English (Engl)
A. Fundamental Writing Skills (1-3; max total 3)
All students enrolling in English A must have taken the CSU English Placement
Test. Concurrent enrollment in English ARL may be required. Instruction
and supervised practice in fundamental problems of writing. Intended primarily
for students who need more elementary composition work before attempting
English 1 or more advanced courses. Approved for SP grading. CR/NC grading
only; not applicable toward baccalaureate degree requirements.
ARL. Fundamental Writing Skills Lab (1-2; max total 2)
Laboratory for students who need individualized writing assignments and
exercises. May be taken concurrently with English A. CR/NC grading only;
not applicable toward baccalaureate degree requirements. (2-4 hours)
1. Composition (3-4)
Prerequisites: Any one of the following test scores or successful performance
in English A; CSU English Placement Test, T151 or E8 or above; SAT I-Verbal,
through March 95: 470, April 1995 and later: 550; CSU English Equivalency
Examination, satisfactory score; English Composition Exami nation of College
Board Advanced Placement Program, 4 or 5; ACT English Usage Test, 22 or
above (taken prior to October 1989); enhanced ACT English, 25 or above (taken
October 1989 or later); College Board Achievement Test in English Composition
with essay, 600 or above. Concurrent enrollment in Engl 1L may be required.
Theory and practice of composition for students with college-level competence
in written English. Themes, chiefly expository or analytical, including
one paper based on an investigation of a selected topic. General Education
CORE. (CAN ENGL 2) (See Credit by Examination section for information on
challenge to English 1.)
1L. Writing Skills Lab (1)
May be taken concurrently with Engl 1. Laboratory for students who need
individualized writing assignments. CR/NC grading only. (2 hours)
2. Writing Workshop (1-4; max total 4)
Practical assignments and individual coaching on specific writing problems.
For selected students this workshop may be required to be taken concurrently
with, or as prerequisite to, other courses.
3CR. Sentence Structure and Punctuation (2)
An elementary study of the rules for constructing and punctuating written
English sentences. Emphasis on sentence combining. CR/NC grading only; not
applicable toward baccalaureate degree requirements.
20. Introduction to Literature (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 1. Reading and close written analyses of short stories,
novels, drama, and poetry. General Education BREADTH, Division 6. (CAN ENGL
4)
21. Critical Reading and Thinking (4)
Critical reading and written analyses of various kinds of writing. Practice
in close analysis with attention to the adequacy and accuracy of evidence,
the logical structure of argument and definition, common fallacies, persuasive
and expressive language, and language as culture. General Education CORE,
Critical Thinking.
30. Masterpieces (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 1. Discussion and written analyses of widely influential
poetic, dramatic, and fictional works by British, American, and world authors,
with special attention to the use, adequacy, and accuracy of evidence, logical
structure of argument, common fallacies, and persuasive and expressive language.
General Education CORE, Critical Thinking.
41. Poetry Writing (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 20. Beginning workshop in the writing of poetry; appropriate
reading and analyses. General Education BREADTH, Division 4.
43. Fiction Writing (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 20. Beginning workshop in the writing of fiction; appropriate
reading and analyses. General Education BREADTH, Division 4.
44. Prose Writing (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 1. Beginning workshop in forms of nonfiction prose writing:
appropriate readings and analysis. Special attention to the use, adequacy,
and accuracy of evidence, logical structure of argument, common fallacies,
and persuasive and expressive language. General Education CORE, Critical
Thinking.
50T. Studies in Literature
(1-4; max total 8 if no topic repeated)
(Same as W S 50T.) Prerequisite: Engl 1. Sections designated as emphasizing
certain writers, types, or themes (for example, Shakespeare, The Poem, Literature
of Protest, Women in Novels). Appropriate readings and analyses.
100W. Writing Skills (1)
Credit obtained only by passing Upper-Division Writing Skills Examination
and upon request. CR /NC grading only.
101. Masterpieces of World Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of widely influential poetic, dramatic,
and fictional works studied in translation. Not applicable to the English
major. General Education BREADTH, Division 6.
102. Masterpieces of English Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of widely influential poetic, dramatic,
and fictional works by British authors. Not applicable to the English major.
General Education BREADTH, Division 6.
103. Masterpieces of American Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of widely influential poetic, dramatic,
and fictional works by American authors. Not applicable to the English major.
General Education BREADTH, Division 6.
105. Introduction to Literary Analysis (4)
The theory and practice of literary analysis. Examination of the concept
of literary tradition; consideration of research methods; application of
critical theory to textual analysis and the writing of literary criticism.
Recommended for English majors.
112. World Literature: Ancient (4)
Greek and Latin literature in translation. Discussion of major works of
Greek and Latin literature such as Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus,
Aristophanes, Alcaeus, Theocritus, Virgil, Ovid, Catullus, Lucretius, Juvenal.
Course includes written analyses of various themes expressed in the individual
work. General Education CAPSTONE Cluster course.
113. World Literature: Medieval and Renaissance (4)
Discussion and written analyses of authors and works (in translation). Selections
may include Dante, Rabelais, Cervantes, Murasaki, Boccaccio, the Petrarchan
tradition, Tu Fu, Basho, troubadour poetry, epic, romance, fabliau. Noh
drama, Lope de Vega, Erasmus, Montaigne, Castiglione. General Education
CAPSTONE Cluster course.
114. World Literature: Modern (4)
Major movements in world literature from the Renaissance to the present.
Discussion and written analyses of works by such authors as Voltaire, Goethe,
Dostoyevsky, Ibsen, Mann, Kafka, Dinesen, Mishima, Borges, Garcia Marquez,
and Achebe. General Education CAPSTONE Cluster course.
115W. Literature of the New Testament (3)
(See Phil 133W.) Meets upper-division
writing skills requirement for graduation.
116. Literature of the Old Testament (4)
(See Phil 134.) General Education
CAPSTONE Cluster course.
146. Beowulf to Malory (4)
The literature of Medieval England, including the works of Malory and Chaucer;
narrative poetry (Beowulf, Piers Plowman, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight);
drama; and lyric poetry. Discussion, lectures, and written analyses (papers,
tests).
147. Renaissance (4)
Discussion and written analyses of works by selected playwrights (Webster,
Dekker, Jonson) and poets (Spenser, Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Milton) from
the 16th and 17th centuries. General Educa tion CAPSTONE Cluster course.
150. The Age of Wit (4)
Discussion and written analyses of British literature from 1660 to 1800.
Major writers and topics include Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Restoration
comedy, and the rise of the novel. The literature will be read in the context
of political and intellectual history and the arts.
151. 19th Century Romantics (4)
A study of the Romantic movement in England during the early decades of
the 19th century. Authors to be read include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge,
Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Written analyses on selected topics will be required.
152. Dickens to Hardy (4)
Discussion and written analyses of 19th century English literature including
poetry (Tennyson to Hopkins), the novel (Dickens to Hardy), the essay (Carlyle
to Pater). Possible topics: Utilitarianism, Evangelicalism, Darwinism, the
Pre-Raphaelites, the Decadents, the New Woman.
153. American Literature to Whitman (4)
Discussion and close written analyses of major works and their backgrounds
in American literature to the Civil War. Includes Puritanism, Emerson, Thoreau,
Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, and Whitman.
154. American Literature 1865 to World War I (4)
Discussion and written analyses of major works and their cultural backgrounds
within this period of change. Topics include the rise of realism and naturalism.
Writers discussed include Whitman, Twain, Howells, James, Crane, Dickinson,
and others.
155. 20th Century American Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of selected poems, plays, and fiction from
World War I to the present by such authors as Frost, Eliot, Anderson, Hemingway,
O'Neill, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Stevens, Williams, and post-World
War II writers.
156. 20th Century British Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of selected poems, plays, and fiction from
1900 to the present by such authors as Forster, Yeats, Woolf, Lawrence,
Joyce, Greene, Auden, Thomas, and post-World War II writers.
160W. Writing Workshop (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: satisfactory completion (C or better) of the Engl 1 graduation
requirement. Practical assignments in writing, directed according to each
student's individual needs. May be elected as preparation for special composition
requirements. Does not apply to the English major or minor. Meets the upper-division
writing skills requirement for graduation.
161. Advanced Writing of Poetry (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: Engl 41. Intensive workshop in the writing of poetry; appropriate
readings and analy ses.
163. Advanced Writing of Fiction (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: Engl 43. Intensive workshop in the writing of fiction; appropriate
readings and analyses.
164. Advanced Prose Writing (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: Engl 1. Workshop in all forms of nonfiction prose writing;
appropriate readings and analyses. Designed for majors in all fields who
want to develop their writing.
166. Technical Writing (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: Engl 1. Workshop in writing of specialized information. Designed
for students inter ested in career-related writing skills.
167. Mythology and Folklore (4)
Discussion and written analyses of the structure, content, and function
of myth and folklore in world literature, with particular emphasis on the
relationships among language, myth, and culture.
168T. Women and Literature
(4; 12 units max of Engl 168T plus 169T toward English major)
(Same as W S 168T.) Prerequisite: Engl 20. Discussion and written analysis
of literature by and about women. Special emphasis on 19th and 20th Century
authors including the Brontes, George Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton,
Virginia Woolf, and contemporary writers.
169T. Forms of Literature
(1-4; 12 units max of Engl 168T plus 169T toward English major; repeatable
with different topics)
Sections designated as emphasizing poetry, drama, novel, short story, perhaps
limited to a specific period or subclass; for example, 18th Century English
Novel, 20th Century British and American Poetry, Modern Short Stories, 20th
Century Drama, Tragedy, Folklore, Mythology. Discussion and written analyses
are required.
171. Biography and Autobiography (4)
Reading, discussion, and written analyses of selected biographical or autobiographical
works, in cluding such topics as literary biography, the autobiographical
essay, memoirs, and issues of gender and ethnicity in biographical form.
(Formerly Engl 183T section)
174. Popular Fiction (3)
A survey of the major types of commercial fiction (detective/adventure,
science fiction, horror, spy, Western, best sellers, etc.) covering the
conventions and subtypes of these forms. Discussion; lectures on social
background and literary technique; writing. General Education CAP STONE
Cluster course.
175T. Lectures in Literature
(1-4; max total 8 if no topic repeated)
Lectures in a selected topic in literature or related fields by the regular
faculty and/or visiting lectur ers.
176T. Genre Film: Form and Function
(1-4; max total 8 if no topic repeated)
(Same as W S 176T.) Discussion and close written analyses of selected topics,
including such types as comedies, musicals, horror films, westerns, etc.
181. Literary Theory and Criticism (4)
A survey of literary theory, including Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis,
deconstruction, structuralism, and post-structuralism. Topics also include
the history of literary criticism and the practice of interpretation. Discussion,
lectures, written analyses.
182. English Workshop (1-4; max total 8)
Seminar in composition and learning. Discussion and practical exercises
concerning theory, evaluation, and improvement of language learning and
composition. CR/NC grading only.
183T. Seminar in Literature (1-4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: appropriate upper-division literature course. Designed for
students interested in in-depth study of a literary topic; recommended for
liberal studies majors. Seminar in an aspect of literary history, type,
period, movement, individual author. Reports and written analyses required.
184. Chaucer (4)
Reading, discussion, and written analyses of the major works of Geoffrey
Chaucer. (Formerly Engl 193T section)
185. English Internship Seminar (2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Seminar to be taken concurrently
with Engl 186 during the first semester of enrollment in program. Group
and individual analyses of writing done in internship assignments. Discussion
of the rhetorical problems of writing for public agencies, magazines and
journals, and private industry.
186. Internship in English (2-6; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. No more than 2 units of 186 may
apply to the English major. See also 185. Supervised work experience in
public agencies and private industry to provide an opportunity to develop
professional writing skills. Approved for SP grading. CR/NC grading only.
187. Milton (4)
Reading, discussion, and written analyses of the major works of John Milton.
(Formerly Engl 193T section)
189. Shakespeare (4)
(Same as Drama 194.) Reading and written analyses of the major works of
Shakespeare.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for SP grading.
191T. Supervised Independent Reading
(1-4; max total 4 if no topic repeated)
Reading works from a literary period (for example, Beowulf to Marlowe, American
Literature to Whitman, World Literature: Ancient and Medieval) and discussion
in individual conferences.
192. Projects in English (1-4; max total 8)
Not applicable to English major. Individual projects in problems related
to teaching English composition and literature; for example, tutoring minority
students, investigating the effectiveness of programs in English composition
and literature, devising new approaches to teaching English.
193T. Seminar in Literary Studies
(4; repeatable with different topics)
No more than 12 units of 193T-194T may be applied to the English major.
Sections designated by topic. Individual projects; reading, discussion,
and writing of papers on individual writers (for example, Milton, D.H. Lawrence),
short periods of literary history (for example, Romantic Poets, Modern Novel),
literary themes and traditions (for example, Transcendental Vein in American
Literature, Arthurian Tradition) literary criticism (for example, Problems
in Modern Criticism, Archetype and Myth), and other special topics. English
193T should ordinarily not be taken until 3 upper-division courses in English
have been completed.
194T. Seminar in Women and Literature
(4; repeatable with different topics)
(Same as W S 194T.) May be substituted for Engl 193T in the English major;
no more than 12 units of Engl 193T-194T applicable to the major. Sections
designated by topic. Individual projects; reading, discussion, and writing
papers on individual women writers or some aspect of women in literature;
for example, Doris Lessing, Myth and Archetypes of Women. English 194T should
ordinarily not be taken until 3 upper-division courses in English have been
completed.
195. Senior Seminar in Literary Studies (4)
Prerequisites: senior standing; three upper-division English courses. Culminating
experience in the study and analysis of literary themes and traditions,
individual authors, criticism and theory, or film. Major paper required.
Satisfies the senior major requirement for the B.A. in English. (Formerly
Engl 193T section)
(See Course Numbering System.)
English (Engl)
250T. Seminar in Literature
(4; repeatable with different topics)
Prerequisites: major or minor in English; permission of instructor. Seminar
in an aspect of literary history, type, period, movement, or an individual
author (for example, Fiction, Seventeenth Century Lyric Poetry, The Irish,
Dickens).
261. Seminar: Writing Poetry (4; max total 12)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Advanced individual projects in
the writing of poetry.
263. Seminar: Writing Fiction (4; max total 12)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Advanced individual projects in
the writing of fiction.
265. Seminar: Expository Writing (4; max total 12)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Advanced individual projects in
expository writing.
270. Writing Workshop for Teachers (4)
Prerequisites: major or minor in English; permission of instructor. Workshop
emphasizing writing theory. Study of current writing theory and pedagogical
techniques will be integrated with discussions of writing produced during
the course.
280T. Seminar in Critical Theory
(4; max total 12 if no topic repeated)
Prerequisites: major or minor in English; permission of instructor. Seminar
in literary criticism (for example, Literary Critics).
281. Current Writing Theory (4)
Prerequisites: major or minor in English; permission of instructor. Designed
to acquaint the student with current key issues in composition theory and
the theoretical implications for course design and pedagogy.
282. Practicum in the Teaching of Writing (1)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Discussion of theoretical issues
as they apply to the writing classroom. Normally taken concurrently with
the composition option teaching requirement.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for SP grading.
291T. Supervised Independent Reading
(1-4; max total 4 if no topic repeated)
Reading works from a literary period (for example, More to Milton, 20th
Century American Literature, World Literature, Renaissance-Modern) and discussion
in individual conferences. Approved for SP grading.
298. Project (2)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Revising, amending, and
editing of three original scholarly papers produced while enrolled in graduate
seminars, with the goal of creating publishable journal articles. The student's
committee must approve of the scope and quality of the papers. Abstract
required. Approved for SP grading.
299. Thesis (2-6; max total 6)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion,
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree. Approved
for SP grading.
(See Course Numbering System.)
English (Engl)
300. English Colloquium (2; max total 6)
Credit is not applicable to degrees or major requirements in credentials.
Prerequisite: teaching experience. Problems in composition, literature,
or linguistics in relation to teaching.