Courses below open to English Placement Group C students. Make appointment for placement when applying in Admissions. Course credit for Group C courses may not be applied towards the A.A. Degree.
ENGL 81A, THE PARAGRAPH – PLUS 3 UNITS
• Prerequisite: None. • Corequisite: English 83A or English 80.
English 81A is the basic introductory writing course. In class and in lab, it develops thinking skills, writing strategies, and sentence awareness as these relate to the production of paragraphs and the basic essay.
1325 8:00a-10:05a MTWTh DRSCHR 222 Santilena J A
10:15a-11:30a MTWTh DRSCHR 308
1326 10:15a-12:20p MTWTh LA 217 Kagaya C
12:45p-2:00p MTWTh DRSCHR 308
NEW 1778 10:15a-12:20p MTWTh DRSCHR 218 Davison G
8:45a-10:00a MTWTh DRSCHR 308
Above section 1778 meets for 6 weeks, Jul 05 to Aug 11.
1327 12:30p-2:35p MTWTh PE 36 Kagaya C
2:45p-4:15p MTWTh DRSCHR 308
ENGL 81B, THE BASIC ESSAY – PLUS 3 UNITS
• Prerequisite: English 81A. • Corequisite: English 83B.
English 81B reinforces and continues the writing effort begun in English 81A. In class and lab formats, 81B stresses the skills necessary to write basic three paragraph essays and short summaries. Sentence skills are reviewed and expanded.
1328 8:00a-10:05a MTWTh PE 36 Staff
Arrange-6 Hours
1329 12:30p-2:35p MTWTh PE 36 Ramirez M
Arrange-6 Hours
ENGL 83A, READING AND VOCABULARY I 3 UNITS
• Prerequisite: None. • Corequisite: English 81A.
The course is designed to develop reading competence by stressing comprehension, study skills, listening, word-attack skills, and patterns of organization. It also helps the student discover techniques for life-long vocabulary expansion with emphasis on a more skillful use of the dictionary, a better understanding of word parts, and a more effective use of sentence clues.
1330 10:15a-12:20p MTWTh DRSCHR 215 Gorgie J L
Arrange-6 Hours DRSCHR 312
1331 12:30p-2:35p MTWTh DRSCHR 215 Gorgie J L
Arrange-6 Hours DRSCHR 312
1332 2:45p-4:50p MTWTh DRSCHR 215 Shapiro E P
Arrange-6 Hours DRSCHR 312
ENGL 83B, READING AND VOCABULARY II 3 UNITS
• Prerequisite: English 83A. • Corequisite: English 81B.
This course is for students who have earned credit in English 83A, but who need further development in vocabulary and comprehension skills, especially using context clues, drawing inferences, and distinguishing between fact and opinion. In addition, students focus on monitoring their reading, strengthening time management based on the evaluation of their performance in English 83A, and improving study-reading techniques, such as mapping.
1334 10:15a-12:20p MTWTh LA 217 Hartman M
Arrange-6 Hours
ENGL 84R, READING AND VOCABULARY III 3 UNITS
• Prerequisite: English 83B. • Corequisite: English 84W.
This course is designed to further develop reading comprehension, reading rate, study-reading methods, and vocabulary. The course focuses on analytical skills, including identifying patterns of organization and applying inferential skills. Students will also develop critical reading skills, including focusing on the author’s purpose and tone.
1335 8:00a-10:05a MTWTh MC 1 Overfield C
Arrange-6 Hours
ENGL 84W, THE BASIC COLLEGE ESSAY 3 UNITS
• Prerequisite: Credit in English 81B.
English 84W focuses upon the basic college essay and the prewriting techniques useful to its creation. Varieties of essays are studied as are those sentence skills that aim to locate and correct major sentence errors. The lab is arranged by the student and done on a weekly basis.
1337 8:00a-10:05a MTWTh DRSCHR 211 Staff
Arrange-3 Hours
1338 12:30p-2:35p MTWTh DRSCHR 210 Yudell J
Arrange-3 Hours
4078 6:30p-9:40p MW MC 13 List B D
Arrange-3 Hours
Above section 4078 meets for 8 weeks, Jun 20 to Aug 12.