Class Schedule

• 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., , Techniques of writing will focus on expository and argumentative writing based on critical reading and thinking about texts. Reading will focus primarily on works of non-fiction prose, chosen to represent a broad spectrum of opinions and ideas, writing styles, and cultural experiences.
• Prerequisite: Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249; for students who do not meet the prerequisite requirement, concurrent enrollment in ESLL 201A or NCEN 401A is recommended, depending on placement by multiple measures; not open to students with credit in ENGL 1A, 1AH, 1T, or C1000H.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 5 hours lecture per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area: English Composition
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

Classes meet six weeks unless otherwise indicated. Holiday, July 4th.

• Description: Further development in the technique and practice of analytical, critical, and argumentative writing through critical reading of literature. Course focuses on literary works from major genres to promote appreciation of literature and represent a broad spectrum of opinions and ideas, writing styles, and cultural experiences. Formal instruction in composition and critical thinking.
• Prerequisite: One of the following: ENGL C1000 or C1000H or ESLL 26.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in ENGL 1BH.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 5 hours lecture per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area: Oral Communication & Critical Thinking
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

Classes meet six weeks unless otherwise indicated. Holiday, July 4th.

• 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 Academic Reading and Writing (or C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course.
• Prerequisite: College-level composition (ENGL C1000 / ENGL C1000H / ENGL C1000E / C-ID ENGL 100) or equivalent.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in ENGL 1C, 1CH, 2, or C1001H.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 5 hours lecture per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

Classes meet six weeks unless otherwise indicated. Holiday, July 4th.

• Description: A survey of gothic and horror literature from its 18th-century beginnings to its 21st-century manifestations, including subgenres such as haunted spaces, poltergeists, and demonic possession; werewolves and vampires; supernatural, psychological, religious, and "slasher" horror. Reading and analysis of multicultural texts contextualized historically and interculturally, with special attention to the aesthetics and psychologies of fear.
• Prerequisite:
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week. 48 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

Classes meet six weeks unless otherwise indicated. Holiday, July 4th.