credit as ENGL 3301. Fall Semesters.
ENGL 2302 Genre: Poetry (1.5 units)
Formal study of the genre of poetry, with analysis of its literary elements (imagery, metaphor, rhythm, etc.), covering selected poets and forms through contemporary times. May be taken for upper division credit as ENGL 3302. Fall Semesters.
ENGL 2303 Genre: Fiction (1.5 units)
Formal study of the genre of fiction, with analysis of its literary elements (point of view, character, plot, etc.), covering both short fiction and novels through contemporary times. May be taken for upper division credit as ENGL 3303. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 2304 Genre: Drama (1.5 units)
Formal study of the genre of drama, with analysis of its literary and performance elements (character, dialogue, staging, etc.), covering selected playwrights and forms from classical Greek through contemporary times. May be taken for upper division credit as ENGL 3304. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 2305 Introduction to Creative Writing (3 units)
Introduction to many forms of creative writing, including poetry, fiction, and drama writing. Study of key terms and concepts in the writing process and practice in peer workshops. Fall Semesters.
ENGL 3000 Literary Criticism (3 units)
Survey of developments in Anglo-American literary criticism of the 20th and 21st centuries, covering major critical theories such as New Criticism, Psychoanalytic, Marxist, Feminist, Reader-Response, Structuralist, Deconstructive, New Historical approaches. It introduces both theoretical and practical criticism. Fall 2007.
ENGL 3001 Linguistics (3 units)
Introduction to linguistics: the scientific inquiry into human language, its structures and uses and the relationship between them, as well as into the development and acquisition of language. Fall Semesters.
ENGL 3010 Survey of English Literature 1 (3 units)
Study of major works of English literature from the Middle Ages through the Restoration and 18th century, including such authors as More, Spenser, Donne, Milton, Dryden, Behn, Swift, Pope. Spring Semester 2007.
ENGL 3011 Survey of English Literature 2 (3 units)
Study of major works of English literature from the Romantic Period through the present, including such authors as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Tennyson, Browning, Woolf, Elliot. Offered as needed.
ENGL 3015 Shakespeare (3 units)
Reading of many of Shakespeare’s plays (history, comedy, tragedy, romance) and a selection of the sonnets, with some emphasis on Shakespearean criticism. Completion of ENGL 2302 and ENGL 2304 is strongly recommended before enrolling. Spring Semester 2008.
ENGL 3017 Children’s Literature (3 units)
Study of Children’s Literature from a range of cultures. Themes are derived from cultural patterns and symbols found in rituals, mythologies, and traditions. Fiction and non-fiction is explored with focus on identifying and analyzing structural devices in prose and poetry (such as rhyme, metaphor and alliteration). For those preparing to teach elementary school. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3024 United States Literature (3 units)
Survey of the literature of the United States from its beginnings to the present, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and prose written by men and women from a diversity of ethnic backgrounds. Fall Semester 2007.
ENGL 3028 Literature by Women (3 units)
Examination of the evolution and revolution of literature by women and their tradition in English. Study of women’s writings in English from the Middle Ages to the present and from geographically and culturally diverse areas. Exploration of feminist literary criticism, which considers the impact of gender upon writing and reading. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3029 Early Literacy (3 units)
Considers the theoretical foundations for the development of literacy in school-age children. Special attention will be paid to the social and cultural factors that affect literacy development. Also examines important authors and illustrators and the historical development, current issues, and uses of children’s literature for teachers and others. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3030 Film Studies (3 units)
Study and history of the genre of narrative cinema, concentrating on the American film tradition, from its origins to contemporary times. Instruction stresses understanding and analysis of how film communicates meaning and basic comprehension of the language systems cinema employs. Offered as needed.
ENGL 3050 World Literature: Western Classics (3 units)
Study of major works of Western literature from its beginnings through the Renaissance, including mainly pieces composed or written in languages other than English, such as the Old and New Testaments, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer’s Iliad, poetry of Sappho, Virgil’s Aeneid, Tristan & Isolde. Selected works may vary from semester to semester. Fall Semester 2007.
ENGL 3051 World Literature: Latin American (3 units)
Study of major works and movements of Latin arts from across or within major geographical regions of Latin America; focus on specific literary periods varying from pre-contact indigenous works to 21st century postmodernism. Works and writers may include “Popol Vuh,” “Quetzalcoatl,” Garcia Marquez, Allende, Borges, Neruda, and Paz. Fall Semester 2006.
ENGL 3052 World Literature: Asian (3 units)
Introduction to the literature of one or more Asian literatures, translated into English, in aesthetic, religious, and cultural contexts. Topics may include: haiku, women’s literary history of Japan, and Buddhism and literature. Authors studied may include Basho, Mishima, Murasaki, Kenaburo, Li Po, Tu Fu, Li Ching Chao, and Ikkyu. Spring Semester 2007.
ENGL 3053 World Literature: Canadian (3 units)
Study of Canadian literature as a national literature on an international stage. Emphasizing English-Canadian writings, the course also looks at Canadian-Quebec works (in translation) and native or ethnic literatures. Selected authors may include Atwood, Birdsell, Blaise, Davies, Kogawa, Kroetsch, Lawrence, Munro, Ondaatje, Purdy, Shields, Wah, Watson, and many others. Offered as needed.
ENGL 3054 World Literature: European (3 units)
Study of major works of European literature, particularly those written in languages other than English. Focusing on European literature within multicultural and/or global perspective nationhood, the concerns of race and racism, and the issues of assimilation and colonialism. Selected authors may include Joyce, Kafka, Pirandello, Proust, Rilke, Rimbaud. Offered as needed.
ENGL 3055 World Literature: African (3 units)
Study of major works of African literature from a variety of cultures and countries; examination of cultural and aesthetic issues in work by such writers as Tutuola, Achebe, Emecheta, Fugard, and Soyinka. Examines such issues as the role of languages, Colonialism and Post-colonialism, global health crises and identity. Fall Semester 2007.
ENGL 3060 Ethnic Literature: Asian American (1.5 units)
Study of writings of Asian American authors from a diversity of national origins: Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Pakistani, Vietnamese, and others. In drama, fiction, memoirs, and poetry, the course examines Asian American themes relating to historical, cultural, and societal issues, such as immigration, social conflicts, family, gender, identity. Fall Semesters.
ENGL 3061 Ethnic Literature: Native American (1.5 units)
Study of writings of Native American authors from a diversity of North American tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Kiowa, Laguna, Mohawk, Navajo, Sioux, and others. From oral tradition to contemporary forms of literature, examines Native American themes relating to historical and cultural issues, such as identity, spirit world, earth, and language. Fall Semesters.
ENGL 3062 Ethnic Literature: African American (1.5 units)
Study of writings of African American authors from early to contemporary times. In drama, essays, fiction, and poetry, the course examines African American themes relating to historical, cultural, and societal issues, such as folk tradition, language, the blues, slavery, gender, family and ancestors, identity. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3063 Ethnic Literature: Hispanic American (1.5 units)
Study of writings of Hispanic American authors from a diversity of national origins: Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican. From early chronicles and oral traditions to contemporary forms of literature, examines Hispanic American themes relating to historical and cultural issues, such as sense of place, oral tradition, family, love, migration and exile, gender, identity. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3071 Studies in Literary Topics: Postcolonialism (3 units)
Study of literature produced by cultures that developed in response to colonial domination, using the theoretical framework of colonialist and anticolonialist ideologies. Also study of postcolonial literary criticism. Selected authors may include Achebe, Coetzee, Conrad, Defoe, Gordimer, Kincaid, Kipling, Naipaul, Rhys, Rushdie, Soyinka, Walcott. Spring Semester 2008.
ENGL 3072 Studies in Literary Topics: Toni Morrison (3 units)
Study of the novels of Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. Selected novels may include The Bluest Eye, Sula, Beloved, and others. Spring Semester 2007.
ENGL 3073 Studies in Literary Topics: Southern Writing (3 units)
Study of Literature from the Southern United States, and the literary and cultural perspectives offered by these texts. Considerations of race, post-war identity, regionalism may be examined. Authors may include Welty, Faulkner, O’Connor, Hurston, and contemporary authors Butler and Johnson. Fall Semester 2008.
ENGL 3074 Studies in Literary Topics: Virginia Woolf & Co. (3 units)
Study of the novels, short fiction, and essays of Virginia Woolf, as well as selected writings of her contemporaries. Course includes exploration of critical commentary on Woolf’s work. Spring Semester 2006.
ENGL 3075 Studies in Literary Topics: Poetry and Identity
Study of poetry that reflects a culture, speaker, or writer’s concerns for establishing identity through place, gender, philosophy or imagery. The work studied may include poems by Whitman, Heaney, Bishop, Hughes, Harjo, Rich, and will be examined in light of theories and criticism of place and identity. Fall Semester 2007.
ENGL 3200 Advanced Writing and Research (3 units)
Practice of research writing and critical thinking. Building on expository writing, with emphasis on research writing and critical thinking. Students must complete this course with a ‘C’ (2.0) or higher to fulfill the second General Education requirement in writing. The corequisite or prerequisite for this course is RES 2000. Fall, Spring Semesters, and Summer Sessions. Prerequisite: passing ENGL 1004 or its equivalent with a grade of ‘C’ or higher. Please also see English Placement Policy in this catalog. Fall, Spring semesters, Summer Session.
ENGL 3305 Craft of Poetry (1 unit)
A brief, intensive poetry workshop that focuses on a specific issue in poetry writing; for example, persona, voice, imagery, or the long poem. Readings, discussion, writing and workshopping lead to the revision of selected poems. Fall Semester 2007.
ENGL 3307 Publish Your Writing (1 unit)
A brief hand’s-on look at the business of getting published, from market research, query letters, and copyright laws to the issues of multiple submissions and print vs. online publications. Through readings, activities and exercises, students learn strategies for submitting work successfully. Fall Semester 2006, Fall Semester 2008.
ENGL 3308 Craft of Fiction (1 unit)
A brief, intensive workshop that focuses on a specific issue in fiction writing; for example, plot, tension, dialogue, or experimental structures. Readings, discussion, writing and workshops lead to the revision of one or more short stories. Offered as needed.
ENGL 3309 Grant Writing (1 unit)
Introduction to grant proposal writing, from research and writing standards to presentation methods, follow through, and approvals. Prepares students for work with Development Agencies and Nonprofit agencies, to support their own work or the works of others. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3401 Children’s Literature Writing (3 units)
Study of and practice in forms of writing ranging from the picture book for children to the novel for adolescents. Fall Semester 2006, Spring Semester 2008.
ENGL 3402 Drama Writing (3 units)
Introduction to the art and craft of writing for the stage. Special emphasis will be given to the technical elements of playwriting, the vocabulary of the playwright, and the nature of the writing experience. Fall Semester 2007.
ENGL 3403 Fiction Writing 1 (3 units)
Introduction to the craft of short fiction through study of exemplary models and exercises in such elements of form as point of view, narrative modes, dialogue, imagery, etc. Students critique one another’s work and complete a number of stories for a final portfolio. Spring Semester ’07, Fall Semester ’07, Fall Semester 2008.
ENGL 3404 Film Writing (3 units)
Instruction and practice in the art of cinematic adaptation of literary works (with focus on adapting short fiction) and the writing of original screenplays or teleplays. Offered as needed.
ENGL 3405 Poetry Writing 1 (3 units)
Introduction to poetry writing, with readings, discussion, workshopping, and a revised final portfolio; may include forms, free verse, imitation poems, and public readings of revised student work. Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3406 Travel Writing (3 units)
Introduction to travel writing, with readings, discussion, workshopping, and a revised final portfolio; may include examinations of types of travel writing and explorations of form, voice and audience. Fall Semester 2006.
ENGL 3409 Auto/Biography Writing (3 units)
Introduction to the art of writing the personal essay and biographical sketch through readings, exercises, and workshopping. Summer Session 2008.
ENGL 3426 Literary Magazine 1 (1 unit)
Practical experience in evaluating, editing, and publishing writings submitted for the University literary magazine, Tuxedo. Students gain the skills necessary to produce this online journal. Grade: Pass/Fail. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3427 Literary Magazine 2 (1 unit)
See description for 3426. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3428 Literary Magazine 3 (1 unit)
See description for 3426. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3429 Literary Magazine 4 (1 unit)
See description for 3426. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 3430 Poetry Writing: 2 (3 units)
Advanced creative work in the genre of poetry. Prerequisite:Engl 3405. Fall Semester 2007, Fall Semester 2008.
ENGL 3431 Fiction Writing: 2 (3 units)
Advanced creative work in the genre of fiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 3403. Spring Semester 2007, Spring Semester 2008.
ENGL 3442 Critical Inquiry and Reflective Writing (3 units)
Provides the context for the exploration of lifelong learning. Preparation of the Experiential Learning Portfolio that documents prior experience in terms of university-level learning outcomes essays that may be submitted to for possible university credit. Practice research writing and critical thinking. Satisfies the second semester General Education requirement in writing for Pathways students only (corequisite or prerequisite GE requirement is RES 2000). Fall Semesters.
ENGL 3443 Portfolio Redevelopment Workshop (1 unit)
Provides the opportunity for a student to work within a structured course environment to develop the second portfolio submission. This submission may include revisions to the original essays (as recommended by the previous evaluators) and/or new essays and supporting documentation. Prerequisite: ENGL 3442. Fall Semesters.
ENGL 4201 Senior Thesis 1 (1.5 units)
The first semester of a two-semester course to produce the Senior Thesis. Normally enrolling two semesters before graduating, students choose a subject and literary works, develop a thesis idea, working bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and a provisional outline of the Senior Thesis. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 4202 Senior Thesis 2 (1.5 units)
The second semester of a two-semester course to produce the Senior Thesis. Students draft the Senior Thesis, submit the completed paper, and present it orally to the University community. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 4203 Senior Project 1 (1.5 units)
The first semester of a two-semester course to produce the Senior Project. Normally enrolling two semesters before graduating, students develop a portfolio of creative writing in a given genre or genres (e.g., drama, fiction, film, nonfiction prose, poetry) together with an introductory essay discussing their project. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 4204 Senior Project 2 (1.5 units)
The second semester of a two-semester course to produce the Senior Project. Students complete their draft of the Senior Project, submit the completed Portfolio, and present it orally to the University community. Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 4992 Thesis Continuation (0 units)
Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 4994 Teaching Assistant/Tutoring (1-3 units)
Fall, Spring Semesters.
ENGL 4996 Internship (1-3 units)
An internship of 1 unit is a requirement for the majors in English and in English with a Writing Emphasis. For full description see General Description – ART 4996 – All Internships at end of Art Course Descriptions. Grades: Pass/Fail. Fall, Spring Semesters, and Summer Sessions.
ENGL 2999/4999 Independent Study (1-3 units)
Individual or group project entailing literary study, research, and/or writing. Instructor’s permission required. May not be taken as substitute for regularly offered class. Fall, Spring Semesters, and Summer Sessions.
