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17 courses · Yuba College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026
ENGL-C1000 Academic Reading and Writing
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Prerequisite
- Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process.
- Formerly
- ENGL-1A
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC (with credit limitation)
- C-ID
- ENGL 100
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. Students practice expository and argumentative writing, close reading, cogent thinking, research strategies, information literacy, and documentation. Focus is on the integration of reading, writing, and communication skills. Students will write a minimum of 5000 words of formal writing across major assignments.
ENGL-C1000E Academic Reading and Writing
- Units
- 5
- Hours
- 90 lecture hours
- Prerequisite
- Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process.
- Formerly
- ENGL-1E
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC (with credit limitation)
- C-ID
- ENGL 100
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. This course includes embedded support. Emphasis on developing academic mindsets and student skills. Students practice expository and argumentative writing, close reading, cogent thinking, research strategies, information literacy, and documentation. Focus is on the integration of reading, writing, and communication skills. Students will write a minimum of 5000 words of formal writing across major assignments.
ENGL-C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Prerequisite
- ENGL-C1000 or ENGL-C1000E
- Formerly
- ENGL-1C
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ENGL 105
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. Focus is on the principles and development of logical and analytical reasoning, argumentative writing, and rhetoric (invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery, modes of discourse, audience). Students will write a minimum of 5,000 words over the course of the semester.
ENGL-C1003 Critical Thinking and Writing Through Literature
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Prerequisite
- ENGL-C1000 or ENGL-C1000E or ESL-1A
- Formerly
- ENGL-1B
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ENGL 110, ENGL 120
In this course, students receive instruction in analytical, critical, and argumentative writing. Students develop critical thinking, close reading and literary analysis skills, research strategies, information literacy, and knowledge of accurate documentation through the study of diverse literary works from a variety of literary genres, developing an appreciation for literature. Includes the analysis of prose, poetry, drama, and criticism from diverse cultural sources and perspectives, and an emphasis on the techniques and principles of effective written argument. Students complete a minimum 5,000 words of revised formal writing.
ENGL-30A Introduction To American Literature I
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Successful completion of ENGL-1A or ENGL- 1E strongly recommended.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ENGL 130
A survey of American literature from its beginnings in 1620 to 1865. The course readings and discussion cover the evolution of literary traditions, contexts, and genres during that time period. Writers include, among others, Bradstreet, Taylor, Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson. Special attention will be paid to major literature genres, themes, and historical backgrounds.
ENGL-30B Introduction To American Literature II
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Successful completion of ENGL-1A or ENGL-1E strongly recommended.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ENGL 135
A survey of American Literature from 1865 through the early 21st Century. Writers covered include, among others, Clemens, Du Bois, James, Wharton, Frost, Faulkner, Hemingway, Hughes, Brooks, Wright, Roth, Rich, and Morrison.
ENGL-31A Creative Writing I: Intro to the Genres
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
- C-ID
- ENGL 200
Introduction to the craft of writing poetry, drama, fiction, and creative non-fiction. Conducted primarily as a workshop in which students analyze examples by professional writers in the various genres, write original pieces in the various genres, practice and apply specific craft techniques, and critique their own work and the work of other students.
ENGL-34 Introduction to Film
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Study of film as art and its influence on society, including interpretation, criticism, and technical developments; students view and discuss full-length feature films. (L)
ENGL-36 American Ethnic Voices
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Survey of selected American ethnic writers of African, European, Native American, Central/South American, Mexican-American, Asian, and Middle Eastern descent, focusing on how these writings contribute to the dialogue of American voices and how the writings both reflect and shape a definition of American Culture.
ENGL-37 Women’s Voices
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
An exploration of the thematic and stylistic elements of literature by and about women. Texts will be selected from a variety of ethnic groups in the United States and/or the world with an emphasis on the ways women’s lives have been shaped by societal expectations: gender roles, sexuality identity and expression, socio-economic status, and ethnic and/or religious identities. The course will also focus on the ways that historical and ancient cultures are a foundation for understanding contemporary women’s literature.
ENGL-38 Classic and Contemporary Youth Literature
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ENGL 180
Examines representative works of children’s and young adult literature, with emphasis on developing students’ close reading and analytical writing skills while promoting an appreciation for the aesthetic qualities of literature directed at young people. Emphasizes contemporary texts, classic works, and the socio-historical contexts of children’s and YA literature. Explores common literary elements and subgenres, such as fantasy and the quest, the school story, fable and folk tale, cautionary tales, and coming-of-age stories. Emphasizes literature from diverse authors and communities. (L)
ENGL-39 LGBT+ Literature and Film
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A course that focuses on the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, and pansexual (LGBTQ+) authors and filmmakers and introduces students key themes, historical contexts, and theoretical frameworks. Readings and viewings will examine the representation of “queer” identities in modern literature and film and how LGBTQ+ artists have responded to dominate cultural ideas about gender and sexuality in their work. The course will emphasize how LGBTQ+ authors of diverse backgrounds and cultures have contributed to the major artistic movements of the 20th and 21st centuries while producing their own creative traditions. Grades are P/NP Option.
ENGL-40A Tutoring Reading and Writing I
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 lecture hours
- Prerequisite
- ENGL-C1000 or ENGL-C1000E or ESL-1A
- Transfers to
- CSU
A training program that prepares student tutors to support peers as they work with academic reading and writing assignments across the disciplines. This course includes an introduction to research-backed learning theories and tutoring strategies.
ENGL-40C Tutoring Reading and Writing III
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 lecture hours
- Prerequisite
- ENGL-40A or EDUC-20
- Transfers to
- CSU
An advanced training program that further prepares student tutors to support English Language Learner (ELL) peers as they work with academic reading and writing assignments in non-ESL courses across the disciplines. This course includes additional inquiry into research-backed ELL learning theories and tutoring strategies, with an emphasis on adapting tutoring strategies to specific ELL contexts.
ENGL-42 Introduction to Shakespeare
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Corequisite
- ENGL-C1000 or ENGL-C1000E or ESL-1A
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Studies significant features of Shakespeare’s life, Renaissance theatre, Elizabethan and Jacobean English. Covers a selection of plays, including comedies, tragedies, and histories, and many sonnets.
ENGL-46A Introduction To British Literature I
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Successful completion of ENGL-1A or ENGL-1E strongly recommended.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ENGL 160
Survey of English Literature from its beginnings to the end of the 18th Century; writers include, among others, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, and Pope; special attention paid to major literary genres.
ENGL-46B Introduction To British Literature II
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Successful completion of ENGL-1A or ENGL-1E strongly recommended.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ENGL 165
Survey of English Literature from the end of the 18th Century to the present; writers include, among others, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Tennyson, Arnold, Joyce, Yeats, and Eliot; special attention paid to major literary genres.