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  • ENG 091: Core English

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    (Formerly ENG 1301 ) 3 credits (6 equated/billable), 6 hours Pre-requisite: Placement test Co-requisite: ENG 092, unless exempt As the core of LIBRA, a blocked interdisciplinary program, ENG 091 emphasizes analytical and critical thinking through writing assignments across academic disciplines. The student will learn how to use class discussions and readings as the basis for composing organized and welldeveloped essays. Students work in collaborative groups to analyze and challenge ideas and learn how to revise and edit their work effectively. Additionally, students will be provided with practice in grammar, vocabulary enrichment, and sentence structure. The course will support students' successful performance on the CUNY/ACT writing test and provide a foundation for further academic work.
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  • ENG 092: Developmental Reading

    1.00 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    (Formerly ENG 1399) 1 credit (3 equated/billable), 3 hours Pre-requisite: Placement test Co-requisite: ENG 091, unless exempt As the complement to ENG 091, ENG 092 is a reading course designed to help students develop strategies from improving comprehension through discussions of and written responses to crossdisciplinary texts. Students will learn to become active readers, to summarize and explain their understanding of ideas, and to support their analysis with appropriate references to the readings. By the end of the semester, students will have acquired strategies for improving their reading speed and their close reading skills, and for performing successfully on the CUNY/ACT reading test.
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  • ENG 094: Skills and Written Composition

    4.50 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    (Formerly ENG 051) 3 credits (4.5 equated/billable), 4.5 hours Pre-requisite: A score of 6 on the ACT (Writing) and 80 or higher on the ACT (Reading). Open only to entering students without transfer credit for ENG 110. This course expedites students' learning of the basic reading, writing and critical thinking skills necessary to pass the ACT midway through the semester and strengthens their composing skills so they will be able to produce the increasingly complex essays expected of students in ENG 110 by the end of the semester. The course provides extensive expository writing practice using readings studied at the 110 level. Students will submit at least six revised essays in modes such as description, narration, comparison/contrast, process analysis, argumentation and cause and effect. They will be introduced to the use of print and online secondary sources and complete a research project.
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  • ENG 110: Expository Writing

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    (Formerly ENG 1302) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: Passing CUNY/ACT Reading and Writing tests, or Exemption English 110, a foundational writing course, is designed to strengthen students' composing skills so that they will produce increasingly complex and better-structured essays. Reading and responding to interdisciplinary texts representing various rhetorical modes, students will practice paraphrasing and summarizing these texts, enrich their vocabulary, and improve their writing, revision, and proofreading skills. Additionally, students will be introduced to the use of print and on-line secondary sources. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to respond critically in writing, to a variety of texts, integrating their own ideas with those presented in the readings.
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  • ENG 111: Literature & Composition

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    (Formerly ENG 1303) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ENG 110 or Department permission. English 111, the second semester of freshman composition and a foundational writing course, introduces students to techniques for close reading of literary texts. This course develops students' critical thinking skills through the study of literary elements such as plot, character, setting, point of view, symbolism, and irony. Additionally, students will learn the Modern Language Association (MLA) system of parenthetical citation and how to incorporate quotations into their analysis of literary texts; they will also complete a research paper by consulting both print and on-line sources. By the end of the semester, students will be able to interpret and write critically about each of the three major genres: poetry, fiction, and drama.
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  • ENG 200: Medieval and Renaissance English Literature

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    3 credits. 3 hours Pre-requisite: ENG 111 This course introduces the student to major English writers of prose, poetry and drama from the late Middle Ages to the end of the English Renaissance. It lays the foundation for further studies in English at the 300 and 400 levels. Students will acquire mastery of the Modern Language Association (MLA) system of parenthetical citation and will work at incorporating quotations and paraphrases into their analysis of literary texts. Students will complete a research paper using referred literary sources. A consistent and correct use of university-level English is required to pass the class.
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  • ENG 202: Technical Writing

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    (Formerly ENG 1340) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ENG 111 In this course, students will perform tasks related to the technical writing process in order to write effectively on the job. In addition to learning to generate written documents for the technical and business professions, this course will focus on skills such as defining purpose, understanding readers, understanding clients, constructing effective sentences and paragraphs, composing drafts, testing drafts and revising the quality of finished documents. At the completion of the course, students will be able to create communications that will succeed in the workplace.
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  • ENG 203: Creative Writing Workshop

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ENG 111 This course, offered in a workshop format, will introduce students to various aspects of the craft of writing fiction, poetry and personal memoir/autobiography. Reading from the work of established writers will serve as a frame for explorations of different genres, focusing on the essentials of literary criticism as a means of understanding these works. Students will be encouraged to pursue publication possibilities in small presses as well as online websites and e-zines. Weekly reading and writing assignments, oral presentations and midterm assessment of the rewriting process, a portfolio of the student's completed work and instructor conferences are required.
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  • ENG 210: Studies in Fiction

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    (Formerly ENG 1342) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ENG 111 or Department permission In this course students will further develop skills in the interpretation and written analysis of full-length works by major modern writers such as Dostoyevsky, Ellison, Morrison, Kafka, Woolf, García Marquez, Allende, and Atwood. Students will write several short comparative essays and will complete one research paper using print and online sources as well as conventions for citation. By the semester's end, students will be able to compare the various writers' works, interpreting their themes, narrative styles, characterizations, and points of view, with attention to each author's particular contribution to what is considered modern fiction.
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  • ENG 211: The Modern American Novel

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Hostos Community College

    (Formerly ENG 1354) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ENG 111 or Department permission Students will analyze major works of 20th century American fiction, identifying their themes, styles, and structural components. A variety of male and female novelists will be studied in relation to their cultural milieu. Students will write short papers and complete one research project using print and on-line resources. By the end of the semester, students will have broadened their perspective of American literature and culture as seen through the works studied.
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