Course Catalog English (ENGLISH)


ENGLISH  101 - Introduction to Film
Examines film as literature, as a visual and aural art, as technology, and as a medium which both reflects and influences social trends, values, and attitudes. Involves viewing a range of films and examining their place in film history.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall
General Education: HS2 - Literature, Film, and Culture
General Education: Humanities 3
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  104 - Introduction to Literature
The distinctive characteristics of poetry, plays, short stories and the novel, intended to help students understand, appreciate and enjoy literature ranging from the classic to the contemporary.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
General Education: HS2 - Literature, Film, and Culture
General Education: Humanities 3
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  206 - Women in Literature
Surveys both women as writers and women as characters in literature; emphasizes the wisdom, experiences and insights of women writers and women in literature; concerned with literature from two or more cultures and comparison of the social and human values reflected in the literature of those cultures.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall
General Education: HS3 - Individual and Social Values
General Education: Humanities 3
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  212 - Introduction to Creative Writing
A first course focused on the analysis, understanding, appreciation, and techniques of writing poetry and fiction, as well as other genres at the discretion of the instructor.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
General Education: HS2 - Literature, Film, and Culture
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  214 - Introduction to English Literature I
Chronological survey of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the 18th century, including such writers as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Pope, and Swift.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall
General Education: HS2 - Literature, Film, and Culture
General Education: Humanities 3
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  215 - Introduction to English Literature II
Chronological survey of English literature from the 19th century to the present, including such writers as Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Byron, Tennyson, Shaw, Conrad, Eliot and Thomas.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Spring
General Education: HS2 - Literature, Film, and Culture
General Education: Humanities 3
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  216 - Introduction to American Literature I
Chronological survey of American literature from early exploration narratives to Melville, including such writers as Mather, Bradstreet, Paine, Irving, Cooper, Poe, Emerson and Thoreau.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall
General Education: HS2 - Literature, Film, and Culture
General Education: Humanities 3
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  217 - Introduction to American Literature II
From Whitman to the present, including such writers as Dickinson, Twain, James, Crane, Eliot, Porter, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Cummings, Updike, Walker and Carver.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Spring
General Education: HS2 - Literature, Film, and Culture
General Education: Humanities 3
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  218 - World Literatures I
Chronological survey of world literatures from antiquity to roughly 1600. Texts studied will include Nonwestern as well as Western texts.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall
General Education: HS1 - Survey of Western Civilization
General Education: Humanities 3
General Education: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  219 - World Literatures II
Chronological survey of world literatures other than those of England and the U.S. from rougly 1600 to the present. Texts studied will include Nonwestern as well as Western works.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Spring
General Education: HS1 - Survey of Western Civilization
General Education: Humanities 3
General Education: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  224 - Practicum in Literary Publishing
Hands-on experience in the production of the Sheepshead Review, a literary magazine, from selecting submissions to editing the finished product. Projects include soliciting manuscripts and researching the literary market.
P: Eng Comp 105 or 228 or ACT English score of 32 or higher; R: English 212.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
3 units min / 3 units max, Field Experience


ENGLISH  290 - Literary Studies
In this course students will learn how to conduct a literary analysis: how to read literature for complexity, how to make an original, organized argument about a literary text, and how to employ academic prose while developing their own writing voice.
P: English maj/min.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  301 - Intermediate Creative Writing
Analysis of writing in various genres including individual and group criticism of original student materials in workshop context. Variable topics; may be repeated up to total of six credits.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment; and English 212 or 213; and Eng Comp 105 or 228 or ACT English score of 32 or higher; and 9 cr of lit cses.
Typically offered in Fall
Course is repeatable to 6 credits.
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  302 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop
Advanced practice in the writing of fiction, including group criticism of student work.
P: English 301.
Typically offered in Spring Even
Course is repeatable to 6 credits.
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  303 - Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop
Advanced practice in the writing of poetry, including group criticism of student work.
P: English 301.
Typically offered in Spring Odd
Course is repeatable to 6 credits.
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  304 - Creative Nonfiction Writing
Advanced study and workshop of creative nonfiction genres such as memoir, essay, book review, and interview.
P: Jr standing; English 290 or concurrent enrollment; Eng Comp 105 or ACT English score of 32 or higher; REC: English 212 or 301
Typically offered in Fall Even
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  315 - The English Novel: 1700 to the1850's
The development of the English novel from its beginnings to the mid-Victorian period; includes works by such authors Defoe, Sterne, Fielding, Smolett, Austen, Scott, the Brontes, Thackeray, Dickens and Eliot.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Fall
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  316 - The English Novel: 1850's to the Present
The development of the English novel from Mid-Victorian to modern times; includes works by such authors as Dickens, Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Wilde, Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Bowen and Cary.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Spring
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  320 - Major Drama
Study of one or more British, Irish or American dramatists and dramatic works.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Fall Odd
Course is repeatable to 6 credits.
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  322 - Major Poetry
Significant non-dramatic poetry from England, Ireland, and/or America.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Fall
Course is repeatable to 6 credits.
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  323 - Topics in Literary Criticism
In-depth examination of one or more topics, issues, or approaches in literary criticism or theory. May be repeated for credit when a different topic is studied.
P: jr st and English 290, or concurrent enrollment
Typically offered in Fall Odd
Course is repeatable for credit.
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  324 - Practicum in Literary Publishing
Hands-on experience in the production of the Sheepshead Review, a literary magazine, from selecting submissions to editing the finished product. Projects include soliciting manuscripts and researching the literary market.
P: Eng Comp 105 or 228 or ACT English score of 32 or higher; R: English 212.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
3 units min / 3 units max, Field Experience


ENGLISH  331 - Major American Prose Fiction
Study of American prose fiction including examples of novels, short stories and satire; includes works by such authors as Melville, Twain, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Wright and Bellow.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  333 - Literary Themes
Explores a single theme such as fantasy, war, revolution, love or alienation through the literature of one or several nations. May be repeated for credit when a different theme is studied.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
General Education: HS3 - Individual and Social Values
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  335 - Literary Eras
Studies the works of a number of writers in relation to their time; includes poetry, prose and drama. May be repeated for credit when a different era is studied.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Fall
Course is repeatable for credit.
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  336 - American Ethnic Literature
The study of literature which examines the experience of ethnic groups in America, such as African, Asian, Hispanic, and Jewish Americans, and American Indians. May be repeated for credit when content is different.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Spring
Course is repeatable to 6 credits.
General Education: Ethnic Studies
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  338 - World Literatures
A study of selected works from world literatures. A variable content course.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Fall
Course is repeatable to 6 credits.
General Education: HS2 - Literature, Film, and Culture
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  340 - History of the English Language
The origins, development, and cultural background of pronunciation and spelling, grammar, vocabulary, meaning and usage in Old, Middle, and Modern English, including contemporary English dialects.
P: none; REC: Hum Stud 160.
Typically offered in Spring Odd
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  344 - African American Literature
Study of African American literature, exploring the aesthetic dimensions and cultural contexts of poetry, fiction, drama, and essays.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Spring Even
General Education: Ethnic Studies
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  431 - Shakespeare
Study of a representative selection of Shakespeare's poetry and plays, including comedies, tragedies and histories.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Spring
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  436 - Major Author(s)
Study of one or more important writers in British, Irish, or American literature.
P: English 290 or concurrent enrollment, Jr st.
Typically offered in Spring Even
Course is repeatable to 6 credits.
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


ENGLISH  497 - Internship
Supervised practical experience in an organization or activity appropriate to a student's career and educational interests. Internships are supervised by faculty members and require periodic student/faculty meetings.
P: jr st.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
1 units min / 12 units max, Field Experience


ENGLISH  498 - Independent Study
Independent study is offered on an individual basis at the student's request and consists of a program of learning activities planned in consultation with a faculty member. A student wishing to study or conduct research in an area not represented in available scheduled courses should develop a preliminary proposal and seek the sponsorship of a faculty member. The student's advisor can direct him or her to instructors with appropriate interests. A written report or equivalent is required for evaluation, and a short title describing the program must be sent early inthe semester to the registrar for entry on the student's transcript.
P: fr or so st with cum gpa > or = 2.50; or jr or sr st with cum gpa > or = 2.00.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
1 units min / 4 units max, Independent Study