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ENGL 11A: Introduction to Creative Writing
Description: English 11A is an introductory creative writing course, offering practice in the elements of creative writing, including narrative, verse, and dialogue. Students will read, write, and respond to poetry, fiction, and dram. Class assignments will use materials drawn from individual's own work and selected texts.
CRN: 20612 SECTION: 071 DAYS & TIMES: T, 06:40 PM - 09:50 PM
LOCATION: 455 START & END DATES: 2026-08-24 - 2026-12-11
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ENGL 12A: Beginning Fiction Writing
Description: English 12A serves as a beginning course in the practice of writing fiction. Students will learn to develop internal and external sources for stories and novels. Class assignments will focus on characterization, plotting, point of view, and narrative techniques. The class will give considerable attention to the analysis and criticism of published writing and the individual's own work.
CRN: 21393 SECTION: 001 DAYS & TIMES: TTh, 01:00 PM - 02:25 PM
LOCATION: 555 START & END DATES: 2026-08-24 - 2026-12-11
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ENGL 201A: Non-Credit Preparation for Composition I
Description: Non-credit course in which students will practice academic reading, critical thinking, and writing expected in credit classes or degree-applicable classes. Students will practice metacognitive strategies that will prepare them for success in a transfer-level English course. This is the first 9-week course in a two-course sequence. Students completing both English 201A and 201B will earn a Certificate of Competency in Preparation for English Composition. The course is free to students and repeatable until mastery of the skills is met. Strongly Recommended: Informed Course Selection Tool (ICST).
CRN: 23645 SECTION: 001 DAYS & TIMES: TTh, 09:40 AM - 12:15 PM
LOCATION: 859 START & END DATES: 2026-08-24 - 2026-10-16
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ENGL 201B: Non-Credit Preparation for English Composition II
Description: Non-credit course in which students will practice academic reading, critical thinking, and writing expected in credit classes or degree applicable classes. Students will build on the metacognitive skills from 201A and practice more advanced reading and writing strategies that will prepare them for success in a transfer-level English course. This is the second 9-week course in a two-course sequence but may also be taken as a stand alone course. Students completing both English 201A and 201B will earn a Certificate of Competency in Preparation for English Composition. The course is free to students and repeatable until mastery of the skills is met. Strongly Recommended: Informed Course Selection Tool (ICST)
CRN: 23646 SECTION: 001 DAYS & TIMES: TTh, 09:40 AM - 12:30 PM
LOCATION: 859 START & END DATES: 2026-10-19 - 2026-12-11
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ENGL 210: English Jam: Non-Credit Preparation for English Composition
Description: In the English Jam, students will review and practice components of academic reading and writing in a supportive environment. This course will emphasize strategies for active reading, reading comprehension, and critical thinking about texts. Students will practice pre-writing, drafting, and revision strategies with brief assignments and a more extended essay. This is a non-credit class, tuition-free and repeatable, and can count towards earning a Non-credit Preparation for English Composition certificate.
CRN: 22324 SECTION: E01 DAYS & TIMES: MWF, 09:00 AM - 12:10 PM
LOCATION: 859 START & END DATES: 2026-08-24 - 2026-09-12
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ENGL 22: Mexican American/Latinx Literature of the U.S.
Description: This course is an introduction to Mexican American and Latinx Literature in the United States. The Mexican American and Latinx literary movement, particularly in California, is growing at a phenomenal rate, pushing the creative and intellectual boundaries within American Literature. In the course, we will cover a range of genres, including short stories, novels, poetry, memoirs, essays, and plays. Although Mexican American and Latinx authors have been contributing to American literature since the sixteenth century, the bulk of our attention will be paid to the Mexican American and Latinx literary movements that began in the 1950?s and extend through the present day. Students will analyze the literary works within the context of socio-economic, political, and historical movements; additionally, students will learn about the unique history, thematic concerns, and genre-bending styles of Mexican American and Latinx writers.
CRN: 20204 SECTION: 001 DAYS & TIMES: TTh, 09:40 AM - 11:05 AM
LOCATION: 351 START & END DATES: 2026-08-24 - 2026-12-11
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ENGL 25: Asian-American Literature
Description: Introduction to literary works of fiction, poetry, drama and the essay that reflect and explore the diversity of Asian-American experiences as well as divisions within Asian-American communities. Class explores literary expressions of cultural pride and identity, as well as reflections on racism, stereotypes, ?perpetual foreigner syndrome,? the model minority myth, and internalized oppression. Course texts also explore loneliness and loss of ?home,? identity confusion, generation gaps, acculturation ? and the challenge of creating community and retaining culture in America. Analysis of literature in the context of the historical growth of Asian-American identities with a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries.
CRN: 22252 SECTION: 001 DAYS & TIMES: Th, 01:00 PM - 02:25 PM
LOCATION: HYBRID START & END DATES: 2026-09-14 - 2026-12-11
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ENGL 32: U.S. Women's Literature
Description: Chronicles the expression of U.S. women authors through readings in a variety of genres such as fiction, poetry, drama, and the essay. Explores works by authors of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds in an effort to understand the diversity of women's voices, especially in the 20th century.
CRN: 21593 SECTION: HY1 DAYS & TIMES: T, 01:00 PM - 02:25 PM
LOCATION: HYBRID START & END DATES: 2026-08-24 - 2026-12-11
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ENGL 48: The Literature of the Holocaust
Description: Explores the literature of the Holocaust through readings in a variety of genres including memoir, essays, fiction, poetry, and film. Historically and culturally contextualizes the literature and examines the implications of writing which attempts to represent the Nazi genocide against the Jews.
CRN: 22069 SECTION: 001 DAYS & TIMES: MW, 11:20 AM - 12:45 PM
LOCATION: 356 START & END DATES: 2026-08-24 - 2026-12-11