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ENGL 100 Writing in Career/Tech Fields

4.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade Only
A writing course designed primarily to meet the needs of students pursuing career and technical programs. Meets the written composition graduation requirement for an AHC associate's degree. Students who plan to transfer to a four-year institution will need to take ENGL 101 instead of this course to meet the university's first-year composition requirement. Readings will be drawn from the disciplines involved so that students master comprehension and critical reading skills in real-world texts. Writing assignments and projects will similarly be based upon the types of critical thinking and analytical writing required in the students' fields of study. Research methods and skills will be emphasized. 

ENGL 101 Freshman Composition: Exposition

4.0 units.
Prerequisite: Placement based upon Allan Hancock College's placement policy.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: ENGL 100
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade Only
Designed to help students enhance their analytical reading and writing skills using a wide variety of texts. Emphasizes college-level expository essay construction, communication, and research methods leading to the preparation and writing of a research paper. 

ENGL 102 Freshman Composition Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: ENGL 120
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade Only
Introduces the student to the three major types of creative literature: fiction, drama and poetry, with a view to developing greater critical awareness and polishing the writing skills acquired in ENGL 101.

ENGL 103 Critical Thinking and Composition

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: ENGL 105
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade Only
Designed to fulfill the critical thinking requirement of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum. Students will develop critical thinking and reading skills, focusing upon induction, deduction, logical fallacies and close textual analysis. Emphasizes skills application through writing a sequence of argumentative essays.

ENGL 104 Technical Writing

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade Only
Develops written communication skills for industrial, scientific, and technical fields. Emphasis is placed upon audience analysis; technical formats such as reports, summaries, and proposals; collaborative problem solving; research skills; clarity and conciseness of expression.

ENGL 105 Language and Culture

3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: ANTH 130
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An introduction to the study of language and communication in relation to culture. Focus is on the structure, function and history of language as well as the social, symbolic and practical uses of language. Linguistic concepts, methodologies, and theoretical assumptions will also be explored. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for ANTH 105.

ENGL 106 Creative Writing

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: ENGL 200
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An introduction to the writing of fiction and verse, offered as a creative outlet for students who like to write and as a step toward greater writing proficiency.

ENGL 107 Literary Arts Journal 1

3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
In this course, students will begin the process of creating a literary arts journal. This course will offer hands-on training in creating and editing written and visual texts. Students will work cooperatively and explore the role of social media in the literary arts. The course will offer opportunities for publishing students’ original works and is appropriate for students who are interested in publishing their work or the work of others.

ENGL 108 Literary Arts Journal 2

3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
In this course, students will publish a literary arts journal. They will create and edit written and visual texts while working cooperatively and will use social media to market and publish original creative works. The course is appropriate for students who are interested in publishing their own work or the work of others.

ENGL 110 Grammar for College and Career

3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course provides a comprehensive review of grammar and mechanics for students who want to increase their understanding of the fundamentals of English. Students will learn to recognize grammatical errors in their writing; to reduce the number of misspelled and misused words; and to write clear, correct, and effective sentences. Students may wish to take this course prior to or concurrently with an English composition course.

ENGL 112 Transfer English Composition Skills

2.0 units.
Corequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
English 112 is designed to provide additional support and practice in academic skills and strategies needed to analyze college-level texts and to write college-level essays. Students are required to enroll in the linked co-requisite English 101 course to take English 112. Students cannot drop English 112 and remain in the ENGL 101 course.

ENGL 113 Introduction to Critical Reading

3.0 units.
Advisories: READ 310 - Reading Skills and Strategies or ENGL 312 or ESL 310; or ENGL 513 - Writing Skills 3
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
English 113 is designed to equip students with effective reading skills for success in college courses. The emphasis is on improving reading comprehension and developing effective text analysis. Students learn to engage successfully a variety of texts to suit different reading purposes; to develop literal, inferential, and critical comprehension skills; and to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate texts from diverse sources. By practicing critical reading, students will also improve their writing skills. This class serves as a prerequisite for English 101. Lecture: 3 hours per week. Lab: 1 hour per week. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for READ 110 or ESL 110.

ENGL 117 Detective Fiction

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course provides a critical and historical study of the literary genre of detective fiction. Students will read representative works by such authors as Doyle, Poe, Hammett, Christie, Chandler, Himes, and McDonald. This course will encompass a variety of fiction selections covering an introduction to the popular literary genre and its origins and growth over the last two centuries. Topics may include the conventions of the form, the elements of fiction, critical thinking applied to solving crimes, and the ethical problems raised in the works under discussion.

ENGL 118 Women in Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course provides a critical and historical study of literature written in English by culturally diverse women authors. The course focuses on novels, short stories, poems, plays, and/or essays written by and/or about women, and explores the particular cultural, historical, political and social issues which have influenced women and society.  

ENGL 119 California Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This transfer-level literature course surveys the origins of California literature to the present and will encompass a broad spectrum of voices. Students will explore California’s diversity; students will understand and will think critically about their own ideas, beliefs, and assumptions; and students will examine a variety of literary forms (including novels, short stories, letters, poems, plays, and narratives) as representative of California’s history and literature. Topics may include literary movements, conventions of genres, and literary elements such as plot, characterization, theme, and setting. The course is designed to sharpen students’ reading, writing, and critical thinking skills with special attention to close reading (analysis and criticism).

ENGL 130 American Literature to 1865

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: ENGL 130
Course Offered: Fall
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Surveys American writers and literary movements through 1865. Either one or both semesters of American Literature partially fulfill the humanities requirement of the GE for California State Universities and the University of California.

ENGL 131 American Literature 1865 to Present

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: ENGL 135
Course Offered: Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Surveys American writers and literary movements from 1865 to present. Either one or both semesters of American Literature partially fulfill the humanities requirement of the GE for California State Universities and the University of California. ENGL 130 is not a prerequisite to this course.

ENGL 132 Literature and Film

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Techniques of literary and film criticism and application of those techniques to films and the literary works inspired them. Emphasis is given to the critical analysis of the transformations that occur when literary forms are adapted for the screen.

ENGL 133 Modern Fiction

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Designed to increase student understanding and enjoyment of modern fiction through a study of selected works by 20th century authors. Selections may vary from semester to semester. English 133 has no geographical boundaries, but includes works by American and English authors, as well as works in translation.

ENGL 135 Introduction to Poetry

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
Course Offered: Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Introduces the study of poetry with emphasis on appreciation, understanding, and interpretation through a critical examination of a variety of poets and poems.

ENGL 137 Children's Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: ENGL 180
Course Offered: Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A study of poetry, folk and fairy tales, fiction, non-fiction and realistic works for children. Emphasis is on exploring modes for bringing this literature to child audiences.

ENGL 138 Introduction to Shakespeare

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Introduction to Shakespeare in which a number of major works are read, with close attention to language, structure, and historical content.

ENGL 139 Ideas of Difference in Contemporary American Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Primarily through the study of literature, this course explores the ways in which ideas about race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and disability have shaped American identities and influenced the course of 20th/21st century American cultural history. Emphasis on contemporary American cultural texts (novel, autobiography, poetry, journalism, memoir, online multimedia, and/or drama; film and/or documentary), although lectures and other class materials will link contemporary culture historical themes or developments. 

ENGL 140 Graphic Novel as Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This class will examine the emergence of the graphic novel, from the comics of the 1920s, the super hero novels of the 1950s, anime and manga to the current crop of diverse novels gone graphic. It will look at the multicultural nature of the novels, with new novels being produced in a variety of countries; and its subversive intentions.

ENGL 144 Literature: The Ancient and Classical World

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An examination of the ancient epics and classical literature of Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. Representative readings will include the Epic of Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Genesis, Antigone, The Aeneid, and Marcus Aurelius Meditations.

ENGL 145 British Literature to 1800

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: ENGL 160
Course Offered: Fall
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A study of the major British writers in the 14th century to the beginning of the Romantic Period around 1800. The course covers the major works of such writers as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton, with emphasis on their continuing capacity to talk to us today.

ENGL 146 British Literature 1800 to Present

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: ENGL 165
Course Offered: Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A study of the major British writers since 1800. The course covers selected plays, novels, poems and essays from the outstanding writers of the Romantic and Victorian periods and of the 20th century, including Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Conrad, Yeats, Joyce and Eliot. ENGL 145 is not a prerequisite to this course.

ENGL 148 Hispanic Literature in Translation

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An introduction to contemporary Hispanic literature in translation. Readings from Latin America, as well as Hispanic writers in the United States, have been selected. Course will focus on the themes and symbols characteristic of such literature. Cultural differences will be explored. Students will read selected works both critically and analytically. Films and other media may be included.

ENGL 150 Asian American Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course surveys the literature written by American authors of Asian descent, ranging from China, Japan, Korea, India, Pacific Islands and South East Asia. Course material offered will encompass a variety of genres, including memoir, fiction, poetry, drama, ethnographic studies, graphic novels and others, and will present a mosaic of stories representative of the Asian American experience. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for ES 150.

ENGL 151 African American Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course surveys works of African American literature from the late eighteenth century to the present. Students will read, interpret, and analyze cultural texts of the African diaspora in the United States whose theories and knowledge engage with race, racism, ethnicity, and self-determination. Cultural texts will encompass oral materials, memoir, fiction, non-fiction, speech, drama, poetry, music, and film. The course will apply an intersectional lens to social groups, movements, and historical periods. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed ES 151.

ENGL 152 Latina/o Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: NA
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An exploration of literary and media works by Chicanas/os and Latinas/os, emphasizing their aesthetic, historical, cultural, and socio-political attributes. Students will study contemporary and classic texts ranging from fiction, poetry, or film, to articles, speeches, or other visual-verbal expressions. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for ES 152.

ENGL 153 Native American Literature

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course surveys the literature written by Indigenous peoples who primarily reside in what is now called North America. Course material offered will encompass a variety of genres, including memoir, fiction, poetry, and graphic novels, among other media, such as treatises, oral tales, and film, created by authors from a range of regions, periods, forms, and tribal nations. Informed by conceptual frameworks such as sovereignty, survivance, gender and sexuality, and intellectual trade, our literary analyses will account for how Native authors respond to historical, political, and legal contexts, with emphasis on the specific religious, linguistic, historical, political and cultural context of Native American literary achievements. The course is not open to students who are currently enrolled or have previously completed ES 153.  

ENGL 179 Experimental Courses in English

0.5 - 3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course is designed to test new curriculum before adopting it as part of an academic program. It meets specific needs in the college and community as they are identified. Each class will carry a specific title relating to the discipline concerned. 

ENGL 180 Harry Potter and Realms of the Fantastic

3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course provides a critical and scholarly study of the Harry Potter series and its literary inspirations. It will explore the world of Potter-related literature as a genre (including the book series, scholarly articles, films, poetry, fan response texts, memes, art and more). The course will also explore the ways in which the series acts as a commentary on social and political issues and how the series holds up a mirror to historic events as well as navigates and reflects ongoing issues. This course will explore the ongoing issues of censorship and these novels. The course will encourage discussion on such issues as gender, race, class, technology, warfare, ethics, family, religion, myth, and heroism in the texts. This course will include critical thinking, literary analysis, and analysis of how this series of books has become a social cultural phenomenon. Students may also explore the influence of medieval legends and the hero's journey to analyze the series and to contextualize the series. 

ENGL 189 Independent Projects

1.0 - 3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Courses for students capable of independent work who demonstrate the need or desire for additional study beyond the regular curriculum. Enrollment allows students to pursue activities such as directed field experience, research, or development of skills and competencies under faculty advisement and supervision. Independent projects may be earned in most disciplines. Students wishing to enroll in Independent Projects should contact the appropriate instructor identified in the class schedule. If the project proposed is acceptable to that instructor, a contract will be developed. All contracts for these classes must be completed and submitted to the Records Office no later than the end of the second week of the semester. Students may enroll for any combination (unit value) of Independent Projects 189 and/or 389 for a total of four semesters in a specific discipline. Units are awarded depending upon satisfactory performance and the amount of time committed by the student to the course. Allowable units vary according to discipline, and are based on the following formula: 1 unit - 48 hours per semester 2 units - 96 hours per semester 3 units - 144 hours per semester

ENGL 306 Writing Lab

0.5 units.
Corequisite: Enrollment in any Allan Hancock College credit course. Not open to students enrolled in English 511, 512, 513, or 514.
Acceptable for credit: D - Credit - Degree Applicable
Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
Provides students with individualized writing practice with computer-assisted strategies. Not open to students enrolled in English 300, 501 or any other English course with a lab component.

ENGL 307 Writing Across the Curriculum 1

0.5 units.
Acceptable for credit: D - Credit - Degree Applicable
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course provides students with instructor-guided individualized writing practice focused on structure and organization. Not open to students currently enrolled in English 511, 512, 513, 514.

ENGL 312 Reading Skills and Strategies

3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: D - Credit - Degree Applicable
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
English 312 uses fiction and nonfiction texts to develop reading skills and strategies. The emphasis is on improving reading comprehension and efficiency and helping students become critical readers. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for READ 310 or ESL 310.

ENGL 510 Improving Reading Comprehension

4.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
Designed to introduce students to reading skills necessary for success in college. Emphasis is on improving reading comprehension and developing vocabulary. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for READ 510 or ESL 510.

ENGL 511 Writing Skills 1

4.5 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course provides instruction in basic writing, reading, sentence, and vocabulary skills. It is designed for students whose skills have been assessed at four levels below transfer, based on the statewide CB21 Coding of English courses sponsored by the Basic Skills Initiative. In this course, students summarize and respond to text, compose and develop paragraphs, explore basic sentence patterns, and increase vocabulary. Successful completion of this course advances students into Writing Skills 2. This course requires two lab hours per week that are scheduled, in which students’ work includes, but is not limited to, completion of computer-assisted activities and assigned writing, reading, vocabulary, and grammar exercises.

ENGL 512 Writing Skills 2

4.5 units.
Advisories: READ 510 - Improving Reading Comprehension
Prerequisite: ENGL 511 - Writing Skills 1
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course provides instruction in basic writing, reading, language, and critical thinking skills. It is designed for students whose skills have been assessed at three levels below transfer, based on the statewide CB21 Coding of English courses sponsored by the Basic Skills Initiative. In this course, students identify key parts of text, apply the writing process to assignments and proofread for errors in their writing. This course requires two lab hours per week that are to be arranged, in which students’ work includes, but is not limited to, completion of computer-assisted activities and assigned writing, reading, vocabulary, and grammar exercises.

ENGL 513 Writing Skills 3

4.5 units.
Advisories: READ 310 - Reading Skills and Strategies
Prerequisite: ENGL 512 - Writing Skills 2
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course provides instruction in basic writing, reading, sentence, and vocabulary skills. It emphasizes writing as process and the relationship between reading and writing skills in composition. It is designed for students whose skills have been assessed at two levels below transfer, based on the statewide CB21 Coding of English courses sponsored by the Basic Skills Initiative. This course requires two lab hours per week that are to be arranged, in which students’ work includes, but is not limited to, completion of computer-assisted activities and assigned writing, reading, vocabulary, and grammar exercises.

ENGL 514 Writing Skills 4

4.5 units.
Advisories: READ 110 - Introduction to Critical Reading
Prerequisite: ENGL 513 - Writing Skills 3
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course provides instruction in writing and reading, and in sentence, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills. Students analyze written and visual texts, with emphasis on close reading and written response. Students who complete this course satisfactorily will be prepared to read college-level texts and write academic essays required at the transfer level. This course is designed for students whose skills have been assessed at one level below transfer, based on the statewide CB21 Coding of English courses sponsored by the Basic Skills Initiative. This course requires two lab hours per week that are to be arranged, in which students’ work includes, but is not limited to, completion of computer-assisted activities and assigned writing, reading, vocabulary, and grammar exercises.

ENGL 595 Accelerated Reading and Writing Skills

4.5 units.
Prerequisite: Placement based on START process
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course is open to any student who places below English 101. It is a demanding course that uses college level material to teach critical reading, thinking and writing skills according to student need. Students who pass this course are eligible for English 101.