2012-2013 Catalog (all pages) - Ohlone College

184 9 ANNOUNCEMENT OF COURSES
ENGL-121 The Mystery: Unlocking Its Secrets
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: Eligible for ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
The course explores the mystery genre by introducing students
to various works of past and contemporary British and
American authors and by introducing students to the various
sub-genres such as cozies, amateurs, police procedurals,
forensics, and private investigators. (GC)
ENGL-122 Environmental Literature
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: Eligible for ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course is a survey of environmental writing reflecting the
changing relationship between humans and their environment
through time. Readings will cover a range of eras and
philosophies, including Native American creation tales,
narratives from the Age of Conquest, poetry and fiction from
the Romantic Era, early environmental essays from the 19th
and 20th centuries, and current environmental writing.
Students will read a variety of literary and non-fiction texts
from Thoreau, Muir, Leopold, Stegner, Carson, Abbey, Pollan,
and others. (GC)
ENGL-125A English Literature: From the Middle
Ages to the Restoration/18th Century
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
The course encompasses several revolutions in style and
sensibility that have shaped English literature from Beowulf
through the Middle Ages, the 16th century, the 17th century,
and the Restoration/Early 18th century. (GR)
ENGL-125B English Literature:
From Romanticism to Modernism
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course encompasses several revolutions in style and
sensibility that have shaped English literature from the
Romantic nature poets like Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley to
Modernist writers like James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and T.S.
Eliot. (GR)
ENGL-127 Autobiography: Writing Journals and Memoirs
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: Eligible for ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU
This is an autobiography course for those who wish to write
about their personal and family experiences in journals and
memoirs. The course encourages students to remember,
consider, and write about their own and their family’s past and
present, to learn basic research techniques, to organize their
material, and to write effectively. Students will also discuss
extracts from published autobiographical works. (GC)
ENGL-129 Psychology and Literature
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: Eligible for ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course focuses on a variety of major psychological issues
as they emerge from the close study of character, conflict, and
motivation in literature. Common themes will include
attachment and identity, childhood, family conflict, sexuality
and romantic love, stages of adulthood, and awareness of
death. Major psychological theorists such as Freud, Piaget, and
Erikson will be presented and their theories applied to the texts
being analyzed and discussed. (GC)
ENGL-130 American Stories:
Multicultural Autobiography and Memoir
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: Eligible for ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course explores the lives of multicultural Americans, such
as Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and
Latinos, as told through autobiography or memoir. (GC)
ENGL-131 Hip Hop/Slam Poetry
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU
This is a creative writing course in which students write and
perform hip hop and slam poetry that expresses their thoughts
about the world. (GC)
ENGL-141 Advanced Novel and Short Story Writing
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU
This course is to complete the ENGL-111A and ENGL-111B
series for creative writing. Participants will be focusing on
finishing their novels, memoirs, and/or updating their short
stories, so that they may be published. (GC)
ENGL-151A Fundamentals of Composition
54.00 hrs lecture, 54.00 hrs lab
Units: 4.00
Prerequisite: ESL-184RW or appropriate skill level
demonstrated through the placement test process
Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in ENGL-162 or ENGL-175
This course focuses on fundamentals of English grammar,
punctuation, and acceptable usage as applied to writing clear
sentences, paragraphs, and informal essays. Not applicable to
associate degree. (GR)
ENGL-151B Fundamentals of Composition
54.00 hrs lecture, 54.00 hrs lab
Units: 4.00
Prerequisite: ENGL-151A or appropriate skill level
demonstrated through the placement test process
Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in ENGL-163 or ENGL-175
This course reviews fundamentals of English grammar,
punctuation, and sentence structure and focuses on reading
critically and writing well-developed and well-organized
paragraphs and essays (descriptive, expository, and
argumentative). Not applicable to associate degree. (GR)
2012-2013 OHLONE COLLEGE CATALOG