# High School Subjects: English (HSENG) courses Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 23 courses Source: https://sccollege.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog/courses "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026. ### HSENG 020 — Literature Brought to Life - **Units:** 0 - **Advisory:** Anti-Requisite: HSART 020 (Literature Brought to Life) - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Provides students with critical reading, thinking, and writing skills through the study of literature. Literary samples include novels, poetry, short stories, and other selected works of literature. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 030 — AP English 1A - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Prepares students to take the Advanced Placement Examination. Colleges and universities give advanced placement and/or college credit based on the results of the AP examination. Areas of study include critical analysis of literature and writing assignments requiring focused practice in exposition, argument, personal narrative, and fictional or poetic forms. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 050 — English Through Literature 11B - **Units:** 0 - **Advisory:** HSENG 063 (English Through Literature 11A) - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Provides students with the opportunity to study the literature of the United States from 1850-present. Language arts skills of reading, analysis, interpretation and writing are emphasized. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 051 — English Through Literature 12B - **Units:** 0 - **Advisory:** HSENG 064 (English Through Literature 12A) - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Provides students with the opportunity to study some of the central works/authors in British and world literature. Language arts skills of reading, analysis, interpretation and writing are emphasized. MulOpen Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 052 — English Language Arts 1 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Provides students with a basic introduction to composition writing. Emphasis is on improving sentence writing skills, including recognizing subject and predicate, proper writing mechanics, avoiding fragments and run-ons, and composing simple, compound, and complex sentences. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 053 — English Language Arts 2 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Expands the development of language arts skills through reading and actively responding to various works of literature. Presents concepts of English grammar, mechanics, and punctuation through a primary text and technology-enhanced instruction. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 063 — English Through Literature 11A - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Integrates language arts skills and reading analysis interpretation and writing through a literature-based curriculum. Survey course which allows the student an opportunity to study some of the central works in American literature. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 064 — English Through Literature 12A - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Integrates language arts skills and reading analysis interpretation and writing through world literature. This course allows the student to study some central works in world literature. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 066 — English Fundamentals 2 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Introduces and reinforces the basic concepts of sentence structure, punctuation, grammar, parts of speech, and sentence writing skills. Open Entry/Open Exit ### HSENG 067 — English Fundamentals 3 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule An intermediate English course that expands on parts of speech, grammar, punctuation, sentence patterns, and sentence skills to develop a student's writing ability. Open Entry/Open Exit ### HSENG 068 — English Fundamentals 4 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule An advanced course in English grammar, parts of speech, punctuation, sentence patterns, and sentence skills to further develop a student's writing ability. Open Entry/Open Exit ### HSENG 070 — The Short Story - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Introduces the student to the short story as a literary form so that the student will learn how the individual elements work together to present a theme or effect. The student will study the development of the short story as a genre and will read selected short stories from various periods authors and cultures. (No credit if a student has taken HSART 070.) Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 072 — Poetry - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Introduces poetry as a literary form. Examines the fundamentals of poetry through the reading of poetry from a variety of authors and periods. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 076 — The Novel - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Introduces the student to the novel as a genre and how the individual literary elements work together to present a central purpose. The student will study the elements of the novel and will utilize critical reading, thinking, and writing skills to analyze assigned readings. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 083 — Composition 1 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Provides instruction and practice in the communication of ideas in written form. Emphasis on mastery of sentence, paragraph, and essay skills including organization in terms of unity, support, and coherence. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 084 — Composition 2 - **Units:** 0 - **Advisory:** HSENG 083 (Composition 1) or equivalent - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Provides instruction in writing a well-developed unified essay. Introduces students to practical writing skills and research methods. Meets the composition proficiency requirement. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 085 — Composition 3 - **Units:** 0 - **Advisory:** HSENG 084 (Composition 2) or equivalent - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Prepares college bound students with advanced writing assignments that require in-depth research culminating in the production of expository and argumentative essays and a 1500 word-final argumentative research paper. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### HSENG 086 — College Preparatory Composition - **Units:** 0 - **Advisory:** HSENG 083 (Composition 1) - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Provides development of critical reading, academic writing, and academic research skills to prepare students for transfer level associate degree courses. Students will utilize the writing process in extended practice with expository and argumentative essays, will respond to academic reading, and will develop academic research skills and documentation techniques. Emphasis will be placed on refining writing in terms of grammar and sentence skills. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 098 — Building Vocabulary 3 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Provides practice in using context clues to develop vocabulary, including practice with synonyms, antonyms, and analogies. Builds reading comprehension skills and creates a strong vocabulary foundation that enables students to be better readers, writers, thinkers, and test-takers. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 201 — Survey of English Level 1 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Introduces students to the development of language arts skills through reading and active response to works of literature. Multi-media approaches are utilized. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 202 — Survey of English Level 2 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Expands the development of language arts skills through reading and active response to works of literature. Multi-media approaches are utilized. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 203 — Survey of English Level 3 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Explores the literature of the United States from the earliest English settlers to the present. Examines genres and characteristics of various literary movements.Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits. ### HSENG 204 — Survey of English Level 4 - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule Integrates the language arts skills of reading, analysis, interpretation, and writing through literature. Examines central works in world and British literature. Open Entry/Open Exit. 5 HS credits.