Course Descriptions 2009-2010 Catalog

English

All of the degree programs at ACC require students to successfully complete English composition courses; different programs require different courses. Before students enroll in composition courses, the students must demonstrate their writing competencies by means of a placement test. The test will be validated by an impromptu writing sample during the first week of class. English 121-122 is the traditional college-level freshman composition program. The courses are sequential and acceptable for college transfer. All A.A. and A.S. students must complete this sequence; however, those students who demonstrate deficiencies in their writing competencies will be required to begin their writing programs in the Developmental Studies sequence: ENG 030, ENG 060 and/or ENG 090, REA 030, REA 060 and/ or REA 090.

English 131 is a college-level course designed especially for students interested in occupational or technical fields. Many occupational programs require English 131; however, some students may need English 090 before enrolling in English 131. LITERATURE and HUMANITIES courses (listed separately) provide opportunities for refinement of reading, writing and critical-thinking skills. See also JOURNALISM.

ENG 030 Basic Writing Skills
2 Credits
Focuses on sentence and basic paragraph structure and development. Enables the student to review and improve grammar, usage, and punctuation skills while employing critical thinking strategies and the writing process to respond to a wide variety of writing situations.
PREREQUISITE: ACCUPLACER sentence skills score of 25-49.

ENG 060 Language Fundamentals
3 Credits
Focuses on paragraph structure and development and introduces the formal essay. Enables the student to review and improve grammar, usage, and punctuation skills while employing critical thinking strategies and the writing process to respond to a wide variety of writing situations.
PREREQUISITE: ACCUPLACER sentence skills score 50–69.
COREQUISITE: concurrent enrollment in REA 060/090 strongly recommended.

ENG 090 Basic Composition
3 Credits
Emphasizes critical thinking as students explore writing for Specific purposes and audiences. Enables the student to develop skills required for college-level writing while reviewing paragraph structure and focusing on essay development.
PREREQUISITE: ENG 060 or ACCUPLACER sentence skills score 70-94.
COREQUISITE: concurrent enrollment in REA 090 strongly recommended.

ENG 121 English Composition I: GT-CO1
3 Credits
Emphasizes the planning, writing, and revising of compositions, including the development of critical and logical thinking skills. This course includes a minimum of five compositions that stress analytical, evaluative, and persuasive/argumentative writing. This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-CO1.

ENG 122 English Composition II: GT-CO2
3 Credits
Expands and refines the objectives of English Composition I. Emphasizes critical/logical thinking and reading, problem definition, research strategies, and writing analytical, evaluative, and/or persuasive papers that incorporate research.
PREREQUISITES: ENG 121. This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-CO2.

ENG 131 Technical Writing I
3 Credits
Develops skills one can apply to a variety of technical documents. Focuses on principles for organizing, writing, and revising clear, readable documents for industry, business, and government.
PREREQUISITES: ENG 090 with a grade of “C” or better or ACCUPLACER sentence skills score of 95+ and reading score of 80+.

ENG 215 Playwriting I
3 Credits
Enables the student to learn and practice scriptwriting techniques for plays and screenplays, thereby improving creative writing skills. Emphasizes elements of dramatic structure, dialogue, and styles.

ENG 221 Creative Writing I
3 Credits
Teaches techniques for creative writing. Explores imaginative uses of language through creative genres (fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction) with emphasis on the student’s own unique style, subject matter and needs.
PREREQUISITE: ENG 121 with a “C” or better or Instructor’s permission.

ENG 222 Creative Writing II
3 Credits
Provides continued development of written expression in such forms as poetry, fiction, and/or nonfiction writing.
PREREQUISITE: ENG 221 or Instructor’s permission.

ENG 226 Fiction Writing
3 Credits
Teaches techniques for creating fiction, including the study and appreciation of the language and forms of the short story.
PREREQUISITE: ENG 221 or Instructor’s permission.

ENG 227 Poetry Writing
3 Credits
Teaches techniques for creating poems, including study of figurative language, forms, and sound patterns of poetry.

ENG 230 Creative Nonfiction
3 Credits
Teaches students to incorporate literary techniques into factual writing. Enables the student to survey a wide range of readings and analyze form and content. Includes critical review, biographical profiles, travel writing, and memoirs. Provides the opportunity for students to write and review their own nonfiction in a supportive, constructive setting.

ENG 231 Literary Magazine
3 Credits
Teaches the student the editorial process involved in preparing a literary magazine for publication. Covers the process of selection of material (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art) to be published, as well as design, layout, and production to prepare a manuscript for publication. Enables the student to produce a literary magazine.

ENG 235 Rhetoric And Propaganda
3 Credits
Examines classical and modern theories of rhetoric, understood as effective, ethical means of persuasion, and the ways in which propaganda departs from these means. Enables the student to apply theories of rhetoric and propaganda to examples of presidential rhetoric, Nazi and Soviet propaganda, and other examples of persuasive writing. Includes the study of visual rhetoric with students constructing criteria for identifying visual propaganda, and studying the complex relationship, historically and in the present, between propaganda, democracy, advertising, and mass media.

ENG 264 Publishing Your Writing
3 Credits
Familiarizes students with the publishing industry and helps them get published. Students target audiences, prepare manuscripts for publication and contests, and submit their writing. They write a cover letter, a query letter, a personal biography, and a book proposal. They design and assess a book or a collection, perform a competitive title analysis, and prepare a marketing plan. The course covers submission guidelines, copyright, author’s rights, and trends in the industry.

ENG 275 Special Topics: Rhetoric
1-6 Variable Credits
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.

ENG 285 Independent Study
1-6 Variable Credits
Meets the individual needs of students. Students engage in intensive study or research under the direction of a qualified Instructor.

ENG 289 Capstone
1-6 Variable Credits
Provides a demonstrated culmination of learning within a given program of study.

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