Common Description: 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. COS Description: ENGL C1000 is a first-year course created to support your development as a college-educated reader and writer. This course offers you an opportunity to explore texts from a variety of diverse voices and enter into conversations with creative thinkers. We will empower you to make choices in your writing that strengthen your voice as a scholar and persuade your audience. You will reflect on your writing practices to figure out what writing strategies work best for you. In this course, you will develop research strategies, learn how to find credible information, and incorporate those sources into your writing to support your arguments. Ultimately, ENGL C1000 is your invitation to imagine big ideas and learn how to share those ideas effectively with others. Students in ENGL C1000 have many opportunities for extra support, including supplemental learning assistance provided by visiting The Writing Center (aka ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course).

Common Description: 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 (CID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. COS Description: We are constantly being exposed to information and ideas, but how do we determine what information is reliable and relevant? How do experiences and beliefs shape the way we process ideas? How can we be better evaluators of information and better decision makers? What makes a particular argument persuasive to one group of people but completely absurd to another? English C1001 will explore these questions as you develop critical reading, writing, and reasoning skills beyond what you learned in English C1000. In this course you’ll be invited to read and analyze a diverse range of texts from multiple modalities and reflect on the lenses through which you interpret that information. You’ll determine how the authors make choices to persuade specific audiences, and then have opportunities to make your own writing choices as you enter the conversations of today. Students in English 002 have many opportunities for extra support, including supplemental learning assistance provided by visiting The Writing Center (aka ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course).

English 004 is an introduction to literature--including the short story, the novel, poetry, and drama--through close reading and analysis of literature and literary theory, discussion, research, and writing. Supplemental learning assistance is available for students to strengthen skills and to reinforce mastery of concepts. Students enrolled in ENGL 004 may access the supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course. (C-ID ENGL120)

This course examines Chicano literature through poetry, short stories, essays, drama, and novels, which are used as a means of providing a panoramic view of the Chicano experience. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 010 may access supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course.

An introduction to the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Using the peer workshop method, students will practice writing in multiple genres. Students enrolled in ENGL 014 may access supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course.

This course examines major works of early British literature from Beowulf through the eighteenth century. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 015 may access supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course. (C-ID ENGL160)

This course examines major works of British literature from the Romantic period to the present. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 016 may access the supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course. (C-ID ENGL165)

ENGL 018 is a study of African American literature including novels, short stories, poetry and plays, from the Colonial period to the present. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 018 may access the supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course.

This course examines literature about or by women including myths, short stories, essays, novels, and poetry. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 019 may access supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course.

This course examines major works of early American literature from the Colonial period through the Civil War. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 030 may access supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course. (C-ID ENGL130)

This course examines major works of American literature from the end of the Civil War to the present. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 031 may access supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course. (C-ID ENGL135)

This course examines major works of ancient world literature from antiquity through the mid-seventeenth century. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 044 may access supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course. (C-ID ENGL140)

This course examines major works of modern world literature from the mid-seventeenth century to the present. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 045 may access supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course. (C-ID ENGL145)

This course examines the works of William Shakespeare. Students will be expected to write a minimum of 4,000 words. Students enrolled in ENGL 046 may access supplemental learning assistance by enrolling in ENGL 400, an open entry/open exit non-credit course.

ENGL 123 introduces students to the theory and practice of writing consultancy. Students will receive instruction both in effective techniques for responding to student writing and in the theoretical framework influencing student consultations.

ENGL 124 offers students the chance to develop expertise in the theoretical and practical considerations involved in writing consultancy. Students will receive instruction in identifying, describing, and supporting student writers as they work with increasingly challenging problems in their writing. Students in ENGL 124 will expand their practices for working with higher-order concerns in student writing, and will be introduced to strategies and techniques for working lower-order concerns in student writing.

ENGL 125 is an intensive study in Rhetoric and Composition pedagogy designed to introduce students to the pedagogical frameworks supporting the Writing Center and its practices. Students will learn about the history of writing instruction at the college level, becoming familiar with major pedagogical schools and theories, interacting with different models of the writing process and argumentation to develop an understanding of how these discourses influence learning. Students will use the knowledge from this intensive study to refine and theorize their consulting sessions in the Writing Center.

ENGL 126 is an intensive, individualized course of study intended for experienced Writing Center consultants interested in developing an area of expertise within the realm of tutoring. Having chosen their focus, students will investigate current research and scholarly work on the issue, analyzing their own practices and the practice of the Writing Center in light of the ongoing scholarly conversation. They will use their research to revise their practices, to develop new strategies and techniques, and to foster discussion among their peers at the Writing Center.

Every student is capable of being successful in English C1000, and this course will give you the confidence and strategies to do so. Your English 301 instructor will work to meet the needs of your specific class and provide activities to help you thrive in English C1000, including more time with your instructor tackling difficult texts, reviewing reading and writing skills as needed, exploring your identity as a reader and writer, building confidence in your natural ability to write, and meeting the wonderful network of support services COS has to offer.

This vocabulary building course assists students preparing for the State of California Court Interpreter examination and other standardized tests, such as the SAT, ACT, GRE, and LSAT. Strategies for discerning the meaning of words through roots, suffixes, and prefixes are covered, as well as other test taking tips.

English Supplemental Learning Assistance is supervised tutoring intended to strengthen students' reading and writing skills and reinforce their mastery of concepts. This open entry/open exit class is linked with ENGL 001, ENGL 002, ENGL 004, ENGL 261, and ENGL 301.