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Course Descriptions
2016-2017 Catalog
English
15A
CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
A course intended for students who enjoy reading
and writing poetry. In this course, students will study poems
by professional writers and fellow students and use what they
learn to write their own original poetry. The strongest poems
written in this class are often recommended for publication in
Clovis Community College’s literature journal, The Review.
(A, CSU, UC) (C-IDENGL 200: ENGL 15A&ENGL 15B)
15B CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
English 15B is intended for students who are
interested in writing short fiction; the course includes
appropriate exercises, readings, and critical analyses of
published and student work. (A, CSU, UC) (C-ID ENGL
200: ENGL 15A & ENGL 15B)
15E
CREATIVE WRITING: NON-FICTION
3 units, 3 lecture hours
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
A workshop course intended for students who are
interested in writing creative non-fiction; includes appropriate
exercises, readings and analyses of published and student
work. (A, CSU, UC)
15F
CREATIVE WRITING: SCREENWRITING
3 units, 3 lecture hours
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
A course intended for students who are interested
in writing for the screen; includes appropriate exercises,
readings, viewing, and critical analyses of professional and
student work. (A, CSU, UC)
41
THEMES IN LITERATURE
4 units, 4 lecture hours
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
English 41 explores themes, authors, or
genres through close readings, contextual approaches,
interpretations, and critical evaluations. The subject will
vary with the instructor (for example, the instructor may
choose a thematic organization such as “Rites of Passage
in the American Consciousness” or the “The Detective as
Hero”; focus on a particular author such as Emily Dickinson
or Carlos Fuentes; or a genre such as popular literature or
science fiction). (A, CSU, UC)
43A AMERICAN LITERATURE: ORIGINS
THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION (1877)
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: English 1A.
Readings in American literature from the Colonial
period through Reconstruction. Fiction, poetry, and non-
fiction will be placed into their historical and philosophical
contexts. Discussion and written responses are based on the
reading. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID ENGL 130)
43B AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1877
TO PRESENT
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: English 1A.
Analysis and study of fiction, drama, poetry, non-
fiction, film, advertising, and ephemera of the United States
from the Reconstruction to present day. (A, CSU-GE, UC,
I) (C-ID ENGL 135)
44A
WORLD LITERATURE TO
THE RENAISSANCE
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: Completion of English 125
and 126 or eligibility for English 1A as determined by college
assessment or other appropriate method.
This course is a survey of selected works in
translation and in English of world literature from antiquity
to the Renaissance. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID ENGL-140)
44B
WORLD LITERATURE SINCE
THE RENAISSANCE
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: Completion of English 125
and 126 or their equivalents or eligibility for English 1A as
determined by the college’s assessment process.
This course is a survey of the most enduring fiction,
drama, and poetry in the world from the Renaissance to the
present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID ENGL 145)
46A ENGLISH LITERATURE TO 1800
3 units, 3 lecture hours
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
A study of significant voices in English literature
from the early epic through the Eighteenth Century. Fiction,
poetry, drama, and non-fiction will be placed into their
historical and philosophical contexts. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)
(C-ID ENGL 160)