ENGL 1A, 4 Units
Composition and Reading
4 hours lecture (GR). Prerequisite: ENGL 201B or ESL 21B or appropriate placement through multiple-measures assessment process. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Reading and writing expository prose: Critical thinking, identifying logical fallacies, and reasoning inductively and deductively.
ENGL 1B, 4 Units
Composition and Reading
4 hours lecture (GR). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Continued expository writing: Careful reading of selected plays, poems, and novels.
ENGL 5, 3 Units
Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing
3 hours lecture (GR). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Development of the ability to analyze, criticize, and advocate ideas: Relationship of language to logic, induction and deduction, facts, inferences, judgments, and formal and informal fallacies of language and thought. Instructs in writing about issues of critical thinking to develop both thinking and writing skills.
ENGL 10A, 3 Units
Creative Writing
3 hours lecture (GR). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Writing fiction, poetry, and drama: Careful analysis of the techniques used by established writers.
ENGL 10B, 3 Units
Creative Writing
3 hours lecture (GR). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 10A is not prerequisite to ENGL 10B
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Continuation of writing fiction, poetry, and drama: Careful analysis of the techniques used by established writers.
ENGL 14, 3 Units
Non-Fiction Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Non-fiction writing with emphasis on marketing for publication: Writing/discussion of student work in such genres as personal essay, personality profiles, book reviews, and feature stories for newspapers and magazines.
ENGL 17A, 3 Units
Shakespeare
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Study of selected works of Shakespeare.
ENGL 17B, 3 Units
Shakespeare
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGLl 17A is not prerequisite to ENGL 17B.
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Continued study of selected works of Shakespeare.
ENGL 20, 3 Units
Introduction to Dramatic Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Survey of history and literature of the theater focusing on major theatrical periods: Classical, Elizabethan, Restoration, and twentieth century.
ENGL 21, 3 Units
Film: Art and Communication
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Also offered as ART 98 and HUMAN 21. Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in and ART 98 or HUMAN 21. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Analysis of history and aesthetics of film from its inception in the late nineteenth century to the present: Language of film, factual films vs. fictional films, and effect of films on contemporary society.
ENGL 31, 3 Units
Survey of African-American Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Major works in African-American literature: From the earliest literature through the Harlem Renaissance and to the present.
ENGL 32A, 3 Units
Contemporary Women Writers
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Survey of contemporary fiction, poetry, and autobiography by women writers: Emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives and the works of African, African-American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic, Jewish, and Northern European women writers.
ENGL 32B, 3 Units
Contemporary Women Writers
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 32A is not prerequisite to ENGL 32B.
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Continuation of survey of contemporary fiction, poetry, and autobiography by women writers: Emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives and the works of African, African-American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic, Jewish, and Northern European women writers.
ENGL 33B, 3 Units
Introduction to Contemporary Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 33A is not prerequisite to ENGL 33B.
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Study of selected literature of the twentieth century: Thematic and stylistic aspects of the individual works; 1970 to the present with emphasis on American and British writers.
ENGL 35A, 2-3 Units
Introduction to Film
2-3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Literary analysis of film: Study of selected renowned films; emphasis on theme, character development, symbolism, plot, and other literary elements; and the translation from screenplay to performance.
ENGL 35B, 2-3 Units
Introduction to Drama
2-3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 35A is not prerequisite to ENGL 35B.
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Literary analysis of drama: Study of renowned plays currently being performed in Bay Area theaters; emphasis on theme, character development, symbolism, plot, and other elements of drama; the role of the dramaturge; and the translation from script to performance.
AA/AS area 3; CSU area C1 (if course taken for 3 units)
ENGL 37A, 3 Units
American Fiction (1914 to 1945)
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Introduction to twentieth century American fiction writers (1914-1945): Writers such as Hemingway, Cather, Fitzgerald, Wharton, Faulkner, Welty, Toomer, Hurston, Wright, Yezierska, Far, Mori, Kang, and Morning Dove; emphasis on a multicultural perspective representative of the broad diversity of American literature.
AA/AS area 3, 4d; CSU area C2; IGETC area 3; UCB American Cultures
ENGL 37B, 3 Units
American Fiction (1945 to Present)
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 37A is not prerequisite to ENGL 37B.
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Study of American fiction writers (1945 to present): Writers such as Warren, O’Connor, Bellow, Olson, Malamud, Erdrich, Ellison, Morrison, Baldwin, Tan, Silko, Hijuelos, Kingston, and Momaday; emphasis on a multicultural perspective representative of the broad diversity of American literature.
ENGL 44A, 3 Units
Masterpieces of World Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Study of selected masterpieces of world literature from classics to the present.
ENGL 44B, 3 Units
Masterpieces of World Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 44A is not prerequisite to ENGL 44B.
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Continued study of selected masterpieces of world literature from classics to the present.
ENGL 47, 3 Units
Children’s Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Introduction to children’s literature: Fairy tales and tale types; interpretation of children’s literature from the perspectives of children, teachers, and parents; study of books by authors such as Brown, Dahl, Juster, Rowling, Sendak, Soto, and others.
ENGL 48UA-ZZ, .5-5 Units
Selected Topics in English
0-5 hours lecture, 0-15 hours laboratory (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: CSU
See section on Selected Topics.
ENGL 49, .5-5 Units
Independent Study in English
(GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: CSU
See section on Independent Study.
ENGL 53, 3 Units
Technical Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Analysis of the organization, style, and format of both technical and non-technical writing: Training in preparation of informal and formal reports related to the student’s field of interest; research and progress reports, proposals, status reports, and user manuals.
ENGL 70A, 3 Units
Transforming Autobiography into Creative Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: CSU
Autobiographical writing techniques: Transforming personal experience into autobiographical scenes, sketches, short poems, and short stories, as well as memoirs, anecdotes, histories, memory poems, tall tales, and yarns.
ENGL 70B, 3 Units
Transforming Autobiography into Creative Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). ENGL 70A is not prerequisite to ENGL 70B. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Autobiographical writing techniques: Transforming reminiscences, sketches, and vignettes into autobiographical free verse, adventures tales, and novellas.
ENGL 71A, 3 Units
Introduction to Fiction Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Introduction to fiction writing techniques: Overcoming writing fears; introduction to description, characterization, dialogue, plotting, avoiding clichés, and showing vs. telling.
AA/AS area 4d; CSU area C2
ENGL 71B, 3 Units
Introduction to Fiction Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 71A is not prerequisite to ENGL 71B.
Acceptable for credit: CSU
Continuation of introductory fiction writing techniques: Time management for fiction writers, introduction to point of view, past and present narration, first- and third-person narration, flashbacks, and revision.
ENGL 72A, 3 Units
Intermediate Fiction Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 71A or 71B. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Intermediate fiction writing: Refining description techniques, major and minor characters, dialect, interior monologue, plot design, and revising first drafts.
ENGL 72B, 3 Units
Intermediate Fiction Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 71A or 71B. ENGL 72A is not prerequisite to ENGL 72B.
Acceptable for credit: CSU
Continuation of intermediate fiction writing: Review of time management techniques, creating atmosphere, dramatic monologues, multiple points of view, letter narration, subjective and observer narration, revising both first and second drafts, and introduction to critique.
ENGL 73A, 3 Units
Intensive Fiction Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 72A or 72B. Acceptable for credit: CSU
For experienced fiction writers: Developing root material; structuring ideas; using characterization and dialogue to plot; working on first, second and third drafts; and giving and receiving feedback.
ENGL 73B, 3 Units
Intensive Fiction Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 72A or 72B. ENGL 73A is not prerequisite to ENGL 73B.
Acceptable for credit: CSU
Continuation of intensive fiction writing: Aesthetic distance, stream-of-consciousness narration, polishing for publication, and introduction to publishing and book-length projects.
ENGL 74, 3 Units
Fiction: Special Projects
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 73A and 73B. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Advanced fiction writing: Developing project ideas and themes, peer review techniques, maintaining pace and discipline, chapter and scene linkages, revision to sustain tone, book proposals, and copyright law.
ENGL 82, 3 Units
Introduction to Latino/Chicano Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Introduction to Chicano/Latino literature: Pre-Hispanic period through contemporary literature (poetry, fiction, drama, non-fiction); study of authors such as Cherrie Moraga, Jimmy Baca, and Ana Castillo and others.
ENGL 83, 3 Units
American Nature Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Survey of nature writing as a distinctively American art form: Readings from Native American creation myths through classic nineteenth century works (Emerson, Thoreau, and others), with emphasis on contemporary writers such as Gary Snyder, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Aldo Leopold.
ENGL 85A, 4 Units
Literature in English through Milton
4 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Introduction to English literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Study of major works by Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton as well as their contemporaries, such as Donne and Marlowe.
ENGL 85B, 4 Units
Literature in English: Late 17th through Mid 19th Century
4 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 85A is not prerequisite to ENGL 85B.
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Introduction to English literature of the late seventeenth through mid-nineteenth century: Pope, Blake, Wordsworth, Bronte, Dickens, Austen, Whitman, and selected others.
ENGL 85C, 4 Units
Literature in English: Mid 19th through the 20th Century
4 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 85A and 85B are not prerequisite to ENGL 85C.
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Introduction to English literature of the mid-nineteenth through twentieth century: Wilde, Shaw, James, Woolf, Joyce, Faulkner, Eliot, Hurston, and selected others.
ENGL 86, 3 Units
Introduction to Playwriting and Screenwriting
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Introduction to playwriting and screenwriting: Introduction to films and theater, formatting of screenplays and plays, direction, study of techniques, rehearsal, and critique.
ENGL 87, 3 Units
Intermediate Playwriting and Screenwriting
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 86. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Intermediate playwriting and screenwriting: Plays and film scenes; play and screenplay structure; intermediate direction, rehearsal, and critique; further study of techniques.
ENGL 88, 3 Units
Intensive Playwriting and Screenwriting
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 87. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Intensive playwriting and screenwriting: Critique and revision of multiple drafts, three-stage method of giving and receiving criticism, intensive study of techniques.
ENGL 89, 3 Units
Playwriting and Screenwriting: Special Projects
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 88. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Advanced playwriting and screenwriting: Completion of a play or screenplay in an advanced condition with first draft completed; editing, discussion of collaboration, critiquing, copywriting, and promotion.
ENGL 91A, 3 Units
Introduction to Poetry Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Introduction to poetry writing: Overcoming writing fears; introduction to similes, metaphors, images, rhythm and avoiding clichés.
ENGL 91B, 3 Units
Introduction to Poetry Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. ENGL 91A is not prerequisite to ENGL 91B.
Acceptable for credit: CSU
Continuation of introductory poetry writing: Time management for poets; introduction to diction, line, symbols, revision, and critical analysis.
ENGL 92A, 3 Units
Intermediate Poetry Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 91A or 91B. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Intermediate poetry writing: Overcoming writing blocks, refining simile, extended metaphor, complex imagery, sonnets, villanelles, haiku, and free verse.
ENGL 92B, 3 Units
Intermediate Poetry Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 91A or 91B. ENGL 92A is not prerequisite to ENGL 92B.
Acceptable for credit: CSU
Continuation of intermediate poetry writing: Time management review, techniques of critical analysis, inferencing skills, dramatic monologue poems, prose poems, rondeaus, pantoums, and introduction to meter.
ENGL 93A, 3 Units
Intensive Poetry Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 92A or 92B. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
For experienced poets: Reviewing meter, iambs, anapests, dactyls; extended imagery, linguistics and poetry, sestinas, and collage poetry.
ENGL 93B, 3 Units
Intensive Poetry Writing
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 92A or 92B. ENGL 93A is not prerequisite to ENGL 93B.
Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Continuation of intensive poetry writing: Language poetry, concrete poetry, open forms, polishing for publication, and introduction to publication and book-length projects.
ENGL 94, 3 Units
Poetry: Special Projects
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 93A and 93B. Acceptable for credit: CSU
Advanced poetry writing: Developing a poetry series, peer review techniques, maintaining a writing pace and discipline, revision to sustain tone, book proposals, and copyright law.
ENGL 100, 4 Units
College Composition and Reading
4 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 201B or ESL 21B, or appropriate placement through multiple-measures assessment. Acceptable for credit: CSU.
Course does not satisfy the GE composition requirement for transfer.
Reading and writing of expository prose: Critical thinking using inductive and deductive reasoning; clarity and precision of expression; organizational structures in writing and sound development of ideas.
ENGL 101A, 2 Units
Integrated Composition Studies
2 hours lecture (GR). Acceptable for credit: CSU
English composition, grammar, and basic writing skills. Expression of ideas in ways that are logical, critical, and persuasive.
ENGL 101B, 2 Units
Integrated Composition Studies
2 hours lecture (GR). Acceptable for credit: CSU
Continuation of English composition, grammar, and basic writing skills. Expression of ideas in ways that are logical, critical, and persuasive.
ENGL 120, 1 Unit
Literary Journal Editing
1 hour lecture (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: CSU
Introduction to the process of selecting literature for publication in an art and literary magazine: Determining selection criteria, articulating and advocating opinions, copyediting, and carrying out organizational tasks for a competition.
ENGL 130, 3 Units
Introduction to English Syntax and Grammar
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: CSU
Survey of present-day English grammar as informed by contemporary linguistic theories: The major syntactic structures of English, integration of the sentence into its logical and rhetorical contexts, review of traditional grammar and usage, applications to pedagogical practices.
ENGL 138, 3 Units
Survey of Asian-American Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 1A. Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU
Survey of Asian-American literature: Chinese-American, Filipino-American, Japanese-American, Southeast Asian-American writers, and others; current and historic issues as influenced by immigration, national boundaries, hybridity, and culture.
ENGL 201A, 4 Units
Preparation for Composition and Reading
4 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 250D/267B or 252B or 259D/269B or 292B (or 292EB) or satisfactory multiple-measures assessment of writing skills, and ENGL 251D/268B or 252B or 259D/269B or 293B or satisfactory multiple-measures assessment of reading skills.
Introduction to college-level reading and writing of expository prose: Development of college-level reading skills; analysis of texts with an emphasis on non-fiction; expository writing including various modes of developing essays, essay organization; paragraph development; sentence development; and practice in editing/ proofreading.
ENGL 201B, 4 Units
Preparation for Composition and Reading
4 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Prerequisite: ENGL 201A
Continuation of college-level reading and writing of expository prose: Development of college-level reading skills; analysis of texts with an emphasis on non-fiction; expository writing including various modes of developing essays, essay organization; paragraph development; sentence development; and practice in editing/ proofreading.
ENGL 208A, 1 Unit
Writing Workshop
.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab (GR or P/NP)
Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control and essay organization.
ENGL 208B, 1 Unit
Writing Workshop
.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab (GR or P/NP). Recommended Preparation: ENGL 208A.
Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, and idea development.
ENGL 208C, 1 Unit
Writing Workshop
.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab (GR or P/NP)
Recommended Preparation: ENGL 208B
Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, idea development, and sentence structure.
ENGL 208D, 1 Unit
Writing Workshop
.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab (GR or P/NP). Recommended Preparation: ENGL 208C
Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, idea development, sentence structure, and editing/proofreading.
ENGL 211, 3 Units
Introduction to Critical Thinking
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Development of the ability to analyze, criticize, and advocate ideas: Relationship of language to logic, induction and deduction, facts, inferences, judgments, and formal and informal fallacies of language and thought. Instructs in writing about issues of critical thinking to develop both thinking and writing skills.
AA/AS area 4d
ENGL 217A, 3 Units
Shakespeare
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Study of selected works of Shakespeare.
ENGL 217B, 3 Units
Shakespeare
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Continued study of selected works of Shakespeare.
ENGL 220, 3 Units
Introduction to Dramatic Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Survey of history and literature of the theater focusing on major theatrical periods: Classical, Elizabethan, Restoration, and twentieth century.
ENGL 231, 3 Units
Survey of African-American Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Major works in African-American literature: From the earliest literature through the Harlem Renaissance and to the present.
ENGL 232A, 3 Units
Contemporary Women Writers
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Survey of contemporary fiction, poetry, and autobiography by women writers: Emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives and the works of African, African-American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic, Jewish, and Northern European women writers.
ENGL 232B, 3 Units
Contemporary Women Writers
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Continuation of survey of contemporary fiction, poetry, and autobiography by women writers: Emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives and the works of African, African-American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic, Jewish, and Northern European women writers.
ENGL 237A, 3 Units
American Fiction (1914-1945)
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Introduction to twentieth century American fiction writers (1914-1945): Writers such as Hemingway, Cather, Fitzgerald, Wharton, Faulkner, Welty, Toomer, Hurston, Wright, Yezierska, Far, Mori, Kang, and Morning Dove; emphasis on a multicultural perspective representative of the broad diversity of American literature.
ENGL 237B, 3 Units
American Fiction (1945 to Present)
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Study of American fiction writers (1945 to present): Writers such as Warren, O’Connor, Bellow, Olson, Malamud, Erdrich, Ellison, Morrison, Baldwin, Tan, Silko, Hijuelos, Kingston, and Momaday; emphasis on a multicultural perspective representative of the broad diversity of American literature.
ENGL 238, 3 Units
Survey of Asian-American Literature
3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Survey of Asian-American literature: Chinese-American, Filipino-American, Japanese-American, Southeast Asian-American writers, and others; current and historic issues as influenced by immigration, national boundaries, hybridity, and culture.
ENGL 248UA-ZZ, .5-5 Units
Selected Topics in English*
0-5 hours lecture, 0-15 hours laboratory (GR or P/NP)
See section on Selected Topics.
ENGL 258A, 1 Unit
Writing Workshop
.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours laboratory (GR or P/NP). Non-degree applicable.
Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control and essay organization.
ENGL 258B, 1 Unit
Writing Workshop
.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours laboratory (GR or P/NP). Recommended preparation: ENGL 258A.
Non-degree applicable
Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, and idea development.
ENGL 258C, 1 Unit
Writing Workshop
.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours laboratory (GR or P/NP). Recommended preparation: ENGL 258B.
Non-degree applicable.
Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, idea development, and sentence structure.
ENGL 258D, 1 Unit
Writing Workshop
.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours laboratory (GR or P/NP). Recommended preparation: ENGL 258C.
Non-degree applicable.
Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, idea development, sentence structure, and editing/proofreading.
ENGL 267A, 1-3 Units
Basic Writing
1‑3 hours lecture (GR). Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in ENGL 252A-B or 259A-D/269A-B. Non-degree applicable.
Review of writing skills: Spelling, grammar and punctuation, organizing strategies, and use of the writing process.
ENGL 267B, 1-3 Units
Basic Writing
1-3 hours lecture (GR). Prerequisite: ENGL 267A (or 250A-C). Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in ENGL 252A-B or 259A-D/269A-B. Non-degree applicable.
Continuation of ENGL 267A with further review of writing skills: Spelling, grammar and punctuation, organizing strategies, and use of the writing process.
ENGL 268A, 1-3 Units
Basic Reading
1-3 hours lecture (GR). Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in ENGL 252A-B or 259A-D/269A-B. Non-degree applicable.
Practice in techniques to improve basic reading skills: Fundamentals of basic reading and analysis and correction of individual reading problems.
ENGL 268B, 1-3 Units
Basic Reading
1-3 hours lecture (GR). Prerequisite: ENGL 268A (or 251A-C). Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in ENGL 252A-B or 259A-D/269A-B. Non-degree applicable.
Continuation of ENGL 268A with further practice in techniques to improve basic reading skills: Fundamentals of basic reading and analysis and correction of individual reading problems.
ENGL 269A, 6 Units
Foundations in Reading and Writing
6 hours lecture (GR). Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in ENGL 250A-D/267A-B or 251A-D/268A-B. Non-degree applicable.
Foundations in reading and writing to prepare students for success in college: Reading strategies including prereading, summarizing, paragraph analysis, study techniques, scanning, and note taking; and writing strategies including prewriting, essay organization, paragraph development, sentence combining, editing, and proofreading.
ENGL 269B, 6 Units
Foundations in Reading and Writing
6 hours lecture (GR). Prerequisite: ENGLish 269A (or 259A-C). Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in ENGL 250A-D/267A-B or 251A-D/268A-B. Non-degree applicable.
Continuation of ENGL 269A with further study in reading and writing strategies to prepare students for success in college: Reading strategies including prereading, summarizing, paragraph analysis, study techniques, scanning, and note taking; and writing strategies including prewriting, essay organization, paragraph development, sentence combining, editing, and proofreading.
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