ENGL 100       Introduction to College Writing (3)

CRN 4
6-week Mid Session (6/24 – 8/2)
M-Th                                  10:20 a.m. – Noon           KIPJ-215
Hemminger, L.

The course will introduce you to ways to approach college writing, reading, and—most importantly—thinking. Together, we will investigate tools that can boost your reading, comprehension, and writing skills; help you grasp the motivation and goals of sentence, paragraph and academic paper construction; build your analysis and debate skills through lively discussion and group work; and teach you how to guide others with your own innate talents in communication and expression. This class will incorporate written, spoken, aural, and visual texts. Beyond typical reading, viewing, and writing assignments, activities will also include problem-solving challenges; partner/group assignments; workshops; grammar mechanics; reading groups; public speaking; and theatre games. Note: Course will be canceled if there are fewer than six (6) paid students enrolled as of Monday, May 20. Limit 20

ENGL 228       Studies in World Literature (3)

CRN 3
3-week Pre Session (6/3 – 6/21)
M-Th                                   1 – 4:15 p.m.                     KIPJ-218
McGowan, J.

This course considers primarily the world of cinema outside of Hollywood and secondarily American films outside the system or its commercial norms. Representative films to be considered are chosen for diversity in film-making, cultural meaning and reception. Some of the films will have been great critical and/or commercial success abroad, but hardly attracted notice in North America (whether because of language/cultural barriers or other reasons). Some films may be considered classics in their respective culture or genre, others are seen as working against conventions. The writing assignments will focus on critical analysis as a distinctive through parallel art form to literature. Consideration will also be given to the history of photography and film, and to the influence of these new technologies upon literature in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This course fulfills the core curriculum literature requirement in the Humanities. Note: Course will be canceled if there are fewer than six (6) paid students enrolled as of Monday, May 6. Limit 32

ENGL 280       Introduction to Shakespeare (3)

CRN 5
3-week Post Session (8/5 – 8/23)
M-Th                                   9 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.        KIPJ-223A
Stoll, A.

An introduction to the major plays. We will take advantage of San Diego’s renowned Old Globe Theatre to see several Shakespeare plays in performance. This course satisfies the core literature requirement as well as the Shakespeare requirement for the English major and minor. Note: Course will be canceled if there are fewer than six (6) paid students enrolled as of Monday, July 8. Limit 32

ENGL 304W   Writing Autobiography (3)

CRN 6
3-week Post Session (8/5 – 8/23)
M-Th                                   1 – 4:15 p.m.                     KIPJ-214
Robinson, F.

In this class you will learn how to write active, analytical, descriptive, structured prose through writing about a complex subject that you know a great deal about, more than anyone else: your life so far. This is not a course in learning how to write an autobiography, nor in studying the genre, but in advanced composition. It is run as a workshop, with students reading aloud from a series of essays on their upbringing. This course is designed to fulfill the upper-division written literacy requirement for non-English majors; it will fulfill the upper-division elective for English majors. Note: Course will be canceled if there are fewer than six (6) paid students enrolled as of Monday, July 8. Limit 20

ENGL 357W   American Autobiography (3)

CRN 2
3-week Pre Session (6/3 – 6/21)
M-Th                                   9 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.          MRH-131
Williams, I.

We will be reading and studying twentieth-century autobiographies (likely authors are Gilman, Dahlberg, Ginsberg, and Lorde), as well as earlier works (Franklin, Douglass, Whitman) for background. These first-person historical documents reveal more than the lives of individuals; they show us the world. Course includes reading and rereading, writing and rewriting, and seminar-style class discussion. It satisfies core and “W” requirements. Bring your curiosity, your enthusiasm, your questions!  All majors welcome! Note: Course will be canceled if there are fewer than six (6) paid students enrolled as of Monday, May 6. Limit 20