English ENGL

ENGL 10A Creative Writing I

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ENGL 200

Peralta GE Areas 3;

Writing fiction, poetry, and drama: Careful analysis of the techniques used by established writers.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 10B Creative Writing II

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3;

Continuation of writing fiction, poetry, and drama: Careful analysis of techniques used by established writers.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 17A Shakespeare

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Study of selected works of Shakespeare.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 17B Shakespeare

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Continued study of selected works of Shakespeare. ENGL 17A is not prerequisite to ENGL 17B.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 20 Introduction to Dramatic Literature

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Survey of history and literature of the theater focusing on major theatrical periods: Classical, Elizabethan, Restoration and twentieth century.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 23 Contemporary Queer Literature

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Introduction to literature written by queer (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or gender non-conforming) writers: "Queerness" expressed in literature from 1945 to the present; literary analysis, including queer theory; gender and sexual identity, homophobia/transphobia, multiculturalism, and interpersonal relationships.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 44B Masterpieces of World Literature

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Study of selected masterpieces of world literature, in translation and in English, from the late 17th century to the present.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 47 Children’s Literature

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ENGL 180

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Introduction to children’s literature: Fairy tales and tale types; interpretation of children’s literature from the perspectives of children, teachers and parents; study of books by authors such as Brown, Dahl, Juster, Rowling, Sendak, Soto and others.

Offered: Fall 2026 (3 sections)

ENGL 49 Independent Study in English

Units

.5-5

Hours

.5 - 5 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU

In-depth exploration of an area or problem of the student's choice not covered by regular catalog offerings in English. Student must obtain approval from an appropriate faculty member. For more details, see the section on independent study in the college catalog.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 50 Multicultural American Literature

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Multicultural American Literature: African-American, Asian-American, Latino/Chicano, Native American, and other literatures; relevant history and cultural development; influence of the dominant culture on minority experiences; multiple genres, including oral tradition, poetry, memoirs, short stories, and novels.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 70A Transforming Autobiography into Creative Writing

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Autobiographical writing techniques: Transforming personal experience into autobiographical scenes, sketches, short poems, and short stories, as well as memoirs, anecdotes, histories, memory poems, tall tales, and yarns.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 70B Transforming Autobiography into Creative Writing

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Autobiographical writing techniques: Transforming reminiscences, sketches, and vignettes into autobiographical free verse, adventures tales, and novellas. ENGL 70A is not a prerequisite to ENGL 70B.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 71A Introduction to Fiction Writing

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Introduction to fiction writing techniques: Overcoming writing fears; introduction to description, characterization, dialogue, plotting, avoiding cliches, and showing vs. telling.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 72A Intermediate Fiction Writing

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL 071A

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Intermediate fiction writing: Refining description techniques, major and minor characters, dialect, interior monologue, plot design and revising first drafts.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 73A Intensive Fiction Writing

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL 072A

Transfers to

CSU, UC

For experienced fiction writers: Developing root material; structuring ideas; using characterization and dialogue to plot; working on first, second and third drafts; and giving and receiving feedback.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 74 Fiction: Special Projects

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL 073A

Transfers to

CSU

Advanced fiction writing: Developing project ideas and themes, peer review techniques, maintaining pace and discipline, chapter and scene linkages, revision to sustain tone, book proposals, and copyright law.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 85A Literature in English Through Milton

Units

4

Hours

4 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ENGL 150

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Introduction to English literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Study of major works by Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton as well as their contemporaries, such as Donne and Marlowe.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 85B Literature in English: Late 17th through Mid-19th Century

Units

4

Hours

4 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ENGL 152

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Introduction to English literature of the late seventeenth through mid-nineteenth century: Pope, Blake, Wordsworth, Bronte, Dickens, Austen, Whitman, and selected others. ENGL 85A is not a prerequisite to ENGL 85B.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 85C Literature in English: Mid-19th through the 20th Century

Units

4

Hours

4 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ENGL 155

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Introduction to English literature of the mid-nineteenth through twentieth century: Wilde, Shaw, James, Woolf, Joyce, Faulkner, Eliot, Hurston, and selected others. ENGL 85A and 85B are not prerequisites to ENGL 85C.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 86 Introduction to Playwriting and Screenwriting

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Introduction to playwriting and screenwriting: Introduction to films & theater, formatting of screenplays and plays, direction, study of techniques, rehearsal, and critique.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 87 Intermediate Playwriting and Screenwriting

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL 086

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Intermediate playwriting and screenwriting: Plays and film scenes; play and screenplay structure; intermediate direction, rehearsal, and critique; further study of techniques.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 88 Intensive Playwriting and Screenwriting

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL 087

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Intensive playwriting and screenwriting: Critique and revision of multiple drafts, three-stage method of giving and receiving criticism, intensive study of techniques.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 89 Playwriting and Screenwriting: Special Projects

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL 088

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Advanced Playwriting and Screenwriting: Completion of a play or screenplay in an advanced condition with first draft completed; editing, discussion of collaboration, critiquing, copywriting, and promotion

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 91A Introduction to Poetry Writing

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Introduction to writing poetry: Writing process and revision; introduction to simile, metaphor, diction, line, image; readings and critical response to earlier and contemporary poetry, and to student work; overcoming writing fears.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 92A Intermediate Poetry Writing

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL 091A

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Intermediate poetry writing: Overcoming writing blocks, refining simile, extended metaphor, complex imagery, sonnets, villanelles, haiku, and free verse.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 93A Intensive Poetry Writing

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL 092A

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Intensive Poetry Writing: Reviewing meter, iambs, anapests, dactyls; extended imagery, linguistics and poetry, sestinas, and collage poetry.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 94 Poetry: Special Projects

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL 093A

Transfers to

CSU

Special projects in poetry: Developing a poetry series or book-length manuscript, peer review techniques, maintaining a writing pace and discipline, revision to sustain tone, book proposals, and copyright law.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 99 Development and Publication of Full-Length Manuscript

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Advisory

ENGL 010A

Transfers to

CSU

Creation of book, anthology, zine, or journal: Conceptualization and mission statement; selecting, sequencing and editing work; exploring publication platforms; selecting and incorporating artwork; publicizing, distributing, and fundraising; development of portfolio of creative writing. Capstone course for writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, or playwriting/screenwriting.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 130 Introduction to English Syntax and Grammar

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Survey of present-day English syntax and grammar as informed by contemporary linguistic theories: The major syntactic structures of English; integration of the sentence into its logical and rhetorical contexts; review of traditional grammar and usage; applications to pedagogical practices.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 208A Writing Workshop

Units

1

Hours

.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab

Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control and essay organization.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 208B Writing Workshop

Units

1

Hours

.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab

Advisory

ENGL 208A

Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, and idea development.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 208C Writing Workshop

Units

1

Hours

.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab

Advisory

ENGL 208B

Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, idea development, and sentence structure.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 208D Writing Workshop

Units

1

Hours

.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab

Advisory

ENGL 208C

Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, idea development, sentence structure, and editing/proofreading.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 217A Shakespeare

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Peralta GE Areas 3;

Study of selected works of Shakespeare.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 501 Supervised Tutoring in Composition and Reading

Units

0

Hours

1 - 15 hours lab

Supervised tutoring in English: Tutoring either individually or in small groups, to assist students in increasing their success in composition and reading for college courses.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ENGL 508A Academic Composition Skills: Prewriting and Organization

Units

0

Hours

1 - 15 hours lab

Individualized instruction in academic composition: Prewriting and essay organization.

Offered: Fall 2026 (6 sections)

ENGL 508B Academic Composition Skills: Paragraph Development, Analysis, & Research

Units

0

Hours

1 - 15 hours lab

Individualized instruction in academic composition: Paragraph Development, Analysis, and Research.

Offered: Fall 2026 (6 sections)

ENGL 508C Academic Composition Skills: Sentence Structure and Proofreading

Units

0

Hours

1 - 15 hours lab

Individualized instruction in academic composition: Sentence structure and proofreading.

Offered: Fall 2026 (6 sections)

ENGL 518A Writing Workshop

Units

0

Hours

.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab

Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control and essay organization.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 518B Writing Workshop

Units

0

Hours

.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab

Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, and idea development.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 518C Writing Workshop

Units

0

Hours

.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab

Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, idea development, and sentence structure.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL 518D Writing Workshop

Units

0

Hours

.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab

Individualized instruction in writing: Thesis control, essay organization, idea development, sentence structure, and editing/proofreading.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing

Units

4

Hours

4 hours lecture

Prerequisite

Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ENGL 100

Peralta GE Areas 1A; Cal-GETC Area 1A;

In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. Formerly ENGL 001A.

Offered: Fall 2026 (23 sections)

ENGL C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

College-level composition (ENGL C1000/ ENGL C1000H/ ENGL C1000E/C-ID ENGL 100) or equivalent.

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ENGL 105

Other: Equivalent courses: ENGL 001A or ENGL 001AS

Peralta GE Areas 1A, 1B; Cal-GETC Area 1B;

In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 College Reading and Writing (C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. Formerly ENGL 005.

Offered: Fall 2026 (7 sections)

ENGL C1002 Introduction to Literature

Units

4

Hours

4 hours lecture

Prerequisite

Successful completion of college-level composition (ENGL C1000/ENGL C1000H/ENGL C1000E/C-ID ENGL 100) or equivalent.

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ENGL 120

Other: Equivalent courses: ENGL 1A or ENGL 1AS

Peralta GE Areas 1A, 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

In this course, students are introduced to works by diverse authors and major literary genres, developing close reading and analytical writing skills. Students also develop appreciation for and critical understanding of the cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. Formerly ENGL 1B.

Offered: Fall 2026 (4 sections)