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5 courses · Palo Verde College · 2026-2027 Catalog

Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027

ENG 120 Introduction to Creative Writing

Units: 3
Hours: 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
Advisory: ENG 100 (now ENGL C1000) or an approved equivalent transferable first-year composition course
Transfers to: CSU, UC

Student Learning Outcomes: Identify and analyze unique literary characteristics of prose and poetry. Apply principles of the creative process by composing work that deals with personal, social, political, and/or cultural issues. Construct critical appraisals of peer contributions, orally and in writing.

General Education: Not approved for General Education

Course Duration (Weeks): 18

This is an introductory course in creative writing. Students will compose fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Beginning writers are given the opportunity to explore and analyze forms of poetry and prose of cultural importance that broadens their understanding of the human condition, participate in workshop activities, and revise texts according to peer and instructor feedback.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section, listed as ENG-120) · Spring 2027 (1 section, listed as ENG-120)

ENG 122 Survey of World Literature I

Units: 3
Hours: 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
Prerequisite: ENG 100 (now ENGL C1000) OR an approved equivalent first-year English composition course from an accredited institution.
Transfers to: CSU, UC

Student Learning Outcomes: Interpret the meanings of specific literary passages and explain the relationship of the passage to the whole work covered in this course. Recognize and discuss the psychological, cultural, religious, economic, and political forces that influence particular works covered in this course. Identify and trace the occurrence of major themes found in literature of various times, cultural milieu, and political settings covered in this course.

General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 3- Arts and Humanities- 3B: Humanities )

Course Duration (Weeks): 18

This course is a comparative study of selected works, written both in English and in English translation, of literature from around the world. Selections include European, Middle Eastern, Asian, African, and other areas, from antiquity to the 17th century. Students will explore several influences that shape the authors' works which include a range of political, religious, social, cultural, and philosophical contexts. Composition work in the course includes instruction in rhetorical strategies, literary criticism, preparing students to generate several essays of varying lengths (1-5 pages) and a researched and documented project (7-10 pages).

Not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules.

ENG 125 Introduction to Film

Units: 3
Hours: 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
Transfers to: CSU, UC

Student Learning Outcomes: Apply the techniques of literary analysis to the study of film. Explain how a film communicates meaning through various cinematic, cultural and genre codes in terms of theme, symbolism, and other literary techniques. Evaluate works of cinematic art from a variety of media.

General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 3- Arts and Humanities- 3A: Arts , 3- Arts and Humanities- 3B: Humanities )

Course Duration (Weeks): 18

Introduces students to the history of film, film technology, various film styles, genres and movements, as well as helping them develop and apply a knowledge of film terminology and theories to critically analyze American and international cinema.

Not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules.

ENG 140 Survey of American Literature II

Units: 3
Hours: 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
Prerequisite: ENG 100 (now ENGL C1000)
Transfers to: CSU, UC

Student Learning Outcomes: Name, describe and interpret, both orally and in writing, major works by leading writers of American Literature from the late 19th century period to the present. Name, describe and interpret, both orally and in writing, representative works that reflect the growing diversity of American Literature in the 20th century to the present. Recognize, describe and illustrate by examples, both orally and in writing, how diverse cultural, social, political and religious movements in America from the late 19th century to the present have been reflected in key literary works and how related issues and ideas have been handled by various American writers.

General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 3- Arts and Humanities- 3B: Humanities )

Course Duration (Weeks): 18

ENG 140 surveys representative American literature from the late 19th Century to the present, including works from the Age of Realism, the Modernist Period and the Post-modern eras. Students read, discuss, evaluate, critique, and write about the themes of these periods which reflect relevant social, political, cultural, philosophical, and religious issues. Students will study the influences that shaped American writing from the post-Civil War era to the present day. The writing of a research paper of not less than seven pages in length, organized in the appropriate format and displaying a basic knowledge of methods of scholarly documentation, is a key course requirement.

Not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules.

ENG 222 Survey of World Literature II

Units: 3
Hours: 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
Prerequisite: ENG 100 (now ENGL C1000)/ Eligibility for ENG 100 (now ENGL C1000) as determined by current college assessment standards. An approved equivalent first-year English composition course from an accredited institution.
Transfers to: CSU, UC

General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 3- Arts and Humanities- 3B: Humanities )

Course Duration (Weeks): 18

This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other areas from the 17th century to the present.

Not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules.

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