| ENGLISH |
48 |
ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL FIELD STUDIES |
1.0 to 3.0 Units |
ENGL 48 provides college credit for travel and study in foreign countries at the student's own expense in programs provided by agencies approved in advance by the College and under the direction of a Glendale Community College instructor. Note: This course may be taken 4 times; a maximum of 12 units may be earned. Each repetition must be in a different country and/or area of the world and/or different theme. Lecture 1-3 hours. Corequisite: Concurrent registration in 6 or more units or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU |
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49 |
ENGLISH INDEPENDENT STUDY |
1.0 to 3.0 Units |
ENGL 49 provides motivated students with an opportunity to explore a subject in greater depth, to familiarize students with some basic research techniques, to interest students in possible career areas, and to take advantage of special academic interests. Emphasis is on individual research projects, library research, and preparation of research papers. There is no prescribed course content. Students develop a research project, have it approved by the sponsoring instructor and appropriate division chairperson, then submit the finished project, which may be library research, or perhaps a supervised experimental program related to a specific course of instruction. Note: Registration is open to any student at GCC who is currently registered for 6 or more units and who is admitted to Independent Study by the instructor. A student is limited to one Independent Study per semester and no more than 12 units credit toward the AA Degree or Certificate, and no more than 6 units per division. The units received may be acceptable for college transfer subject to the approval of the individual college. This course may be taken 3 times; a maximum of 9 units may be earned. Laboratory 3-9 hours. Corequisite: Concurrent registration in 6 or more units. Transfer Credit: CSU |
| ENGLISH |
C1000 |
ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING |
4.0 Units |
(Previously ENGL 101) In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. Students also learn to position their ideas in relation to the ideas of others by developing skills in argumentation, source integration, analysis of evidence, information literacy, and citing according to academic conventions. Students generate original ideas through writing and revise their work according to audience expectations. Note: This course was previously ENGL 101. Lecture 4 hours. Prerequisite: Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 100) |
| ENGLISH |
C1000E |
ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING |
4.5 Units |
(Previously ENGL 101+) In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. This course includes embedded support. Students also learn to position their ideas in relation to the ideas of others by developing skills in argumentation, source integration, analysis of evidence, information literacy, and citing according to academic conventions. Students generate original ideas through writing and revise their work according to audience expectations. Note: This course was previously ENGL 101+. Lecture 4 hours/Laboratory 1.5 hours. Prerequisite: Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC. (C-ID ENGL 100) |
| ENGLISH |
C1000H |
ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING - HONORS |
4.0 Units |
(Previously ENGL 101H) In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. This is an honors course. Students also learn to position their ideas in relation to the ideas of others by developing skills in argumentation, source integration, analysis of evidence, information literacy, and citing according to academic conventions. Students generate original ideas through writing and revise their work according to audience expectations. The honors course will be enhanced in one or more of the following ways: 1. Accelerated standards of reading levels, emphasizing primary sources. 2. Accelerated standards of critical thinking including critical writing and problem-centered research. Note: This course was previously ENGL 101H. Lecture 4 hours. Prerequisite: Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 100) |
| ENGLISH |
102 |
CRITICAL THINKING AND LITERARY ANALYSIS |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 102 helps students to develop and refine their critical thinking and writing skills beyond the level achieved in ENGL 101 as those skills apply to literary analysis in academic writing. The course emphasizes the selection and analysis of textual evidence and the application of logical and traditional reasoning, inquiry-driven research focusing on literature and literary analysis to produce thoughtful arguments. Writing skills are taught using literature from diverse perspectives (both fiction and non-fiction) and literary criticism as subject matter. Students also receive instruction in literary research, apply revision strategies to refine their work, and complete a fully documented research paper. Students develop a broader understanding of the human condition through the study of literature from a range of time periods and cultures. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 120) |
| ENGLISH |
102H |
HONORS CRITICAL THINKING AND LITERARY ANALYSIS |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 102H helps students to develop and refine their critical thinking and writing skills beyond the level achieved in ENGL 101 as those skills apply to literary analysis in academic writing. The course emphasizes the selection and analysis of textual evidence and the application of logical and traditional reasoning, inquiry-driven research focusing on literature and literary analysis to produce thoughtful arguments. Writing skills are taught using literature from diverse perspectives (both fiction and non-fiction) and literary criticism as subject matter. Students also receive instruction in literary research, apply revision strategies to refine their work, and complete a fully documented research paper. Students develop a broader understanding of the human condition through the study of literature from a range of time periods and cultures. The honors course will be enhanced in one or more of the following ways:1. Accelerated standards of reading levels, emphasizing major writers; 2. Accelerated standards of critical thinking, including critical writing and problem-centered research; 3. Introduction to and emphasis on types or schools of literary criticism, including professional models of such. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL C1000 or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 120) |
| ENGLISH |
103 |
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 103 consists of an introduction to the theory and practice of creative verbal expression in the major imaginative literary forms: (1) non-fiction and fiction prose, (2) poetry, and (3) drama. Emphasis is placed on step by step instruction in creating the finished piece of writing, with much group discussion of student writing. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 200) |
| ENGLISH |
C1001 |
CRITICAL THINKING AND WRITING |
3.0 Units |
(Previously ENGL 104) In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 College Reading and Writing (C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. Students gain a more advanced understanding of the selection of textual evidence, rhetoric, and the relationship between language and logic. Note: This course was previously ENGL 104. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: College-level composition (ENGL C1000/C-ID ENGL 100) or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID Engl 105) |
| ENGLISH |
105 |
SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD TO 1780 |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 105 is a survey course covering the development of English Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to 1780, emphasizing the evolution of cultural, religious, and political ideas which frame that literature, including issues of freedom, equity, and social class, slavery and colonialism, and attitudes regarding gender and sexuality, as well as race and ethnicity. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 160) |
| ENGLISH |
106 |
SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM 1780 TO THE PRESENT TIME |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 106 is a survey course covering the development of English Literature from 1780 to the present time. English 106 continues the study of the development of thought as an expression of cultural heritage of the English-speaking world and showcases the transforming influences of many world cultures' thought and language traditions on its literature. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 165) |
| ENGLISH |
109 |
INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO 1700 |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 109 is a comparative study of selected works, both composed in English, and translated to English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other areas, from antiquity to the mid or late seventeenth century. The course may include selections from The Ramayana, Shahnameh, Popol Vuh, Rumi, The Decameron, and The Thousand and One Nights. Emphasis is placed upon the classics. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 140) |
| ENGLISH |
110 |
INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE FROM 1700 TO THE PRESENT TIME |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 110 is a comparative study of literary works from around the world from the mid seventeenth century to the present with an emphasis on non-western literary and cultural traditions, including Central and South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Students explore important themes of cultural and literary history, such as women and sexism, slavery and racism, and alienation in the modern world based on social class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. The selection of literary texts reflects a diversity of traditionally underrepresented voices and the struggles of oppressed and marginalized human beings. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 145) |
| ENGLISH |
111 |
WOMEN IN LITERATURE |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 111 is a comparative study of the roles assigned to women in literature by both male and female authors. The course critically examines the literary and cultural stereotypes of women in the short story, novel, poetry, and drama. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC |
| ENGLISH |
112 |
INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 112 is a basic introductory course in narrative script writing for film and episodic television. Emphasis is placed upon the essentials of screenplay structure, characters, conflict, theme, and technical script formatting in the development of a short screenplay. Note: This course may not be taken for credit by students who have completed FTVM 112. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC |
| ENGLISH |
114 |
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY: CREATIVE WRITING |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 114 invites students to continue the study of creative writing through in-depth exploration of the craft, theory, and practice of writing poetry. How do structure, style, poetic form, identity, and experience inform poetry? How do poets employ different forms, such as lyric, narrative, prose, and experimental forms? In this class, students compose their own poems in addition to reading, discussing, and writing about contemporary poems representing a diverse variety of writers with different backgrounds, approaches, and styles. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 103. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC |
| ENGLISH |
115 |
INTRODUCTION TO FICTION: CREATIVE WRITING |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 115 introduces students to the craft, theory, and practice of writing fiction. How do writers craft short stories and novels? How do the structural, stylistic, and thematic elements, as well as identity and experience, inform narrative? In this class, students compose their own works of fiction in addition to reading, discussing, and writing about contemporary fictional works representing a diverse variety of writers with different backgrounds, approaches, and styles. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 103. Course Typically Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC |
| ENGLISH |
117 |
FILM AS LITERATURE |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 117 is the study of film as literature from thematic, cultural, historical, and aesthetic perspectives. Students are encouraged to incorporate analytical perspectives from literary and film criticism into discussion and written work. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC |
| ENGLISH |
118 |
INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE NONFICTION: CREATIVE WRITING |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 118 introduces students to the craft, theory, and practice of writing creative nonfiction. How do writers explore nonfiction through different forms, such as memoir, literary journalism, profiles, and flash, lyric, or researched essays? How do identity and experience inform nonfiction writing? In this class, students compose their own works of creative nonfiction in addition to reading, discussing, and writing about contemporary nonfiction representing a diverse variety of writers with different backgrounds, approaches, and styles. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 103. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC |
| ENGLISH |
122 |
AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1865 |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 122 introduces students to a large range of works by major American writers, as well as to works by minor American writers representing marginalized voices in the United States, from pre-Colonial times to the Civil War. The course relates these works to the history of ideas developing contemporarily in the United States. Through a careful analysis of important historical movements, students will gain an increased understanding of America's heritage. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 130) |
| ENGLISH |
123 |
AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO THE PRESENT |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 123 introduces students to a broad range of American authors and their relationships to major literary and intellectual movements that comprise an evolving national literature and inform ideas of what it is to be American." This course provides a generous sample of the works of both well-known and underrepresented American writers from the Civil War to the present moment. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000 or ESL 151 or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 135) |
| ENGLISH |
125 |
SHAKESPEARE |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 125 is an introduction to the works of Shakespeare, including his histories, comedies, tragedies, problem plays, and sonnets, examining texts and identifying the conventions of each genre. Students focus on the plays both as literature to be analyzed and as theatrical scripts to be performed. Students consider the historical context in which they were created, and analyze Elizabethan, Jacobean and contemporary productions of the plays, as well as intertextual and post-colonial replies to Shakespeare's work. The course includes critical theory and secondary source research. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC |
| ENGLISH |
127 |
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 127 introduces students to representative and unique works of children's literature, and develops students' close reading and analytical writing skills. We investigate the artistic and psychological features of literature written for children, and explore the political implications of writing and publishing trends in children's literature. We examine the production of children's literature in historical terms, analyzing tales from the oral tradition, the advent of print, and modern publishing and delivery methods, while also investigating children's reception of and interaction with content and form. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 180) |
| ENGLISH |
130 |
SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 130 explores the evolution and influence of science fiction and fantasy literature from the late 19th Century to the present, concentrating on 20th and 21st Century writers. How does fantasy reflect real world fears and desires? How does science fiction comment on contemporary social issues? Students examine the history, major themes, and function of science fiction and fantasy to uncover the links between imaginative literature and our reality. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC |
| ENGLISH |
212 |
ADVANCED SCREENWRITING |
3.0 Units |
ENGL 212 is an advanced course in narrative script writing for film. Emphasis is placed on character creation, story development, and three act structure. Students will develop story scenarios, choose one to outline as a feature film, and write Act One in screenplay format. Note: This course may not be taken for credit by students who have completed FTVM 212. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: FTVM 112, ENGL 112, or FTVM 120. Course Typically Offered: Spring (Odd Years Only). Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC |
| ENGLISH |
298 |
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING |
1.0 to 3.0 Units |
ENGL 298 is intended to give undergraduate students hands-on experience in academic research while working collaboratively on projects within specific themes relating to professional pathways in English and Humanities. It allows the student to develop his or her critical thinking and writing skills to the level of proficiency required to complete original scholarly and professional research for possible submission and presentation, such as at a conference. Students will receive instruction in advanced research and in the process of writing and revising professional work. Students are expected to apply research analysis techniques and concepts learned in previous English classes, and to use their problem-solving skills in carrying out assigned projects. Students will be required to present the results of their research to the campus/to a group of faculty. Lecture 1-3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL C1000. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 102 or C1001. Transfer Credit: CSU |
| ENGLISH |
298H |
HONORS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING |
1.0 to 3.0 Units |
ENGL 298H is intended to give undergraduate students hands-on experience in academic research while working collaboratively on projects within specific themes relating to professional pathways in English and Humanities. It allows the student to develop his or her critical thinking and writing skills to the level of proficiency required to complete original scholarly and professional research for possible submission and presentation, such as at a conference. Students will receive instruction in advanced research and in the process of writing and revising professional work. Students are expected to apply research analysis techniques and concepts learned in previous English classes, and to use their problem-solving skills in carrying out assigned projects. Students will be required to present the results of their research to the campus/to a group of faculty. The honors course will be enhanced in one or more of the following ways: 1. Accelerated standards of reading levels, emphasizing primary and conceptual sources 2. Accelerated standards of critical thinking, including critical writing and problem-centered research 3. Emphasis on types or schools of literary criticism, including professional models of such. Lecture 1-3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL C1000. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 102 or C1001. Transfer Credit: CSU |
