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  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ENGL 030 or placement is based on multiple assessment measure. Strongly recommended: READ 019 if required by reading placement exam or if required by reading level. A review of English fundamentals including grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and standard usage with emphasis on punctuation, basic writing skills, and paragraph development. This course is designed primarily for those students preparing for ENGL100. 54 lecture hours, 18 lab hours. NOTE: THE UNITS EARNED FOR THIS COURSE MAY NOT BE APPLIED TOWARD THE 60 UNITS FOR GRADUATION.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ENGL 040 or placement based on multiple assessment measures. Strongly recommended: READ 040 if required by reading placement exam or if required by reading level. An introduction to the fundamental techniques and rhetorical devices necessary to effective expository prose, with emphasis on paragraph development, outlining, organization, and revision leading to the multiple paragraph essay. This course is designed primarily for students preparing for ENGL 101. 54 lecture hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Placement is based on multiple assessment measures or completion of ENGL 040 with a min. grade of C. An introduction to the fundamental techniques and rhetorical devices necessary to effective expository prose, with emphasis on paragraph development, organization, and revision leading to the multiple-paragraph essay. This course is designed primarily for students preparing for ENGL 101. 54 lecture hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Placement is based on multiple assessment measures or completion of ENGL 100 with min. grade of C. A college-level composition course emphasizing exposition, analysis, argument, and research techniques. Extensive writing practice based upon reading selections of culturally diverse fiction, non-fiction and verse. 54 lecture hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Placement is based on multiple assessment measures or successful completion of ENGL 100. An advanced college level course emphasizing exposition, analysis, evaluation, synthesis, argument, and research techniques. Extensive writing practice based upon reading culturally diverse short stories, novels and related critical material. In addition, students are expected to work and participate at an honors level which includes strong critical thinking skills, thorough analysis of fiction and on non-fiction literary readings, presentation and leadership skills demonstrated through class participation/presentation, and service learning in the community. 54 lecture hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101. Reading and writing about representative works of fiction, drama, and poetry. Critical thinking and cross-cultural awareness are emphasized. 54 lecture hours. CSU;UC
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101 or ENGL 101H with a min. grade of C. This course uses literature as a basis for the teaching of critical thinking and composition. The emphasis is upon the analysis of issues, problems, and situations represented in fiction, drama and poetry, and on the development of effective written arguments in support of the analysis. Meets the IGETC critical thinking requirement. 54 lecture hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101. This course uses literature as a basis for the teaching of critical thinking and composition. The emphasis is upon the analysis of issues, problems, and situations represented in literature and on the development of effective written arguments in support of the analysis. Meets the IGETC critical thinking requirement. 54 lecture hours. CSU;UC
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101. This honors course uses literature as a basis for the teaching of in-depth critical thinking and advanced composition. The emphasis is upon the analysis of issues, problems, and situations represented in literature and on the development of effective written arguments in support of the analysis. Critical thinking skills are demonstrated through research papers, in-class presentations, and collaborative exploration of material. Students are expected to demonstrate honors level work which includes strong critical thinking skills, thorough analysis of assigned readings, and presentation and leadership skills demonstrated through class participation. Meets the IGETC critical thinking requirement. 54 lecture hours. CSU;UC
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101. This course is designed to help students develop critical thinking, writing and research skills beyond the level achieved in ENGL 101. Particular emphasis is placed on increasingly complex classical methods of invention, arrangement and style for writing assignments that demand sound organizational skills. Students will read and critically evaluate (for meaning, purpose, strategy and style) expository and argumentative essays from a variety of classical sources and multi-cultural perspectives and then use these essays as rhetorical models for their own writing assignments. Students will be required to test prejudices they hold, prove or disprove a hypothesis, evaluate the opinions of others, explain the effect of the media, and attempt to synthesize opposing arguments on an issue through critical thinking. Most of the written assignments will require library research and documentation. Meets the IGETC critical thinking requirement. 54 lecture hours. CSU;UC
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