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Index of Courses

 

English
  

  • ENG 212 - Survey of American Literature II (4)

    Philosophical, religious, political, and literary ideas in American writing from the mid- to late-19th century to the present. Course fulfills GE SubareaC3.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 213 - Multicultural Literatures in the U.S. (4)

    Introduction to ethnicity in literature; the role of ethnic identification and tensions in shaping literatures by U.S. writers of African, Asian, European, Hispanic, and Native American heritage. Course fulfills GE Sub-area C3.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 214 - Introduction to English Linguistics (4)

    The study of the English language as a science and as a cultural phenomenon. Exploration of fundamental properties shared by all languages and English in particular as well as on ways in which English differs from other languages with respect to structure and meaning. Topics also include comparison between spoken English and signed languages, such as ASL, the linguistic systems of English, and dialectal variation in English.  Course fulfills GE Sub-area C3.

    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussion.
  

  • ENG 215 - Latino Literature in America (4)

    Study of works by, and about, Latinos in America, within a broad historical and cultural context.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 216 - The Bible as Literature (4)

    Old and New Testament narrative, poetry, and wisdom literature in the King James Version. Course fulfills GE Sub-area C3.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 217 - World Literature I (4)

    Major themes in selected literary masterpieces from ancient cultures, western and nonwestern, up to the 11th century of the Common era, read within thematic and cultural contexts. Course fulfills GE Sub-area C3.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 218 - World Literature II (4)

    Major themes in selected literary masterpieces from different cultures, both western and nonwestern, from the 11th century of the Common era to the present, read within thematic and cultural contexts. Course fulfills GE Sub-area C3.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 222 - The Literature of Science Fiction (4)

    Science fiction as a literary genre. The history of science fiction. Seminal works (novels and short stories); major writers. The significance of science fiction in contemporary life and thought. Course fulfills GE Subarea C3.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 231 - Introduction to Folklore (4)

    Introduction to folklore. Narrative, song, folk life, ballads, customs, beliefs, games, folk speech, and other genres. Collecting. Significance of folklore phenomena in life and literature from different cultures.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 235 - War and Peace in Literature (4)

    Cross-cultural presentations of war and nonviolent protest in fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction, film, and other visual texts. Course fulfills GE Sub-area C3.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 240 - Women Writers (4)

    Selected readings in the works of major women writers. Emphasis on the contribution to literature by women authors. Course fulfills GE Subarea C3.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , ENG 110 , or permission of instructor.
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 299/299A/299L - Special Topics for Lower Division Students (1-4)

    Group study of a selected topic, the title to be specified in advance.

    Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor.
    Corequisite(s): may be required.
    Component(s): Instruction is by lecture, laboratory, or a combination.
    Minimum/Maximum Units: Credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter.
  

  • ENG 300 - Creative Non-Fiction (4)

    The fundamentals of writing creative non-fiction.  Exercises in structural organization, characterization, dialogue, point of view and focalization argumentation.  Readings of exemplary creative non-fiction and of theory; analysis of varieties of creative non-fiction; revisions with eye toward publication.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , ENG 110 , ENG 105 , or the equivalent.
    Component(s): 4 lecture/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 301 - Writing for the Professions (4)

    Written work of the kind the student may be asked to do in his or her profession, including reports, investigative papers, and articles similar to those appearing in professional journals.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 302 - Creative Writing-Fiction (4)

    The fundamentals of short-story writing. Exercises in plotting, characterization, dialog, description, narration, and point of view. Readings; analysis of stories and exercises.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 , and a 200-level literature course.
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 303 - Advanced Expository Writing (4)

    Current practices in such forms as the essay, commentary, magazine articles.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 105  or equivalent.
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 304 - Genre Fiction: Reading, Writing, and Critical Perspectives (4)

    Study of novels and short stories written in popular genres such as science fiction, fantasy, crime, suspense, horror, and romance. Historical, critical and creative writing approaches.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussion presentations.
  

  • ENG 312 - Introduction to Literary Studies (4)

    Fundamentals of studying literature. Exercises in reading practices, writing analytical papers, research, theory, and revision.

    Prerequisite(s): a 200-level literature course.
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussion.
  

  • ENG 313 - Language, Literacy and Cultural Practices (4)

    The reciprocal relations between uses of language and cultural practices.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 105 .
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 314 - From Theory to Practice in Student Literacy (4)

    Student reading and writing as rhetorical acts and as modes of learning and meaning-making; kinds and orders of discourse, discourse communities; case studies of literacy learning in secondary schools; and field work.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 317 - Language in Society (4)

    The study of language use in society and of mutual influences of society and language.  Focus on regional and social dialectology, language ideology, language contact, maintenance, and death.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussions.
  

  • ENG 318 - Analysis of Conversation (4)

    Study of sequences and utterances. Emphasis on linguistic characteristics of conversation, with comparisons of conversational practices across cultures.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussion.
  

  • ENG 319 - Applied Pragmatics (4)

    Study of the relationships between linguistic forms and their users within a context. Description of speech acts, implicature, and politeness theory. Emphasis will be on practical applications in the business world and the language classroom.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 105  or PHL 202  or equivalent.
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussions.
  

  • ENG 320 - Structure of Language (4)

    Study of phonology and morphology, with special emphasis on English. Includes work in phonetic transcription; phonological and morphological analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 321 - Grammar of Modern English (4)

    Modern English syntax; emphasis on standard English. Other social and regional dialects; work with various grammars and dictionaries.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 322 - Development of Modern English (4)

    Principles of language change as an aid to understanding present-day pronunciation, spelling, word formation, grammar, and usage in English. Social and cultural influences on the language.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 323 - Language Acquisition (4)

    Development of the first language from birth through adolescence. Adult and child acquisition of second and subsequent languages. Linguistic, biological, and social factors that facilitate and retard language learning.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 324 - Children’s Literature (4)

    Readings in myth and folklore and in children’s classics from the 18th century to the present.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 326 - Adolescent Literature (4)

    Selected readings in literature for the adolescent. Discussion of the nature and reading stages of the adolescent, criteria and sources for selecting adolescent literature, and effective methods of classroom presentation.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/presentations.
  

  • ENG 327 - Harry Potter as Literature and Cultural Studies (4)

    The Harry Potter series as literature as understood within the context of literary history, myth, children’s and young adult literature, cultural studies, and education. Emphasis on critical reading, thinking, and discussion. Course fulfills GE Synthesis C4.

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and GE Area C (1, 2, and 3).
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussion.
  

  • ENG 330 - Narrative in Literature and Film (4)

    Analysis of narrative conventions in works of literary fiction and in film, with attention to similarities and differences between literary and film art.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/presentations.
  

  • ENG 350 - Literary Theory (4)

    Analysis of the works of selected major critics, with emphasis on the moderns. Application of principles in original critical essays.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 354 - Professional Editing (4)

    Editing and production of a departmental publication. Analysis and selection of submissions received, with attention to overall composition and balance of the publication. Professional conduct in dealing with writers. Copyediting, graphic design, and layout.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218  or permission of instructor.
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 355 - Introduction to Rhetorical Theory (4)

    Rhetorical analyses of literary, political, and scientific texts. Emphasis on how rhetorical designs of texts appeals to readers.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussions.
  

  • ENG 371 - Chinese Civilization and Traditions (4)

    Comprehensive interdisciplinary study of Chinese civilization and traditions. Taught in English. Emphasis on classical primary texts (read in English translation, including visual texts such as paintings) of major aspects of Chinese civilization and traditions, complemented by contemporary critical references.

    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussion.
  

  • ENG 400 - Special Study for Upper Division Students (1-2)

    Individual or group investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems.

    Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 4 units, with a maximum of 2 units per quarter.
  

  • ENG 401 - Chaucer (4)

    Chaucer’s principal works, with special emphasis on The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Cultural background.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 402 - Milton and His Age (4)

    Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes. Prose and minor poems. Selected works by such contemporaries of Milton as Andrew Marvell. Historical background.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 403 - Shakespeare Before 1600 (4)

    Course explores Shakespeare, one of the most influential authors in English, and his effect upon Western culture, through history, literature, drama, music, and fine arts. Course fulfills GE Synthesis C4.

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and GE Area C (1, 2, and 3).
    Component(s): 4 lecture discussions.
  
  

  • ENG 406 - Shakespeare Performance I (4)

    Initial examination of a complete Shakespeare play text through performance techniques. Analysis of critical and scholarly commentary, including performance-centered works. Performance workshops.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 2 seminars.
    Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter.
  

  • ENG 407 - Shakespeare Performance II (4)

    Concluding examination of a complete Shakespeare play through performance techniques. Analysis of critical commentary, including student-generated essays. Performance workshops.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter.
  

  • ENG 408 - Myth as Literature (4)

    Survey of classical mythologies. Emphasis on the literary qualities of myths and their content as the basis for later literature.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussions.
  

  • ENG 409 - The Epic (4)

    Survey of epics with representative texts from several cultures.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussions.
  

  • ENG 410 - Arthurian Romance (4)

    Survey of medieval English and continental literature related to the King Arthur tradition.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussions.
  

  • ENG 419 - The Nineteenth-Century European Novel (4)

    The 19th-century novel, especially in France, Germany, Portugal, Russia, and Spain, with attention to its predecessors. Writers such as Balzac, Dostoevsky, Eca, Flaubert, Fontane, Galdos, Goethe, Stendhal, Tolstoy, and Zola.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/presentations.
  

  • ENG 420 - Texts and Images of the Holocaust (4)

    Historical and religious backgrounds of the Holocaust. Essays, fiction, poetry, and drama by writers such as Wiesel, Kosinski, Levi, Ozick, Steiner, Arendt, Hochhuth.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218  or permission of instructor.
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 421 - Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language (4)

    Overview of TESL terminology, historical perspectives, methodologies, socio-political aspects of language and language-teaching profession, and TESL research tools, including elements of qualitative and quantitative design. Readings, discussions, computer applications, and research.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Note(s): Is currently only offered as ENG 521 , which can be taken for undergraduate credit.
  

  • ENG 424 - Race and Gender in Modern Literature (4)

    Fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction in which both race and gender are present as a major theme, strategy, or narrative effect. Writers such as Larsen, Wright, Walker, Kingston, Lorde, Moraga, Hansberry, Broner.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 425 - The Literature of Exile (4)

    Literature produced by writers who live and write outside their homelands; the influence of expatriate or exile status on that literature and on national and international literary movements.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 426 - Practical Issues in Teaching English as a Second Language (4)

    Emphasis on curriculum analysis, textbook and material selection, lesson preparation, assessment issues, and student learning styles.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 hours lecture discussion.
    Note(s): Is currently only offered as ENG 526/526A , which can be taken for undergraduate credit.
  

  • ENG 427 - Teaching Composition to ESL Students (4)

    Topics in pedagogical and theoretical perspectives. Methods for helping nonnative-English-speaking students master the requirements of basic and academic written English. Strategies for integrating recent research on second-language composing into a course or curriculum in ESL composition.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 103 , ENG 104 , ENG 107 , ENG 109 , or ENG 110 .
    Component(s): 4 lectures.
  

  • ENG 428 - The Novel in the Modern World (4)

    The 20th-century novel outside the U.S. and Great Britain, with attention to its predecessors. Writers such as Allende, Cela, Emecheta, Ginzburg, Gordimer, Kawabata, Kundera, Moravia, and Sarraute.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/presentations.
  

  • ENG 429 - Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (4)

    Literatures of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and/or the Middle East. Issues including colonialism, post-colonialism, nationhood, and cultural identity. Writers such as Achebe, Can Xue, Desai, Fuentes, Garcia Marquez, Head, Mahfouz, al-Mala’ika, Oz, Poniatowska, Rushdie, and Soyinka.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/presentations.
  
  

  • ENG 441 - The Novel in English to 1880 (4)

    Development of the novel in England and America to the rise of Naturalism; Defoe to Hardy.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  
  

  • ENG 443 - The English Drama to 1890 (4)

    Development of English drama from medieval mystery and morality plays to late 19th century drama, with an emphasis on non-Shakespearean Renaissance plays.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 444 - English Romanticism (4)

    Writers such as Blake, Byron, Coleridge, the Shelleys, Keats, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 445 - The Modern Drama (4)

    Continental, British, and American dramatic trends from the rise of Naturalism.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  

  • ENG 446 - The Modern British Novel (4)

    Developments and directions in the novel since 1880; novelists such as Butler, Hardy, Forster, Huxley, Woolf, Rhys, Greene, Lessing.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture presentations.
  
  

  • ENG 448 - Victorian Writers (4)

    Poetry and nonfiction prose of such authors as Arnold, Browning, Carlyle, Rossetti, Ruskin, Tennyson.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 450 - Twentieth-Century British Literature (4)

    Writers such as Joyce, Yeats, Woolf, Lawrence, Orwell, Beckett, Lessing, Spark, Drabble.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 451 - Modernism and Postmodernism (4)

    Literary developments shaped by artistic innovation and response to the complex events, theories, political upheavals, and radically new technologies that have marked the 20th century.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 452 - Early American Literature (4)

    Critical analysis of literature written in and about North America before 1820. Writers such as Cabeza de Vaca, John Smith, William Bradford, Mary Rowlandson, Olaudah Equiano, Benjamin Franklin, Susanna Rowson and Charles Brockden Brown.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussions.
  

  • ENG 454 - Nineteenth Century American Literature (4)

    Critical analysis of literature written in and about North America during the nineteenth century. Writers such as Irving, Hawthorne, Douglass, Melville, Dickinson, Poe, Whitman, Stowe, Twain, and James.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussions.
  

  • ENG 456 - Twentieth-Century American Literature (4)

    Writers such as Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Frost, Hemingway, Hurston, Morrison, O’Neill.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 457 - American Poetic Tradition (4)

    Critical analysis of American poetry before 1900. Poets such as Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Joel Barlow, William Cullen Bryant, Longfellow, Whittier, Poe, Frances Harper, Whitman, Dickinson, Emma Lazarus, and Paul Dunbar.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussion.
  

  • ENG 458 - American Poetic Tradition II (4)

    Critical analysis of American poetry after 1900. Poets such as Eliot, Pound, Bishop, Ashbery, Levertov, Frost, McKay, Hughes, Rich, Baraka, and Ginsberg.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussion.
  

  • ENG 460 - Modern Critical Theory (4)

    Intensive study of recent developments in literary criticism, such as poststructuralist, feminist, reader-response, Marxist, and psychoanalytic theory.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 350  or permission of instructor.
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 463 - Senior Seminar (2)

    Study and discussion of specially selected topics.

    Prerequisite(s): senior standing.
    Component(s): 2 lectures.
  

  • ENG 464 - Multimedia Practicum (4)

    Introduction to available technologies in the discipline of English and Foreign Languages, which support reading, writing, grammar, language, linguistics, literature, speech, and critical thinking.

    Prerequisite(s): completion of lower-division course work and a declared major in English Education or Spanish.
    Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.
  

  • ENG 465 - Assessment Seminar (4)

    Assessment of subject matter competence of students preparing for careers in the teaching of English at the secondary level. Development and evaluation of a capstone project, 30 hours of public school classroom observation, portfolio, shorter written projects, and in-class presentations.

    Prerequisite(s): completion of English Education Core and Breadth and Perspective requirements.
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 466 - The Senior Symposium (4)

    The summative course in which students in the Literature and Language option demonstrate mastery of essential skills in the English major: literature, literary theory, linguistics, and rhetoric, and reflect on the value of their undergraduate education.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 303 , ENG 350 .
    Component(s): 4 lecture/discussions.
  

  • ENG 485 - Latin American Women Writers in Translation (4)

    Female authors spanning several centuries of literary productivity in Latin America.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 207  or ENG 208  or ENG 211  or ENG 212  or ENG 213  or ENG 217  or ENG 218 .
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 499/499A/499L - Special Topics for Upper Division Students (1-4/1-4/1-4)

    Group study of a selected topic, the title to be specified in advance.

    Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor.
    Corequisite(s): may be required.
    Component(s): Instruction is by lecture, laboratory, or a combination.
    Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter.
  

  • ENG 500 - Introduction to Literary Research (4)

    Principles and techniques used in scholarly and critical writing; bibliographical sources and methods, including on-line research. Emphasis may be placed on specialized subjects, such as literature period or genre, rhetoric and composition, teaching English as a Second Language. Must be completed in first two years.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 521 - Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language (4)

    Overview of TESL terminology, historical perspectives, methodologies, socio-political aspects of language and language-teaching profession, and TESL research tools, including elements of qualitative and quantitative design. Readings, discussions, computer applications, and research.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 522 - Second Language Acquisition (4)

    Survey of the current research and literature on second-language acquisition. Attention will be given to research methodology in second-language acquisition and to current theories in SLA.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 523 - Grammar for Teachers of English as a Second Language (4)

    Survey of aspects of English grammar most troublesome for non-native speakers of English.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 524 - American English Pronunciation for ESL Teachers (4)

    Features of the English sound system that are important in achieving accurate pronunciation. Emphasis on consonant and vowel articulation, intonation, stress, consonant clusters, contextual alterations, and speech rhythm.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 525 - Teaching ESL Composition (4)

    Topics in pedagogical and theoretical perspectives. Methods for helping non-native, English-speaking students master the requirements of basic and academic written English. Strategies for integrating recent research on second-language composing into a course or curriculum in ESL composition.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 526/526A - Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language (3/1)

    Emphasis on curriculum analysis, textbook and material selection, lesson preparation, assessment issues, professional development, and classroom teaching practice. TESL program administration also considered.

    Component(s): 3 seminars. 1 two-hour activity.
  

  • ENG 531 - Multicultural Literatures in the United States (4)

    Selected authors and topics. In the first quarter, extensive reading and comparative analysis. In the second, selected authors and topics in one of the following: (A) African-American Literature, (B) Asian-American Literature, (C) Mexican-American Literature, (D) Native-American Literature.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Repeatable: ENG 531 may be repeated with different content for up to 12 units of credit.
  

  • ENG 532 - Multicultural Literatures in the United States (4)

    Selected authors and topics. In the first quarter, extensive reading and comparative analysis. In the second, selected authors and topics in one of the following: (A) African-American Literature, (B) Asian-American Literature, (C) Mexican-American Literature, (D) Native-American Literature.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Repeatable: ENG 532 may be repeated with different content for up to 12 units of credit.
  

  • ENG 541 - Studies in World Literature (4)

    Selected authors and topics in world literature, including major works and movements in the European and non-European traditions. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors, genres, movements, or topics included in the first quarter.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Repeatable: ENG 541 may be repeated with different content for up to 12 units.
  

  • ENG 542 - Studies in World Literature (4)

    Selected authors and topics in world literature, including major works and movements in the European and non-European traditions. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors, genres, movements, or topics included in the first quarter.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Repeatable: ENG 542 may be repeated with different content for up to 12 units.
  

  • ENG 550 - Special Topics (4)

    Topics in advanced areas of language or literature.

    Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Repeatable: May be repeated for a total of 12 units.
  

  • ENG 551 - Studies in English Literature (4)

    Selected authors and topics in one of the following periods: (A) to 1500, (B) 1500-1660, (C) 1660-1800, (D) 19th century, (E) 20th/21st century. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter. Enrollment in the second quarter by consent of the instructor.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Repeatable: ENG 551 may be repeated with different content for up to 12 units each.
  

  • ENG 552 - Studies in English Literature (4)

    Selected authors and topics in one of the following periods: (A) to 1500, (B) 1500-1660, (C) 1660-1800, (D) 19th century, (E) 20th/21st century. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter. Enrollment in the second quarter by consent of the instructor.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Repeatable: ENG 552 may be repeated with different content for up to 12 units each.
  

  • ENG 561 - Studies in American Literature (4)

    Selected authors and topics in one of the following: (A) to 1800, (B) 19th century, (C) 20th/21st century. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter. Enrollment in the second quarter by consent of the instructor.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Repeatable: ENG 561 may be repeated with different content for up to 12 units each.
  

  • ENG 562 - Studies in American Literature (4)

    Selected authors and topics in one of the following: (A) to 1800, (B) 19th century, (C) 20th/21st century. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter. Enrollment in the second quarter by consent of the instructor.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
    Repeatable: ENG 562 may be repeated with different content for up to 12 units each.
  

  • ENG 570 - Contemporary Literary Theory (4)

    Important ideas in contemporary theory, focusing on such theorists as Bakhtin, Barthes, Derrida, Kristeva, Lacan, Fish, Lukacs, de Lauretis.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 571 - Studies in Fiction (4)

    Selected authors and topics. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 572 - Studies in Fiction (4)

    Selected authors and topics. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 573 - Studies in Drama (4)

    Selected authors and topics. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 574 - Studies in Drama (4)

    Selected authors and topics. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 575 - Studies in Poetry (4)

    Selected authors and topics. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
  

  • ENG 576 - Studies in Poetry (4)

    Selected authors and topics. In the first quarter, extensive reading. In the second, intensive study of individual authors or topics included in the first quarter. Substantial paper at the end of each quarter.

    Component(s): 4 seminars.
 

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