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  "college": "merced-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "ESL",
  "name": "English as a Second Language",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.mccd.edu/schools/programs/school-humanities-liberal-arts/courses/esl-courses",
  "courses": [
    {
      "code": "ESL-40",
      "subject": "ESL",
      "number": "40",
      "title": "Foundations in Academic Literacy I for Non-Native Speakers",
      "units": "5",
      "hours": "5 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course is intended for ESL students. This course focuses on effective critical reading and thinking skills, research strategies, scholarly composition with proper documentation, and advanced editing skills. Students compose a range of academic writing informed by assigned readings, discussion, and/or research using primarily non-fiction source material. (11/20)",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/esl/#esl-40",
          "subject": "ESL"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/esl/#esl-40",
          "subject": "ESL"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ESL-84E",
      "subject": "ESL",
      "number": "84E",
      "title": "Foundations in Academic Literacy II for Non-Native Speakers",
      "units": "5",
      "hours": "5 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "This course is intended for students whose primary language is not English. At a low-advanced ESL level, this course focuses on effective critical reading and thinking skills, research strategies and academic composition with proper documentation. Students write a range of increasingly complex short essays informed by assigned readings, discussion, and/or research using a variety of source material including non-fiction. (12/18)",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    }
  ]
}