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152 ENGLISH

102H 104 109
HONORS CRITICAL THINKING AND CRITICAL THINKING AND INTRODUCTION TO WORLD
LITERARY ANALYSIS ARGUMENTATION LITERATURE FROM ANCIENT TIMES
3.0 Units 3.0 Units TO 1700
ENGL 102H helps students to develop their ENGL 104 helps students to develop their 3.0 Units
critical thinking and writing skills beyond critical thinking and writing skills beyond ENGL 109 is a comparative study of selected
the level achieved in English 101. The course the level achieved in English 101. Students works, in translation and in English, of
emphasizes the application of logical reason- learn to read and think critically and to literature from around the world, including
ing, analysis, and strategies of argumenta- develop their analytical and argumentative Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other
tion in critical thinking and writing, using writing skills providing a more advanced areas, from antiquity to the mid or late
literature (both fi ction and non-fi ction) and understanding of the relationship of seventeenth century. The course may include
literary criticism as subject matter. Students language to logic and by further promot- selections from the Old and New Testaments,
also receive instruction in literary research, ing the ability to reason eff ectively and The Qu’ran, The Epic of Gilgamesh; world
complete a fully documented research paper, reach valid conclusions. Writing forms and mythologies; and representative works
and are introduced to the process of revision. strategies are taught within the contexts of from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Furthermore, students develop a deeper contemporary ideas and cultural diversity Emphasis is placed upon the classics. Lecture
understanding of the human condition as refl ected in selected readings. In addition, 3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL
through the study of literature. The honors the course provides instruction in advanced 101. Course Typically Off ered: Fall. Transfer
course will be enhanced in one or more of the research techniques and students will be Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 140)
following ways: 1. Accelerated standards of required to complete a fully documented 110
reading levels, emphasizing major writers; research paper. Furthermore, students INTRODUCTION TO WORLD
2. Accelerated standards of critical thinking, develop an appreciation for the role and LITERATURE FROM 1700 TO THE
including critical writing and problem- scope of rhetoric in their daily lives. Lecture PRESENT TIME
centered research; 3. Introduction to and 3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL 101. Course 3.0 Units
emphasis on types or schools of literary criti- Typically Off ered: Winter/Spring/Summer/
cism, including professional models of such. Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 110 is a comparative study of selected
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 105) works, in translation and in English, of
equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. literature from around the world, including
105 Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and
103 SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE other areas, from the mid or late seventeenth
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP FROM ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD TO century to the present. Emphasis is placed
3.0 Units 1780 upon cultural history and the history of
ENGL 103 consists of an introduction to the 3.0 Units important ideas refl ected in the literary
theory and practice of creative verbal expres- ENGL 105 is a survey course covering the works as well as the development of liter-
sion in the major imaginative literary forms: development of English Literature from ary techniques and style. Lecture 3 hours.
(1) non-fi ction and fi ction prose, (2) poetry, the beginning to 1780 and emphasizing Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 101.
and (3) drama. Emphasis is placed on step by the development of thought in relation to Course Typically Off ered: Spring. Transfer
step instruction in creating the fi nished piece historical and social backgrounds. Lecture Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 145)
of writing, with much group discussion of 3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 111
student writing. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequi- 101. Course Typically Off ered: Fall/Spring. WOMEN IN LITERATURE
site: Eligibility for ENGL 101. Course Typi- Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 3.0 Units
cally Off ered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: 160)
CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 200) ENGL 111 is a comparative study of the
106 roles assigned to women in literature by
SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE both male and female authors. The course
FROM 1780 TO THE PRESENT TIME critically examines the literary and cultural
3.0 Units stereotypes of women in the short story,
ENGL 106 is a survey course covering the novel, poetry, and drama. Lecture 3 hours.
development of English Literature from 1780 Recommended Preparation: ENGL 120 or
to the present time. English 106 continues ESL 151. Course Typically Off ered: Fall.
the study of the development of thought Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC.
as an expression of our cultural heritage.
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for
ENGL 101. Course Typically Off ered: Fall/
Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID
ENGL 165)

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