This class is designed to provide pre-service teachers with the background knowledge, theoretical foundations, and pedagogical skills essential to develop a principled framework of practice that reflects a deep understanding about teaching and learning in the High School English Language Arts classroom. Topics will include, but will not be limited to, planning for teaching English Language Arts in California Secondary Schools, teaching reading, literature, and non-literary texts, teaching oral and written composition, teaching language and grammar, teaching journalism and drama, teaching creative writing, and understanding the profession of English Language Arts teaching. 

ENGL 304. Technical and Report Writing (5) 
Extensive practice in writing clearly and persuasively in technical and specialized forms such as reports of experiments, abstracts, business reports and proposals, letters, memoranda. Cross-listed as COMM 304. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or its equivalent with a grade of "C-" or better, and upper division standing. Does not count towards the major or minor.

ENGL 305. Modes of Writing (5) 
An online course in effective expository writing. Emphasis on writing as a process. Prerequisite: Grade of "C-" or better in ENGL 110 or its equivalent, upper division standing, and Internet and word processing skills. Fulfills the GWAR. Counts toward the Teacher Preparation Programs in English, Liberal Studies and Child Development. Does not count towards the major or minor.

ENGL 310. Advanced Writing (5) 
Comprehensive study of the techniques of effective expository writing. Emphasis on development of prose style. Frequent writing exercises both in and out of class. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or its equivalent and upper division standing. Does not count toward the major or minor.

ENGL 311. Writing Literary Analysis (5) 
This course is designed to assist majors in developing their skills in writing in the discipline, specifically, writing literary analysis and criticism. The course also serves as a companion and supplement to ENGL 300; thus both courses serves as co-requisites. ENGL 311 can prepare students for ENGL 300 by introducing them to the written practice of criticism, and can also serve as a follow-up by allowing students to apply the knowledge of theory and criticism acquired in ENGL 300 for the practice of written analysis. Rerequisite: ENGL 101; Co-requisite: ENGL 300.

ENGL 315. English Literature Survey I (5) 
Analytical survey of major works and major writers from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Restoration. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent, or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 316. English Literature Survey II (5) 
Analytical survey of major works and major writers from the Restoration through the modern era. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent, or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL/LING 319 (a). Structure of English (3) 
An introduction to fundamental concepts in phonology and morphology including phonemes, morphemes, and word classes. This course corresponds to only the phonology and morphology components of 319, but provides numerous drills and exercises for students. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or the equivalent.

ENGL/LING 319 (b). Structure of English (3) 
An introduction to fundamental concepts in syntax, including phrases and clauses and their functions. This course corresponds to only the syntax component of 319, but provides numerous drills and exercises for students. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or the equivalent.

ENGL/LING 319. Structure of English (5) 
A systematic examination of Modern English phonology, morphology and syntax. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or the equivalent.

ENGL 320. Medieval English Literature: 450-1500 (5) 
English literature from the beginnings to the close of the Middle Ages. Old English poetry in translation, including Beowulf and shorter poems; Middle English prose and poetry exclusive of Chaucer, such as works of the Gawain poet, anonymous lyrics, Malory; the beginnings of the English drama. Prerequisites: ENGL 101 or the equivalent, or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 325. Chaucer (5) 
Selections from The Canterbury Tales and shorter poems and/or Troilus and Criseyde. Since the works are read in the original Middle English, some attention is given to the nature and development of the English language in the Middle Ages. Prerequisites: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 330. Renaissance English Literature: 1500-1660 (5) 
The Renaissance in England, the classical revival, Wyatt and Surrey, Sidney, Spenser, Milton--the exploratory age, classical, heroic, nationalistic. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 335. Shakespeare I (5) 
Selected readings in the tragedies, comedies, histories and poems. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 336. Shakespeare II (5) 
Selected readings in the tragedies, comedies, histories, and poems. Selections different from those read in ENGL 335, which is not prerequisite. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 337. Milton (5) 
A study of the artistic development and cultural contexts of John Milton, whose writing in poetry, politics, and religion span the late Renaissance, the Interregnum, and the Restoration periods. Emphasis is on his major poems, especially his epic verse. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 340. Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature: 1660-1798 (5) 
Literature of Neoclassicism and of the sensibility in England. Satire, drama, poetry, the novel, the essay. Selected studies in Dryden, Behn, Congreve, Finch, Swift, Pope, Montagu, Addison and Steele, Richardson, Johnson, Gray, Cowper, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 350. Romantic English Literature: 1798-1837 (5) 
The literature of the "Age of Revolutions" in England. Selected studies in Wollstonecraft, Blake, Smith, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Byron, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 351. Victorian English Literature: 1837-1901 (5) 
Studies in Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Dickens, the Pre-Raphaelites, Wilde, and other major figures. Literature, criticism, and social history. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 360. Modern English Literature: 1901-1945 (3) 
The literature of the Edwardian and Georgian period in post-Victorian England. The novel, drama, and poem as instruments of artistic and social comment. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 361. Contemporary English Literature: 1945 to the Present (5) 
The literature of the post-World War II era of social and political analysis and change. The novel, drama, and poem as instruments of artistic and social comment. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 362. Literature as Mirror of Society: Studies in Contemporary Fiction (5) 
An intensive critical examination of the major social themes and ideas explored in major contemporary fiction. Texts chosen will include examples from both western and non-western literatures. Application of selected critical techniques to broaden understanding of the themes integral to these great works of literature and enhance the appreciation of literature in a broad context. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 363. Literature and Technology (5) 
A study of the interrelationships between literature and the postmodern American "culture and technology." Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 364. Studies in Fiction: The African-American Experience (5) 
An intensive examination of the African-American Experience as portrayed in fiction and critical essays. Such themes as slavery, alienation, religion, the triumph of the spirit will be explored. Texts chosen will include works by and about African-Americans, for example, W.E. DuBois, Richard Wright, William Faulkner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, and Martin Luther King. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 365. Slave Literature (5) 
Intensive critical examination of major themes and ideas explored in literature by and about African-American slaves, including slave narratives by Ouladah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, William Wells Brown, Harriet Wilson and Harriet Tubman; anonymous sermons, songs, and spirituals, and selected writings of David Walker, Heny Highland Garnet, Phyllis Wheatley, Nat Turner, and Martin Delany, among others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 366. Studies in Race, Gender, and Ethnicity (5) 
Comparative analysis of principal works of American literature by Native-American, African-American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American authors, with emphasis on twentieth century writers. Examination of the cultural and rhetorical elements defining both the "ethnicity" and the "Americanness" of the works, with focus on their enduring value as literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 367. Queer Literature (5) 
The study of literature by and concerning queer persons (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, pansexual). Consideration of changing gender identities in different periods and cultures; examination of the connections between literary representation, culture, and individual experience. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 370. Literature by Women of Color (5) 
An extensive examination of the experiences of women of color as portrayed in their fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and as interpreted in feminist and ethnic literary theory and criticism. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 372. Studies in Chicano Literature (5) 
Extensive examination of the experiences of Chicana and Chicano writers as portrayed in their fiction, drama, poetry and film and as interpreted by current ethnic literary theory. Course also includes study of the socio-cultural milieu from which the literature emerged. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 373. Women in Literature and Film (5) 
The depiction of women in representative works of literature and film, focusing on the perceptions of women writers and film makers about roles, functions, and societal expectations that influence women's goals and self concepts. Students of both sexes are welcome to participate. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 374. Gender in Literature and Film (5) 
Investigation of gender identity as represented in literature and film. This course will: Examine what forces can be understood as shaping gender (roles, functions, expectations) and what may be perceived as inherent or natural to an individual identity. Address apparently changing identities in different cultures and periods. Consider connections between literary and visual representation, gender, culture, and lived experience. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 375. Studies in a Major Author or Group (5) 
Intensive study of the works of a single major author or of a group of closely associated writers. Specific topic determined by instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. May be repeated for different course content.

ENGL 380. Major American Authors to the Civil War (5) 
May include Taylor, Franklin, Thoreau, Melville, Poe, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 381. Major American Authors from the Civil War to 1900 (5) 
May include Twain, Dickinson, Crane, Norris, Chopin, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 382. Major American Authors from 1901 to the Present (5) 
May include Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Frost, Eliot, Pound, Pynchon, Malamud, Walker, and Morrison. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 383. American Literature Survey I (5) 
Study of the development of American poetry, fiction and non-fiction prose from the pre-Colonial period to the post-Civil War period. The course may include traditional canonical writers such as Bradstreet, Taylor, Franklin, Edwards, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Thoreau, Whitman, Crane, Twain, and Dickinson. May also include, pro- and anti-slave literature, slave narratives, and Southwestern cuentos. The course emphasizes the diversity of early American literature as to gender, ethnicity and genre. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 384. American Literature Survey II (5) 
Study of the development of American poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction prose from the post-Civil War period to the present. May cover traditional canonical writers such as Frost, Eliot, Cummings, W. C. Williams, Lowell, Plath, Rich, O'Neill, Albee, Anderson, Stein, Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Pynchon and Updike, as well as selections from Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Dubois, Martin Luther King, Jr., Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Leslie Silko, Sandra Cisneros, David Henry Hwang, and Amy Tan. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 385. Literature of the American South (5) 
The literature of the ante-bellum and post-bellum south, focusing on the distinctive features of southern culture as they appear in major works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama. A representative selection of works from the early nineteenth century, the era of Reconstruction, and the modern period. Special emphasis placed on the Southern Renaissance of the twentieth century, with particular attention given to the southern gothic and southern grotesque, as well as to issues of cultural decay and regeneration, racial tension, religion, and psychological trauma. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 386. Literature of the American West (5) 
The literature of the American borderlands, focusing primarily on the evolving representations of the "wilderness," the "frontier," and the "west." A representative selection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama from the age of exploration, the Enlightenment period, and the nineteenth century. Special emphasis placed on modern and contemporary writers from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast, with particular attention given to ethnic identity, western landscape, environmental issues, and western mythology. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 391. Bible as Literature (5) 
Extensive readings from both the Old and New Testaments designed to prepare the student to recognize and understand Biblical allusions in later European literature, to appreciate the texts as literature, and also to show the differences between ancient Hebrew rhetoric and our own. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 392. International Folk Narrative (5) 
A survey of the various genres of oral narratives and an examination of their historical and social significance as well as their influence on literature. Emphasis on studying the universal motifs of folk narratives and contrasting the fold narratives of different cultures. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent.

ENGL 393. World Mythology (5) 
A survey of the various kinds of mythical discourse throughout the world and the changing nature of "myth" itself. The recurrence of ancient myths in modern thought and literature is stressed. Mythology of the Greeks and Romans will be emphasized as found in Homer, Virgil. and Ovid and other Classical writers. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 395. Writing Nature: Literature and the Environment (5) 
This course explores the intersection between literature and nature, looking closely at such issues as literary interpretations of the land, such as "founding" narratives; the representation of nature in regional and "local color" texts; the inspiration of the "wilderness" as a literary construct, the imposition of cultural/ideological influences on the representation of nature, and the importance of gender, race, and ethnicity in a literary relationship to nature. Recent critical developments such as geographical theory, ecocriticism, and ecofeminism, among others, will be employed as tools of literary analysis. Works studied may include Bartolome de las Casas The Destruction of the Indies; Mary Kingsley's Travels in West Africa; Jack London's The Call of the Wild; Mary Austin's The Land of Little Rain; William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses; and William Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks, among others.  Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

HUM 396. Gothic Worlds (5)
Macabre, gloomy, and violent literature from different cultures and periods in prose and poetry. Passion and superstition challenge boundaries set by reason and moral laws. Death, decay, and eerie contact with worlds beyond the grave, ruined castles, imprisoned heroines, evil monks, uncontrollable science, and corpses. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 397 – Selected Readings in Western and Non-Western Literature I (5 Units)

A study of representative works of world literature from the earliest literature to the 17^th century. The course focuses on the literary and cultural significance of selected great works in Western and non-Western literary traditions. The broad aim of the course is to highlight universal themes and to identify the historical and cultural contexts that give specificity to each work. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 235, 272, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 398 – Selected Readings in Western and Non-Western Literature II (5 Units)

A study of representative works of world literature from the 17^th century to the present. The course focuses on the literary and cultural significance of selected great works in Western and non-Western literary traditions, including works by women and ethnic minorities. The broad aim of the course is to highlight universal themes and to identify the historical and cultural contexts that give specificity to each work. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 235, 272, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 404. Creative Writing (5) 
Experimental writing, investigation, and discussion of creative writing and the creative process, with individual and group analysis of student work. Course will focus on either poetry, fiction, or drama. May be repeated for credit.

ENGL 410. Writing for Teachers (5) 
This course will teach the concepts of good writing, based on current research in the field, and then help the students discover effective strategies for teaching these concepts. It will focus primarily on expository writing, with some emphasis on adjusting different purposes for writing to specific audiences. This course is required of all students who plan to teach English in California secondary schools and does not satisfy the GWAR. This course is open only to students in the English single-subject program.

ENGL/LING 414. History of the Language (5) 
The development of English phonology, morphology, syntax, spelling, and vocabulary from the Old English period to the present. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b). 

ENGL/LING 415. General Linguistics (5) 
Basic concepts, theories, and issues in the study of language, with emphasis on the sound system, principles of word formation, and the semantic and syntactic patterns of English; consideration is given to the relationship between language and culture. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or the equivalent.

ENGL/LING 416. Phonology (5) 
Theoretical analysis of phonetics and phonology including distinctive features, patterns, systems and processes of language within the framework of current generative phonological approach. Examples will be drawn from English and other languages. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or the equivalent.

ENGL 417/LING. Syntax (5) 
This course provides an introduction to generative syntactic theory. Students will learn to draw tree diagrams and write transformation rules for sentences according to Chomsky's Aspects model. Toward the end of the course students will learn the basic principles of the Government-Binding model. There will be a heavy emphasis on analyzing syntactic data--some from languages other than English. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or the equivalent.

ENGL/LING 418. Second Language Acquisition (5) 
This class discusses the conscious or unconscious process of learning a second language after the first language has already been acquired, and examines some of the major theories that have been advanced to support second language acquisition. These theories include cognitive style, interlanguage, linguistic universals and acculturation. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or the equivalent.

ENGL/LING 419. Interlanguage (5) 
An examination of the grammars of second language learners as independent, yet systematic, langauge systems. Stress on how interlanguages evolve over time and the roles of such factors as language transfer, universal grammar, and markedness. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or the equivalent. ENGL/LING 418 is recommended.

ENGL/LING 420. Sociolinguistics: Language, Society and Education (5) 
Examination of the relationship between language and such social variables as sex, economic class, race, and ethnicity. Topics include social dialects, linguistic stereotypes, code-switching and the educational problems of language minorities. A thorough linguistic comparison between one non-standard dialect and Standard American English will be included. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or permission of instructor.

ENGL 460. History of Film (5) 
History of film from the Edison Kinetoscope through Citizen Kane. Industrial, social, stylistic, and theoretical aspects in a variety of national and cultural contexts. Emphasis on commercial and avant-garde forms and their connection to twentieth-century aesthetic, economic, and political currents. Cross-listed as COMM 460. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or the equivalent. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 469. Modern African Literature (5) 
An examination of the works of contemporary African writers. Selected literary works of such authors as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and Yambo Ouologuem studied. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 470. Studies in Nineteenth-Century Children's Literature (5) 
This course focuses on nineteenth-century classics of children's literature. Works covered include texts by Lewis Carroll, Charles Kingsley, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Robert Louis Stevenson. This course will use principles of literary criticism and analysis to examine literature written for children but also addressed to adults. It will focus on escapism versus realism, male versus female authors, and the social and cultural contexts out of which children's literature evolved. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 471. Studies in Twentieth-Century Children's Literature (5) 
This course focuses on twentieth-century classics of children's literature. Works covered include texts by L. Frank Baum, A. A. Milne, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien. This course will use principles of literary criticism and analysis to explore realism and fantasy, social allegory, and the motif of the quest or journey. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 472. The Young Adult Novel (5) 
This course will consider works published for and about teenagers, including Louisa M. Alcott's Little Women, Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown's Schooldays, and J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. The course will use principles of literary criticism and analysis to explore the Bildungsroman techniques and elements of social satire found in 19th and 20th century young adult fiction for girls, including Bronte's Jane Eyre and Warner's The Wide, Wide World. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 473. Children's Literature and International Myth, Folk Tale, and Film (5) 
This course will use principles of literary criticism and analysis to examine myths, folk tales, nursery rhymes, and films from diverse countries and the ways in which they express and shape collective values. Works covered include fairly tales, the oral tradition, fables within and outside the main Western tradition, and international films. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 475. Genre Studies (5) 
Studies in fiction, drama, poetry, and criticism. Specific topic to be determined by instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. May be repeated for different course content.

ENGL 476. Poetry (5) 
Studies in the form, structure, and themes of poetry by poets from around the world and across the centuries. Readings in the criticism of poetry and practice in writing poetic analysis. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. May be repeated for different course content.

ENGL 477. Studies in Literature and Society (5) 
Selected topics in literature dealing with literary response to philosophical or sociological questions. Specific topic determined by instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. May be repeated for different course content.

ENGL 478. Drama (5) 
Studies in the form, structure, and themes of playwrights from around the world and across the centuries. Readings in the criticism of drama and practice in writing literary analysis of plays. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. May be repeated for different course content.

Humanities 479. Literature and the Other Arts (5)
An interdisciplinary seminar in a selected topic, period, or style of man's development, that combines experience in a literary genre with a parallel expression in another art such as painting, music, or film. Extensive reading, independent and group research; lectures and discussion. Carries credit in either English, Art, or Performing Arts. Prerequisite for English credit: ENGL 101 or its equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. Prior approval of the department needed for credit in Art and Performing Arts.

ENGL 480. Advanced Technical Communication (5) 
Principles and practices of writing material particular to science and technology. Includes expanded definitions, technical descriptions, process explanations, instruction pamphlets, manuals, laboratory reports, proposals, and presentations. Cross-listed as COMM 480. Prerequisite: COMM 304.

ENGL 481. Advanced Business Communication (5) 
Principles and practices of writing particular to business administration, management, and marketing. Includes special purpose letters (request, inquiry, claim, adjustment, accommodation, sales, refusal, credit, collection, good will), promotional literature, news releases, policy statements, informal reports to stockholders, adaptation of the language of contracts, guarantees, and warranties for customers with no legal background. Cross-listed as COMM 481. Prerequisite: COMM 304.

ENGL 489. Experiential Prior Learning (variable units) 
Evaluation and assessment of learning which has occurred as a result of prior off-campus experience relevant to the curriculum of the department. Requires complementary academic study and/or documentation. Available by petition only, on a credit, no-credit basis. Not open to post-graduate students. Interested students should contact the department office.

ENGL 490. Senior Seminar (5)  
Consideration of the nature of the discipline. Integration of materials from other courses. Students will submit portfolios (counting no less than 25% and no more than 50% of the course grade) documenting how they have met the department's goals and objectives. Prerequisites: ENGL 300, ENGL 311, senior standing, and consent of instructor. 

ENGL 491 – Senior Seminar for Prospective Teachers (4 Units)

Designed for majors selecting the Credential Emphasis, this course emphasizes the practice and development of writing skills in English as a discipline, specifically literary analysis and criticism, and may be focused on a special topic, author or group of authors. Students practice writing about literature, nonfiction, and film using basic principles of close reading, formalist attention to literary techniques and structure, and appropriate critical approaches. Prerequisites: ENGL 300 and senior standing and/or consent of the instructor.

ENGL 496. Internship (variable units)
See department chair.

ENGL 497. Cooperative Education (variable units) 
The Cooperative Education program offers a sponsored learning experience in a work setting, integrated with a field analysis seminar. The field experience is contracted by the Cooperative Education office on an individual basis, subject to approval by the department. The field experience, including the seminar and reading assignments, is supervised by the cooperative education coordinator and the faculty liaison (or course instructor), working with the field supervisor. Students are expected to enroll in the course for at least two quarters. The determination of course credits, evaluation, and grading are the responsibility of the departmental faculty. Offered on a credit, no-credit basis only.

ENGL 498. Directed Study in the Instruction of English (variable units) 
A class in the theory and method of undergraduate instruction in English. Weekly meetings with faculty sponsor and supervised experience which may include developing, administering, and scoring examinations; leading small group discussions; tutoring; and directing students in researching term papers. Offered on a credit/no-credit basis only. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor who will serve as the sponsor and approval by chair of the Department of English 

499. Individual Study (variable units) 
Special projects developed by the individual student in consultation with the designated instructor. Admission with consent of department chair.