English Course Descriptions

3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1100 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 85 or equivalent; RDG 100 or Accuplacer
Reading score of 80 or equivalent)
Emphasizes text-based essay composition, including critical reading, summary writing, and synthesis.
Distance Learning option available
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent)
Emphasizes analytic and argumentative writing with readings and research in exposition and literature.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent)
Introduces study of written and verbal communication in business and industry.
Distance Learning option available
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Introduces the academic study of literature. Fall only
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Analyzes a popular literary form. S: Espionage Fiction; D: Detective Novel; F: Science Fiction; W: Western.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Presents study of film as visual literature, surveying major trends in the history of film..
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Presents various topics. See Schedule of Classes..
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Presents various topics. See Schedule of Classes..
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Surveys film genres or national cinemas. D: Comedy; F: Film Noir; H: Hitchcock/Kubrick; W: Western.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1102)
Emphasizes writing in industry, research laboratories, business, and other professional settings.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1102)
Focuses on advanced composition, concentrating on critical reading of prose, writing expository and
argumentative essays..
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Introduces fiction writing as a creative process.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Introduces poetry writing as a creative process..
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3

(Recommended prerequisite: C or better in ENG 1101)
Surveys traditional grammar, introducing linguistic terminology and methods for identifying and
understanding parts of speech, parts of sentences, and basic sentence patterns.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or equivalent)
Emphasizes methods of literary analysis and critical writing applied to literary techniques, conventions,
and themes. Spring only.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Introduces structure and nature of drama as a literary form: Greek, Renaissance, Enlightenment, and
Modern eras. Spring only..
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Introduces study of Shakespeare’s work: sonnets, tragedies, comedies, and histories. Fall only..
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3

3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Surveys poetry, fiction and drama from primarily non-English cultures: ca. 1650 to present. Spring only.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Surveys American and European literature of the 20th century..|
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Emphasizes chronicles, diaries, drama, poetry, essays and fiction of Latin America from late 19th century
to the present.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 2219)
Presents concepts and practices for professional writing, including the study of technical writing, public
information and public relations writing, and freelance nonfiction writing..
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Surveys British literature from Old English to 1798. Fall only..
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Surveys English literature from the late 18th century to the present. Spring only..
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Introduces short stories, poetry, drama and nonfiction from colonial U.S. to 1865.
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3

(Prerequisite: ENG 1101 or Accuplacer Sentence Skills score of 110 or equivalent, or permission of
instructor)
Continues study of American literature begun in ENG 2297. Focuses on short stories, poetry, drama, the
novel and nonfiction from 1865 to the present..