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ENG 01 : PREPARING FOR COLLEGE WRITING I

(4 credits)

Helps students discover and develop writing processes needed to bring their proficiency to the level necessary for entrance into their respective curricula. Guides students through the process of starting, composing, revising, and editing. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ENG 03 : PREPARING FOR COLLEGE WRITING II

(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 01 if required by individual student’s placement.

Emphasizes strategies within the writing process to help students with specific writing situations. Develops techniques to improve clarity of writing and raise proficiency to the level necessary for entrance into particular curricula. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 04 : READING IMPROVEMENT I

(4 credits)

Helps students improve their reading processes to increase their understanding of reading materials. Includes word forms and meanings, comprehension techniques, and ways to control reading pace. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ENG 05 : READING IMPROVEMENT II

(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 04 if required by individual student’s placement.

Helps students read critically and increase appreciation of reading. Guides students in making inferences, drawing conclusions, and detecting relationships between generalizations and supporting details. Includes interpreting graphic aids and basic library skills. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ENG 100 : BASIC OCCUPATIONAL COMMUNICATION

(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): “C” average or better for four units of high school English (or equivalent) and satisfactory score on the placement exam or satisfactory completion of ENG 03, ENG 05.

Develops the ability to communicate in occupational situations. Involves writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Builds practical skills such as Handling customer complaints, writing various types of letters, and preparing for a job interview. (Intended for certificate and diploma students.) Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 101-102 : PRACTICAL WRITING I-II

(3 credits/3 credits) Must be taken in sequence. Prerequisite(s): “C” average or better for four units of high school English (or equivalent) and satisfactory score on the placement exam or satisfactory completion of ENG 03, ENG 05.

Develops writing ability for study, work, and other areas of life, with emphasis on occupational correspondence and reports. Guides students in learning writing as a process: understanding audience and purpose, exploring ideas and information composing, revising, and editing. Supports writing by integrating experiences in thinking, reading, listening, and speaking. Note: ENG 102 is usually offered in the spring semester only. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 105 : COMMUNICATION IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

(1-6 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 03, ENG 05 if required by individual student’s placement.

Develops ability to communicate effectively in business and industry, emphasizing gathering, organizing, and transmitting information. Primarily for non-curricular, on-site use in business and industry. Variable hours per week.

ENG 107 : CRITICAL READING

(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 05 if required by individual student’s placement.

Helps students refine their reading processes. Emphasizes applying and synthesizing ideas. Includes ways to detect organization, make inferences, draw conclusions, evaluate generalizations, recognize differences between facts and opinions, and other advanced strategies for comprehension. May include comprehensive library skills. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 109 : STUDY SKILLS

(3 credits)

Helps students refine their learning processes. Introduces ways to manage time, to listen and take notes in class, to make notes from books, to preview textbooks, to use the library, to prepare outlines and summaries, to prepare for and take examinations, and to improve memory. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 111-112 : COLLEGE COMPOSITION I-II

Develops writing ability for study, work, and other areas of writing based on experience, observation, research, and reading of selected literature. Guides students in learning writing as a process: understanding audience and purpose, exploring ideas and information composing, revisions, and editing. Supports writing by integrating experiences in thinking, reading, listening, and speaking. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 115 : TECHNICAL WRITING

(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 or ENG 111.

Develops ability in technical writing through extensive practice in composing technical reports and other documents. Guides students in achieving voice, tone, style, and content in formatting, editing, and graphics. Introduces students to technical discourse through selected readings. Requires oral presentation of original work. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 116 : WRITING FOR BUSINESS

(3 credits)

Develops ability in business writing through extensive practice in composing business correspondence and other documents. Guides students in achieving voice, tone, style, and content appropriate to a specific audience and purpose. Includes instruction in formatting and editing. Introduces students to business discourse through selected readings. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 121-122 : INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM I-II

(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval. Must be takne in sequence.

Introduces students to all news media, especially news gathering and preparation for print. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 134 : GRAMMAR FOR WRITING AND SPEAKING

(3 credits)

Studies the various parts of speech with application to both writing and speaking. Includes significant assignments to demonstrate skills in a variety of written and oral communication, and emphasizes the skills necessary for correct everyday usage of the English language. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 137 : COMMUNICATION PROCESSES I

(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 03, ENG 05 if required by individual student’s placement.

Covers content, form, and procedures for research writings, which may include reports, articles, summaries, essays, and correspondence. Stresses editing, proofreading skills, sentence structure, and paragraph development. Offers instruction and practice in oral communications and writing assignments. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 210 : ADVANCED COMPOSITION

(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval.

Helps students refine skills in writing non-fiction prose. Guides development of individual voice and style. Introduces procedures for publication. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 211-212 : CREATIVE WRITING I-II

(3 credits/3 credits) . May be taken out of sequence. Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval.

Introduces the student to the fundamentals of writing imaginatively. Students write in forms to be selected from poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 241-242 : SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE I-II

(3 credits/3 credits) Recommended to be taken in sequence. Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval.

Examines American literary works from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the ideas and characteristics of our national literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 243-244 : SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I-II

(3 credits/3 credits) Recommended to be taken in sequence. Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval.

Studies major English works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present, emphasizing ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 251-252 : SURVEY OF WORLD LITERATURE I-II

(3 credits/3 credits) Recommended to be taken in sequence. Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval.

Examines major works of world literature, and includes texts from Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America, from the ancient world to the present. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 253-254 : SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE I-II

(3 credits/3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval.

Examines selected works by Black American writers from the colonial period to the present. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 261-262 : ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING I-II

(3 credits/3 credits) May be taken out of sequence. Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval.

Guides the student in imaginative writing in selected genres on an advanced level. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 273-274 : WOMEN IN LITERATURE I-II

(3 credits/3 credits) May be taken out of sequence. Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval.

Examines literature by and about women, from the ancient and medieval worlds to the present and from many diverse cultures. Provides both historical and thematic surveys of the literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 279 : FILM AND LITERATURE

(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 or divisional approval.

Examines the translation of literature into film through the study of the stylistic elements of both mediums, and through the comparison of a wide variety of specific literary works to their film adaptations. The primary aim of the course is to enrich the student’s knowledge and appreciation of both art forms, and of the creative challenges involved in adaptation. A secondary aim is to increase the student’s awareness of the role played by history and culture in shaping a work of art. Through participation in course activities, which include discussion, oral presentation, and written assignments, students will also sharpen their critical and communicative skills. Lecture 3 hours per week.


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