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  • 5.00 Credits

    Recommended Preparation: CIS 100 or CIS 101 or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: Placement in ENGL 060 or instructor permission. ENGL 060 is a basic composition course designed to develop those writing/sentence skills necessary in both everyday writing and subsequent college writing through classroom exercises, group problem-solving and short writing assignments. Skills gained in this course should help students improve their ability to perform such tasks as writing short-answer tests, brief responses to readings, and brief papers. Designed as preparation for ENGL 095. 5 lecture hours.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Appropriate English placement score or a grade of "C-" or better in ENGL 060. ENGL 095 is a developmental course that focuses on a review of writing fundamentals including organization, sentence structure and usage, vocabulary, spelling, and grammar. Writing assignments are generally limited to the paragraph. Skills gained in this course should help students improve their ability to write logically developed short-essay tests and brief, formal summaries and reports. 5 lecture hours.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Appropriate English placement test score or a grade of "C-" or better in ENGL095. ENGL& 101 emphasizes the basic rhetorical principles and development of expository and argumentative prose. Included is an introduction to the research methods necessary for evidence-backed writing. Skills gained in this course should help students improve their performance of such tasks as writing for a variety of purposes and audiences, as well as writing informative and persuasive essays and research-backed reports, projects and papers. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies writing skills requirement for the AA degree.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: A grade of "C-" or better inENGL& 101. ENGL& 102 is a continuation of writing skills practiced in ENGL& 101 directed towards writing expository/argumentative and critical/analytical themes focusing on literature. The course also continues the instruction of research methods begun in ENGL& 101, emphasizing the preparation of a research paper. Skills gained in this course should improve students' performance in such tasks as writing for various purposes and audiences, writing critically and analytically in a variety of settings and creating formal, written research projects. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies writing skills requirement for the AA degree.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Recommended Preparation: Competency in basic computer operation or concurrent enrollment in CIS 100. Prerequisite: Appropriate English placement score or a grade of "C-" or better in ENGL 095. This course is designed for both vocational/technical and business students. It emphasizes written and oral communication required in the world of work. Major topics include business letters and memorandums, formal and informal reports, computer graphics, basic principles of technical writing, and oral presentations. 5 lecture hours. Vocational program course. May be used as a general elective in the AA degree.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: A grade of "C-" or better inENGL& 101. An introduction to the comedies, the histories and the tragedies, this course emphasizes development of the analytical skills necessary to read, write, speak, and think critically about the meaning and dramatic effect of Shakespeare's plays. Additionally, attention is given to understanding the plays within the context of early modern history and culture. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies humanities distribution area D requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Recommended Preparation: Competency in basic computer operation or concurrent enrollment in CIS 100. Prerequisite: A grade of "C-" or better inENGL& 101. This course emphasizes techniques of technical writing and the preparation of informal and formal technical reports commonly found in vocational, technical, and business environments. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies writing skills requirement for the AA degree.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: A grade of "C-" or better inENGL& 101. Course readings reflect our diverse national experience during the past two centuries. Authors are selected to highlight peculiarly American themes, forms and cultural conflicts. Fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction prose are variously emphasized. Most recent emphasis: the tradition of American nature writing. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies humanities distribution area D requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Recommended Preparation: A grade of "C-" orbetter in ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101. This course emphasizes the various concerns surrounding the understanding and creation of the short story. Topics addressed in the course include the processes of drafting and revision, analysis of literary style and technique, and methods of offering and accepting constructive criticism. Students are expected to submit original manuscripts for workshop critique during the course of the quarter. 2 lecture hours. Satisfies specified elective requirement for the AA degree.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Recommended Preparation: A grade of "C-" orbetter in ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101. This course emphasizes the various concerns surrounding the understanding and creation of poetry. Topics addressed in the course include the processes of drafting and revision, analysis of literary style and technique, and methods of offering and accepting constructive criticism. Students are expected to write a variety of poetic exercises, as well as submit original manuscripts for workshop critique, during the course of the quarter. 2 lecture hours. Satisfies specified elective requirement for the AA degree.
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