# Pipeline (ENG) (ENG) courses

Santa Barbara City College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 32 courses

Source: https://catalog.sbcc.edu/course-descriptions/eng/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### ENG 070 — Effective Reading And Study Skills Techniques

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules

Non-transferable developmental reading course intended for students who desire intensive work in critical reading, comprehension, study skills and vocabulary development. P/NP or Letter grade.

### ENG 098 — Fundamentals of Composition

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules

Foundational course in composition, emphasizing development of ideas into organized essays which are correct in grammar and mechanics. Students may choose to take it as preparation for ENGL C1000

### ENG 103 — Critical Thinking and Reading

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/eng.md); Spring 2027, 4 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/eng.md)
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area D2, SBCCGE Area 1B
- Transfer Information: CSUGE Area A3

Emphasizes the relationship between critical reading and critical thinking. Students gain expertise in interpretation, analysis, and criticism of college-level academic and professional texts.

### ENG 111 — Critical Thinking and Composition Through Literature

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 110 (when combined with SBCC's ENG 200.)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 26 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/eng.md); Spring 2027, 50 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/eng.md)
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area D2, SBCCGE Area 1B, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 1B, Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area A3, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 1B, IGETC Area 3B
- UC Transfer Limit: ENG 111 and 111H combined: maximum credit, one course.

Study of critical thinking and composition using literature as a basis for analysis. Emphasis on the techniques and principles of effective written argument as they apply to reading and writing about literature.

### ENG 111H — Critical Thinking and Composition Through Literature, Honors

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 105, ENGL 110 (when combined with SBCC's ENG 200.)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/eng.md)
- Limitations on Enrollment: Acceptance into the Honors Program.
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area D2, SBCCGE Area 1B, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 1B, Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area A3, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 1B, IGETC Area 3B
- UC Transfer Limit: ENG 111 and 111H combined: maximum credit, one course.

For students enrolled in the Honors program at SBCC, a study of critical thinking and composition using literature as a basis for analysis. Emphasis on the techniques and principles of effective written argument as they apply to reading and writing about literature.

### ENG 119A — CAP Core Literacies: Reading and Writing Within Academic Disciplines

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/eng.md)
- Limitations on Enrollment: Admission to Program, students must have been accepted in the College Achievement Program.

Students identify how personal challenges (including reading and writing skills) affect academic performance, develop strategies to address these challenges, and assess effectiveness of adopted strategies.

### ENG 119B — Cap Core Literacies: Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking Across Disciplines

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/eng.md)
- Limitations on Enrollment: Admission to Program, students must have been accepted in the College Achievement Program.

Students develop ways to transfer core reading, writing, critical inquiry, and metacognitive strategies in classes across disciplines and in personal and career decision-making.

### ENG 173 — Screenwriting I

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 72 (45 lecture, 27 lab)
- **Prerequisite:** ENG 070 and ENG 098 or qualifying score on SBCC placement exam.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/eng.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/eng.md)
- Same as: FS 173
- UC Transfer Limit: FS 173, FS 174, FS 179 and ENG 173 combined: maximum credit, 1 course.

Study of elements of dramatic writing for the cinema: the three-act structure, character delineation and motivation, conflict development and pacing, dialog and subtext, and unifying the message. Students analyze feature films and television screenplays for their structure, pacing and characterization; write scenes in correct format; complete a treatment for a feature film or television.

### ENG 181 — Technical And Professional Writing

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Same as: CIS 181

Writing course designed to teach professional-level written communication in technical fields.

### ENG 221 — Survey of British Literature: 800-1798

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 160
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/eng.md)
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B
- UC Transfer Limit: ENG 221 and 221H combined: maximum credit, one course.

Chronological survey of British literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the 18th century.

### ENG 221H — Survey of British Literature 800-1798, Honors

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 72 (72 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 160
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/eng.md)
- Limitations on Enrollment: Acceptance into the Honors Program.
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B
- UC Transfer Limit: ENG 221 and 221H combined: maximum credit, one course.

Honors chronological survey of British literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the 18th century.

### ENG 222 — Survey of British Literature: 1798-Present

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 165
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation)
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B
- UC Transfer Limit: ENG 222 and 222H combined: maximum credit, one course.

Survey of British literature during 1798-present, including fiction, poetry, drama and essays.

### ENG 222H — Survey of British Literature: 1798-Present, Honors

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 72 (72 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 165
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation)
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Limitations on Enrollment: Acceptance into the Honors Program.
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B
- UC Transfer Limit: ENG 222 and 222H combined: maximum credit, one course.

Survey of British literature during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, including fiction, poetry, drama and essays.

### ENG 225 — American Literature: Pre-Colonization to 1865

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 130
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B

Study of American imagination and culture through representative works of literature, from the colonial period through the Civil War. Explores the historic diversity in American literature, the ways in which authors appropriate literary conventions and genres to create an authentic American voice, and the presence of these trends in contemporary American culture.

### ENG 226 — American Literature: 1865-present

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 135
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation)
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/eng.md)
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B
- UC Transfer Limit: ENG 226 and 226H combined: maximum credit, one course.

Intensive study of post-Civil War American culture through a reading of its major authors. Included are novels, short stories, drama, poetry, and essays by Americans from diverse backgrounds.

### ENG 226H — American Literature, Honors

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 72 (72 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 135
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation)
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Limitations on Enrollment: Acceptance into the Honors Program.
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B
- UC Transfer Limit: ENG 226 and 226H combined: maximum credit, one course.

Intensive study of post-Civil War American culture through a reading of its major authors. Included are novels, short stories, drama and poetry by Americans from varied backgrounds.

### ENG 231 — World Literature: Ancient Times to 16th Century

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or ENG 111H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 140
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B

Study of representative works of Western and non-Western literature from ancient times to the 16th century.

### ENG 232 — World Literature: 17th Century to Present

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or ENG 111H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 145
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B

A comparative study of selected works, in translation in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia and other areas, from the mid or late seventeenth century to the present.

### ENG 240 — Contemporary Fiction

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B

Reading of representative works of 21st century and late 20th century fiction. In-depth exploration of representative fiction with such themes as alienation, spiritual search, identity quests, etc.

### ENG 241 — Contemporary Women Writers

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area E5, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B

Representative works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama written by contemporary women writers.

### ENG 242 — Contemporary Dramatic Literature

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3A, CSUGE Area C1, IGETC Area 3A

Study of representative works of contemporary dramatic literature, emphasizing Pulitzer Prize-winning plays and issues reflecting current culture.

### ENG 251 — Introduction To Poetry

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B

Representative selections of English and American poetry of various periods. Designed to acquaint the college transfer student with significant British and American poetry of all periods, including the study of structural elements of the art form of poetry, as well as an investigation of the enduring themes of mankind voiced through the art of poetry.

### ENG 261 — Literature And Film

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B

Study of film adaptation of literary works which examines the aesthetic uniqueness and limitations of literary and cinematic forms. Focus on film and literary aesthetics and techniques. Students read literary works of various genres (e.g. short stories, novels and plays) and view film adaptations of these works.

### ENG 262 — Shakespeare

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or ENG 111H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/eng.md)
- SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area C, SBCCGE Area 3
- Transfer Information: Cal-GETC Area 3B, CSUGE Area C2, IGETC Area 3B

Study of the most representative examples of Shakespeare's four dramatic genres and sonnets.

### ENG 270 — Introduction to Creative Writing

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** Eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **C-ID:** ENGL 200
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/eng.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/eng.md)

Study and practice in the art of creating fiction, poetry, drama and other literary forms.

### ENG 271D — Creative Writing: Drama

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H or 270.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules

Advanced study and practice in playwriting.

### ENG 271F — Creative Writing: Fiction

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H or 270.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules

Advanced study and practice in fiction writing.

### ENG 271NF — Creative Writing: Non-fiction

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or ENG 111H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/eng.md)

Advanced study and practice of creative writing in non-fiction genres.

### ENG 271P — Creative Writing: Poetry

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENG 110 or 110H.
- **Advisory:** ENG 111 or 111H or 270.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/eng.md)

ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H. Advanced study and practice in poetry writing.

### ENG 292H — Advanced Literary Analysis, Honors

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 36 (36 lecture)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Limitations on Enrollment: Acceptance into the Honors Program.
- Transfer Information: CSUGE Area C2

By practicing a variety of in-depth literary analyses across a variety of texts and genres, students will see and understand the application of theories to texts.

### ENG 295 — Internship In English

- **Units:** 2-4
- **Hours:** 210 (210 lab)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/eng.md)
- Limitations on Enrollment: Other: Completion of two courses (in applicable discipline) at SBCC prior to enrolling in an Internship course.

Structured internship program in which students gain experience with community organizations related to the discipline.

### ENG 299 — Independent Study in English

- **Units:** 1-3
- **Hours:** 144 (144 lab)
- **Prerequisite:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL C1000H.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Limitations on Enrollment: Student must have completed a minimum of twelve units at SBCC, with a 2.5 GPA, and a minimum of six (6) units with a 3.0 GPA in English Designed to offer the individual student an opportunity to explore an English subject in depth.

Specific course requirements are formulated by the student and instructor. Regular meetings with instructor are required. Course may be taken for 1-3 units of credit; each unit requires student to devote approximately three hours per week to his/her project.