COA 09-11 Catalog - Peralta Colleges

ENGLISH(ENGL)english (ENGL)131The AA degree in English will be awarded uponsatisfactory completion of the major course requirementslisted below and the General Education requirementsfor the Associate in Arts Degree listed in the Degrees andPrograms section of this Catalog.Degree Major Requirements:Dept/No. Title UnitsENGL 1A Composition and Reading 4ENGL 1B Composition and Reading 4Select four courses (12 units) from the following:ENGL 10A Creative Writing (3)ENGL 10B Creative Writing (3)ENGL 17A Shakespeare (3)ENGL 17B Shakespeare (3)ENGL 27A Bible as Literature: Old Testament (3)ENGL 27B Bible as Literature: New Testament (3)ENGL 30A Introduction to American Literature (3)ENGL 30B Introduction to American Literature (3)ENGL 31 African-American Literature (3)ENGL 32A Contemporary Women Writers (3)ENGL 32B Contemporary Women Writers (3)ENGL 33A Introduction to ContemporaryENGL 33BLiterature (3)Introduction to ContemporaryLiterature (3)ENGL 36 Women in Literature (3)ENGL 216 African-American Writers (Poets) (3) 12Total Required Units: 20ENGL 1AComposition and Reading4 units, 4 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Prerequisite: Engl 201B or ESL 21B or appropriateplacement through multiple-measures assessmentprocessAcceptable for credit: CSU, UCReading and writing expository prose: Critical thinking,identifying logical fallacies, and reasoning inductivelyand deductively. 1501.00AA/AS area 4a, 4d, 4e; CSU area A2; IGETC area 1AENGL 1BComposition and Reading4 units, 4 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Prerequisite: Engl 1AAcceptable for credit: CSU, UCContinued expository writing: Careful reading ofselected plays, poems, and novels. 1501.00AA/AS area 3, 4a, 4d; CSU area C2; IGETC area 3ENGL 5Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Prerequisite: Engl 1AAcceptable for credit: CSU, UCDevelopment of the ability to analyze, criticize andadvocate ideas: Relationship of language to logic,induction and deduction, facts, inferences, judgments,and formal and informal fallacies of language andthought. Instructs in writing about issues of criticalthinking to develop both thinking and writing skills.1501.00AA/AS area 4a, 4d, 4e; CSU area A3; IGETC area 1BENGL 10ACreative Writing3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Prerequisite: Engl 1AAcceptable for credit: CSU, UCWriting fiction, poetry, and drama: Careful analysis ofthe techniques used by established writers. 1507.00AA/AS area 3, 4d; CSU area C2ENGL 10BCreative Writing3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Prerequisite: Engl 1AEngl 10A is not prerequisite to Engl 10B.Acceptable for credit: CSU, UCContinuation of writing fiction, poetry, and drama:Careful analysis of the techniques used by establishedwriters. 1507.00AA/AS area 3, 4d; CSU area C2ENGL 17AShakespeare3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Prerequisite: Engl 1AAcceptable for credit: CSU, UCStudy of selected works of Shakespeare. 1503.00AA/AS area 3, 4d; CSU area C2; IGETC 3ENGL 17BShakespeare3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Prerequisite: Engl 1AEngl 17A is not prerequisite to Engl 17B.Acceptable for credit: CSU, UCContinued study of selected works of Shakespeare.1503.00AA/AS area 3, 4d; CSU area C2; IGETC area 3