COA 09-11 Catalog - Peralta Colleges

134 english (ENGL)ENGL 211Introduction to Critical Thinking3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Development 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 4d, 4eENGL 216African-American Writers (Poetry)3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Study of major African-American poets, past and present:Emphasis on the interpretation of ideas in poetry fromthe African-American perspective. 1503.00AA/AS area 3, 4d, 5ENGL 230BIntroduction to American Literature3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Engl 230A is not prerequisite to Engl 230B.Survey of American literature: From Americanromanticism to literature of the twentieth century.1503.00AA/AS area 3, 4dENGL 233AIntroduction to Contemporary Literature3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR)Study of selected literature of the twentieth century:Thematic and stylistic aspects of the individual works;emphasis on European writers to 1970. 1503.00AA/AS area 3, 4dENGL 233BIntroduction to Contemporary Literature3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR)Engl 233A is not prerequisite to Engl 233B.Study of selected literature of the twentieth century:Thematic and stylistic aspects of the individual works;1970 to the present with emphasis on American andBritish writers. 1503.00AA/AS area 3, 4dENGL 248AA-FZSelected Topics in English.5-5 units, 0-5 hours lecture, 0-15 hours lab (GR or P/NP)See section on Selected Topics. 1501.00ENGL 256Basic Grammar1-3 units, 1-3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)Non-degree applicableCourse study under this section may be repeated twotimes for a maximum of 3 units.Developmental grammar: Sentence patterns, functionsof parts of speech and punctuation, and the developmentof paragraph structure. 4930.20ENGL 267ABasic Writing1-3 units, 1-3 hours lecture (GR)Not open for credit to students who have completed orare currently enrolled in Engl 252A-B or 259A-D/269A-B.Non-degree applicableCourse study under this section may be repeated twotimes for a maximum of 9 units.Review of writing skills: Spelling, grammar andpunctuation, organizing strategies, and use of the writingprocess. 4930.21ENGL 267BBasic Writing1-3 units, 1-3 hours lecture (GR)Prerequisite: Engl 267A (or 250A-C)Not open for credit to students who have completed orare currently enrolled in Engl 252A-B or 259A-D/269A-BNon-degree applicableContinuation of ENGL 267A with further review ofwriting skills: Spelling, grammar and punctuation,organizing strategies, and use of the writing process.4930.21ENGL 268ABasic Reading1-3 units, 1-3 hours lecture (GR)Not open for credit to students who have completed orare currently enrolled in Engl 252A-B or 259A-D/269A-BNon-degree applicableCourse study under this section may be repeated twotimes for a maximum of 9 units.Practice in techniques to improve basic reading skills:Fundamentals of basic reading and analysis andcorrection of individual reading problems. 4930.70