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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. An advanced composition course that gives students instruction and practice in critical thinking and argumentative writing skills through a synthesis of library research, an awareness of language, and a study of the basic principles of logical analysis. Students will learn to interpret and analyze complex texts, write concisely and cogently, and conduct library research with efficiency, as well as successfully incorporate secondary sources into written works. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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1.00 Credits
1 unit 22 hours total Advisory: Completion of ENGL 099 or concurrent enrollment, and Eligibility for College Level Reading. The course is designed for students who have little or no research writing experience or for those who wish to refresh their skills. This self-paced course will concentrate on writing papers across the curriculum. The student will develop a term paper on the topic of his/her choice in stages: generating ideas for suitable topics, narrowing the focus, researching the topic (research techniques and type), organizing the paper, documenting, preparing for submission. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 101 (AVC assessment). A workshop-formatted course on the elements of writing poetry. The course examines the literary genre and traditions of poetry as they relate to the technical skills needed to produce quality student writing. Emphasis is on the structural and aesthetic features of the poetry genre, as well as the evaluation of such, including the standards of professional editors and publishers. Students will read examples of poetry, as well as student writing produced for a critically adept audience. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 101 (AVC assessment). A workshop-formatted course on the elements of writing creative nonfiction, a genre that uses literary techniques drawn from fiction and poetry to generate creative, fact-based writing, such as memoir, life-writing, literary journalism, oral history, and the personal essay. The course examines the literary genre and traditions of creative nonfiction as they relate to the technical skills needed to produce quality student writing. Emphasis is on the structural and aesthetic features of the genre, as well as the evaluation of such, including the standards of professional editors and publishers. Students will read examples of creative nonfiction, as well as student writing produced for a critically adept audience. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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4.00 Credits
1-4 units hours vary Prerequisite: Students must be registered in at least 7 units (including the Work Experience units) and have approval of instructor supervising work experience subject area. Prior to enrolling, students must attend a scheduled orientation. The Work Experience program provides supervised employment extending classroom-based learning to an on-thejob learning situation. Students meet with instructor by arrangement to discuss learning objectives, along with experiences and/or problems arising on the job. (CSU, AVC) ( R3)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 101 (AVC assessment). A workshop-formatted course in which students further develop their fiction writing skills and their critical awareness of the literary genre and traditions of fiction. Students will more rigorously examine the structural and aesthetic features of fiction, both their own and that of literary models. Greater emphasis will be given to the social role of the fiction writer and to the fictional work as a polished, high-quality product that speaks to audiences across cultures, places and times. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 101 (AVC assessment). A workshop-formatted course in which students further develop their poetry writing skills and their critical awareness of the literary genre and traditions of poetry. Students will more rigorously examine the structural and aesthetic features of poetry, both their own and that of literary models. Greater emphasis will be given to the public and social role of the poet and to the poem as a finished, high-quality product that speaks to audiences across cultures, places and times. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. The concentration of this course is on the poetry, prose and drama produced by Americans during the nineteenth century. Works of romanticism, realism, and early naturalism are covered. Students are introduced to some of the historical, cultural, religious, and social issues that helped shape the ideas of the times. Emphasis is placed on how and why a work may have been written, and standard literary terminology is introduced. Readings are supplemented by discussions and audiovisual aids. [CAN ENGL 16] (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. The concentration of this course is on the poetry, prose and drama produced by Americans from 1900 to the present; students are introduced to some of the historical, cultural, religious and social issues which helped shape the ideas of the times including literary and cultural movements such as late naturalism, mode rni sm, and pos tmode rni sm. Emphasis is placed on how and why a work may have been written, and some standard literary terminology is introduced. Poetry, prose and drama readings are supplemented by discussions and audiovisual aids. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. A survey of the literature of England from the Anglo-Saxon period to the early neoclassical, with emphasis on their intrinsic qualities, as well as their relationship to the historical, social and philosophical currents which they parallel. [CAN ENGL 8] (CSU, UC, AVC)
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