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IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

• Prerequisite: English 1.

This course surveys 20th Century Latin-American literature. The poetry section begins with Dario and modernismo (1888-1910), postmodernismo (1910-1918) and vanguardismo (1918-1938): Neruda, Vallejo, Huidobro, Mistral, and Paz, among others, and concludes with postvanguardismo: Afro-Caribbean and other post-war poetic currents. Prose fiction will begin with realismo or criollismo (1880s-1930s), but will focus on the post-1940s, when Latin-American prose begins to enjoy international renown: Borges, Carpentier and Asturias, precursors to the “boom,” then Fuentes, Sabato, Vargas Llosa, Donoso, Cortazar, and Garcia Marquez, whose works popularized “magic realism.” The course will conclude with contemporary writers, such as Cabrera Infante, Allende, and Puig.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

• Prerequisite: English 1.

This course surveys Mexican literature. It deals with pre-Columbian Aztec and Mayan writing, poetry from the colonial and independence periods, and nineteenth century romanticism, but will emphasize twentieth century literature as it evolves through Modernismo (1888-1912), Postmodernismo (1912-1918), Vanguardismo (1918-1938), and Postvanguardismo (1940s-1970s): Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, Nervo, Velarde, Reyes, Pellicer, Paz, Castellanos, Sabines, and Pacheco, among other poets. The prose fiction section will begin with Azuela’s 1915 novel of the revolution, but will focus on post-1940s writers: Rulfo, Arreola, Fuentes, and Paz. Contemporary poets and writers (1970s-present) will complete the course.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

• Prerequisite: English 1.

This course is an introduction to Lesbian and Gay literature from the Greeks to the present. We will examine literary representations of same-sex relationships through close readings of poetry, plays, essays, and novels that center same-sex attraction. We will also examine the sociohistorical contexts that shape both the relationships and the representations.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

• Prerequisite: English 1.

A continuation of English 5, this course covers English literature from the Romantic Age to the 20th Century.

• Prerequisite: English 2.

This course allows students to study intensively, areas covered cursorily, if at all, in standard literature or composition classes. Students will explore primary works, source materials, and criticism in a seminar topic, giving oral presentations and writing critical analysis. Although the course is of particular importance for English majors, non-majors are also encouraged to take the course.

*UC transfer credit is contingent upon evaluation after transfer of the course by a UC campus. This course should not be used toward calculation of the minimum 60 units needed for admission to UC.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

• Prerequisite: English 1.

This course is a survey of the history, scholarship, and transformations of the fairy tale. The course includes a thematic approach to the first fairy tale collections, examination of notable criticism, and a review of modern reinventions in literature, film, and new media.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

• Prerequisite: English 1.

This course surveys modern crime fiction (both short stories and novels) from around the world published after World War II. The novels and stories in this genre are both works of literature and cultural artifacts that provide a significant insight into the ethical, social, and political ethos of the country. The course, therefore, will study the dual identity of these novels and short stories: as literary works and cultural artifacts. Works from three of the following countries will be studied (in English translation): Japan, Sweden, the United States, and Nigeria. Students will compare adaptations of the crime fiction genre and the ways in which crime and social justice resonate in these cultures.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

• Prerequisite: ENGL 1.

Graphic literature, also referred to as sequential art or graphic fiction, is one of the world’s great storytelling media. Students will explore its rich history, and consider its evolution from its comic book origins into a multi-faceted international genre. Graphic literature is — in the words of author and artist Eddie Campbell — “an emerging new literature of our times in which word, picture, and typography interact meaningfully and which is in tune with the complexity of modern life.” Students will learn how to read graphic literature, talk about what makes it powerful or effective, and explore a variety of critical approaches to visual storytelling as both a medium of communication and a unique form of literary art.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

• Prerequisite: English 1.

This course surveys American literature from its beginnings to the Civil War.

• Prerequisite: English 1.

This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of technical communication, the process of creating, designing, and transmitting technical information to help people use it effectively. The course examines the essential rhetorical structure of scientific and professional texts. Using some of the latest technology, students will prepare specific types of documents commonly used in the academic and professional worlds, especially in the sciences, high technology, and environmental studies.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

• Prerequisite: English 1.

This course covers the period from the Civil War to World War II. This is a survey course in American literature, designed to introduce the students to a variety of the novels, short stories, and poems that make up the best of that literature.

• Prerequisite: None.

This course is designed for students with below-average reading skills. The course provides a comprehensive laboratory approach to developmental reading. It is addressed primarily to students who need long-term individualized work in reading. Following assessment, an educational plan and learning objectives will be designed for each student. Emphasis will be placed on word attack skills and comprehension. English 80 is offered Pass/No Pass.

• Prerequisite: None.

The principal objective of this course is to improve students’ prewriting and writing skills. These skills involve sentence structure as well as the organized combination of sentences into paragraphs and basic essays. The class features a scheduled group lab of two hours per week. Other areas covered include parts of speech, parts of the sentence, sentence patterns, basic sentence errors, and expansion of the paragraph to the basic essay.

• Prerequisite: English 81A.

English 81B reinforces and continues the writing effort begun in English 81A. In class and lab formats, 81B stresses the skills necessary to write basic three paragraph essays and short summaries. Sentence skills are reviewed and expanded.

• Prerequisite: None.

This course is designed to improve the basic reading skills necessary for college success. It is to develop reading comprehension by stressing comprehension, listening, word-attack skills, and patterns of organization. It also helps the student discover techniques for life-long vocabulary expansion with emphasis on a more skillful use of sentence clues. Students also learn study and test-taking skills. The course requires classroom work, lab work, and homework.

• Prerequisite: English 83A.

This course is for students who have earned credit in English 83A, but who need further development in vocabulary and comprehension skills, especially using context clues, drawing inferences, and distinguishing between fact and opinion. In addition, students focus on monitoring their reading, strengthening time management based on the evaluation of their performance in English 83A, and improving study-reading techniques, such as mapping.

• Prerequisite: English 83B.

English 84R is for students who have earned credit for English 83A but who need further development in reading comprehension, rate and vocabulary. English 84R serves as a bridge to English 23. The course focuses on (1) analytical skills (how to find the main idea and patterns of organization); (2) inferential skills; (3) critical reading (telling fact from opinion, evaluating writer’s message and purpose); (4) textbook reading (reading graphic aids, underlining, outlining, mapping, and summarizing).

• Prerequisite: Credit in English 81B or English 85.

English 84W focuses upon the basic college essay and the prewriting techniques useful in its creation. Varieties of essays are studied as well as those sentence skills that aim to locate and correct major sentence errors. This class features a scheduled group lab of one hour per week.

• Prerequisite: None.

This course is designed to improve basic reading and writing skills necessary for college success. Students will develop reading comprehension, vocabulary, patterns of organization, and inferential techniques, and employ these skills in the prewriting and writing process. The integration of reading and writing enables students to apply what they have read to the writing process, starting with the paragraph and expanding to the basic essay. The course requires classroom work, lab work and homework. English 85 is offered as a credit/no credit class.

IGETC AREA 3B (Arts and Humanities)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

• Prerequisite: English 1.

This course provides a survey of the literary works of California, exploring prominent themes and motifs expressed by native and immigrant groups from the time of the Spanish conquest to the 1980s. It defines California literature and its influences on the American literary canon. Students will study and compare issues related to identity and geography, assimilation, family, class, and gender as they are reflected in the works by writers from at least four ethnic groups in the state, including but not limited to indigenous peoples, Chicanos/Latinos, European Americans, Asian Americans, and African Americans.