English Courses

Course Description: This reading and writing course is the first in a two part sequence designed to assist students in strengthening reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Reading strategies and the role they play in college writing are emphasized. Standard Written English, vocabulary, grammar, mechanics, sentence construction, and paragraph development are the focus. This course is required for students whose scores on the English Placement Examination (EPE) indicate a need for more basic instruction.

Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with the grammar and composition skills needed to write effective expository essays. The student will be required to be proficient in grammar and mechanics. Several written assignments and a proctored final exam will be required. Please call for syllabus.

Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with the independent reading, writing, and critical thinking skills necessary to produce effective, analytical, college-level, expository writing. Effective writing is fundamental to student learning and success in every discipline. Fortunately, the independent study provides individualized, one-on-one instruction for your unique set of skills.

Course Description: This course is designed to develop critical reading, thinking, and writing skills. A variety of source-based, documented essays is required. There will be continued emphasis on the writing process. Call for syllabus.

Course Description: This course is designed to expose students to a variety of literatures and to develop critical and effective thinking, reading and writing skills. . The student will write 7 reaction papers (one per unit) and submit 2 proctored exams.

Course Description: This course is designed to expose students to a variety of literatures and to develop critical and effective thinking, reading, and writing skills. In this course, students will read literature from three major genres: poetry, short stories, and drama. The students will learn basic literary terms and different approaches to literature. Students will come to understand that major human concerns are depicted by literature across time and cultures. There will be units on the following themes: family, men and women, human vulnerability, freedom and responsibility, and quest.

Course Description: This course introduces the student to close reading and analysis for literary texts and familiarizes the student with the basics of writing essays on literary topics. Common literary terms and theories will be studied.

Course Description: In this course, the students will study classical mythology. Enriched with the knowledge gleaned from the readings, students will be able to recognize and appreciate the many allusions and echoes from these myths in modern literature, painting, sculpture, music, dance, and cinema. Greek and Roman mythology has remained a living force throughout the ages; it had been retold and reinterpreted with infinite variations. A thorough understanding of Greek and Roman mythology will enhance our appreciation and deepen our grasp of the world around us.

Course Description: The course is designed to increase the student's vocabulary through a systematic word-building approach. The emphasis is on learning word families through the study of bases, prefixes, and suffixes derived from the Greek and Latin languages. 13 lessons, 2 exams.

Course Description: This course is designed to give students an overview of English Literature from Beowulf to the transition writers. COURSE OBJECTIVES: a)The student will read a limited number of English Literature texts and analyze them critically; b) The student will demonstrate an understanding of the social and historical background of the authors; c) The student will write critical responses to selected literature; d) The student will apply fundamental literary terms and critical theory; e) The student will be able to recognize how the major human concerns are depicted by the different authors studied. Proctored midterm and final exams. Prerequisite: ENG 210: Study of Literature.

Course Description: This course will focus on selected works of Literature from the ancient authors to 1700. Objectives: a) The student will evaluate how literature records and embodies centuries of human thought; b) The student will observe, measure, and judge the people and properties of the Old World; c) The student will criticize literature with intelligence, gusto, and critical discrimination; d) The student will gain a deeper knowledge of literary genres and will be able to apply literary concepts and terms; e) The student will be required to write critical responses to selected works so that the above objectives can be measured. Proctored midterm and final exams. Prerequisite: ENG 210: Study of Literature.

Course Description: This course will focus on a great many works from the eighteenth century to the present, and it is intended to familiarize the student with the various authors who represent (in part) the canon of the novel. This course will show the student how literature records and embodies human thought, action, and emotion, stressing various theories of the novel. The student will be encouraged to observe, measure, and judge the people and properties of the novel. Prerequisite: ENG 210: The Study of Literature.

Course Description: This course is a study of the literature of Native American, African-American, Chicano, and other American ethnic and minority groups. Prerequisite: ENG 210 The Study of Literature.

Course Description: This course is designed as a survey of literature written by women beginning with Old English, ending with current female writers. The course focuses on the western tradition, and introduces students to feminist literary criticism. Students will use the independent reading, writing, and critical thinking skills necessary to produce effective, analytical, college-level, expository writing about Women's Literature. Fortunately, the independent study provides individualized, one-on-one instruction for your unique set of interests and skills.

Course Description: This course is a survey of American Literature from the earliest European colonization to the American Renaissance. Course objectives are 1) students will understand the major themes of early American texts within their historical and philosophical contexts; 2) students will analyze texts from a variety of literary perspectives; 3) students will understand the relevance of early American texts to contemporary American cultural and political debates; and 4) students will improve their writing and critical thinking abilities. Prerequisite: ENG 210: Study of Literature.

Course Description: This course is a survey of American Literature from the American Renaissance to the present. Course objectives are: 1) students will understand the major themes of later American works within their historical and philosophical contexts; 2) students will analyze texts from a variety of contemporary perspectives; 3) students will understand the relevance of later American works to contemporary American and political debates; and 4) students will improve their writing and critical thinking. Prerequisite: ENG 210: Study of Literature.

Course Description: An advanced study of selected plays of William Shakespeare. The course will include an offering of the comedies, tragedies, and one history. Additionally, the course will focus on Shakespeare's progression as a playwright, regarding the development of language, structure, and themes. Emphasis will be placed on analysis, literary interpretation, Elizabethan/Jacobean world-view, and close reading. We will study the following plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest.

Course Description: This course concentrates mainly on the Canterbury Tales, but covers other major works as time permits. The course will start with a short overview of the history, social structure, and religious concerns of Chaucer's time. The student will read the "General Prologue," the "Knight's Tale," the "Miller's Tale," the "Reeve's Tale," the "Man of law's Tale," the "Franklyn's Tale," the "Merchant's Tale," the "Second Nun's Tale," the "Clerk's Tale," the "Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale," the "Prioresses' Tale," the "Friar's Tale," the "Summoner's Tale," the "Pardoner's Prologue and Tale," the Nun's Priest's Tale," the prologue to the "Parson's Tale," and Chaucer's "Retractions."

Course Description: This course is a study of the development of the American novel through the Twentieth Century. Prerequisite: ENG 210 The Study of Literature.

Course Description: This course emphasizes specific topics in American Studies, including readings in the literature and an investigation of current problems, including the American character, popular culture, and ethnic and women's studies. Prerequisite: ENG 210 with a minimum grade of C or instructor's permission.

Course Description: This course studies the development of literary critical theory and practice from the beginning of the 20th century to the present, with some emphasis on important earlier theories as they relate to contemporary developments. Prerequisite: ENG 210 with a minimum grade of C or instructor's permission.

Course Description: This course is a study of major authors in fiction, dramatic literature, and poetry. Author(s) will be selected by instructor. This section of the course focuses on important works by Herman Melville. Prerequisite: ENG 210 with a minimum grade of C or instructor's permission.