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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
E ENGLISH/WRITING
Some courses in the English Department are designed for students with a recommended level of skills and knowledge. De Anza uses a variety of assessment methods – including placement tests, high school transcripts and high school GPA – to place students in the best course sequence for them to succeed. Students who have not been assessed or who are unsure of their placement should contact the Assessment Center: deanza.edu/assessment.
writing. Develops analytical and argumentative academic essays based on reading of complex texts, and the use of outside research leading to analysis, comparison, and synthesis and a documented research paper.
EWRT 30 Introduction to Creative Writing 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Prerequisite: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211).
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to the writing of ction, poetry, drama, and creative non ction, through both critical analysis and intensive practice.
EWRT 40 Fiction Writing 5 Units
Prerequisite: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211), or ESL 272 and 273.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Development of ction writing skills through critical analysis and intensive practice.
EWRT 41 Poetry Writing 5 Units
Prerequisite: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211).
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Development of poetry writing skills through critical analysis and intensive practice.
EWRT 42 Introduction to Creative Non ction 5 Units and Memoir Writing
Prerequisite: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211).
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Development of skills in writing creative non ction and memoir through critical analysis and intensive practice.
EWRT 1A Composition and Reading
5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in EWRT 1AH.)
Prerequisite: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211); or equivalent placement (normally based on results of the English Placement Tests).
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to university level reading and writing, with an emphasis on analysis. Close examination of a variety of texts (personal, popular, literary, professional, academic) from culturally diverse traditions. Practice in common rhetorical strategies used in academic writing. Composition of clear, well-organized, and well-developed essays, with varying purposes and di ering audiences, from personal to academic.
EWRT 1AH Composition and Reading - HONORS 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in EWRT 1A.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211); or equivalent placement (normally based on results of the English Placement Tests).
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to university level reading and writing, with an emphasis on analysis. Close examination of a variety of texts (personal, popular, literary, professional, academic) from culturally diverse traditions. Practice in common rhetorical strategies used in academic writing. Composition of clear, well-organized, and well-developed essays, with varying purposes and di ering audiences, from personal to academic. As an honors course, the students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight in English Composition.
EWRT 1B Reading, Writing and Research 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) (Not open to students with credit in EWRT 1BH.)
Prerequisite: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Development of analytical, integrative skills in reading and writing. Academic (interpretive, analytical, argumentative) writing based largely on reading of literary/ imaginative texts linked by a common theme or issue. Outside research leading to analysis, comparison, and synthesis in documented research paper.
EWRT 1BH Reading, Writing and Research - HONORS 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in EWRT 1B.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Development of analytical, integrative skills in reading and writing. Academic (interpretive, analytical, argumentative) writing based largely on reading of literary/ imaginative texts linked by a common theme or issue. Outside research leading to analysis, comparison, and synthesis in documented research paper. As an honors course, the students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight in critical thinking and literature.
EWRT 1C Literature and Composition 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Prerequisite: EWRT 1B, 1BH, 2 or 2H.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Applies the analytical, critical, and synthesis skills developed in EWRT 1A/1AH and EWRT 1B/1BH, and/or EWRT 2/2H to the ways meaning can be made in diverse cultural, social, and historical contexts in prose, poetry, and drama by reading and analyzing texts and critical interpretations and by composing critical responses, analyses, and arguments.
EWRT 2 Critical Reading, Writing and Thinking 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) (Not open to students with credit in EWRT 2H.)
Prerequisite: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Develops critical thinking skills and the ability to apply these skills to reading and writing. Develop analytical and argumentative academic essays based on reading of complex texts, and the use of outside research leading to analysis, comparison, and synthesis and a documented research paper.
EWRT 65A Literary Magazine I, National Edition EWRT 65AX
(Formerly EWRT 65 and EWRT 65X respectively.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
2 Units 3 Units
EWRT 2H Critical Reading, Writing and Thinking - HONORS
5 Units
Two hours lecture for the two unit course (24 hours total per quarter); two hours lecture, three hours laboratory for the three unit course (60 hours total per quarter). Continuation of Literary Magazine I, Student Edition (EWRT 68A or EWRT 68AX) with emphasis on genre-speci c and specialized work in layout, design, production, publicity, event planning, and magazine distribution along with soliciting, submission management, manuscript selection, screening, and copy editing. Collaborative evaluation of ction, poetry, photography, drawings, and other literary and artistic work for student edition of literary magazine.
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in EWRT 2.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Develops critical thinking skills and the ability to apply these skills to reading and
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Two hours lecture for the two unit course (24 hours total per quarter); two hours lecture, three hours laboratory for the three unit course (60 hours total per quarter). Emphasis on collaborative evaluation and selection of ction, poetry, and other literary submissions for professional annual magazine publication including attention to management and issue planning as well as design.
EWRT 65B Literary Magazine II, National Edition EWRT 65BX
Prerequisite: EWRT 65A or EWRT 65AX.
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
2 Units 3 Units
Two hours lecture for the two unit course (24 hours total per quarter); two hours lecture, three hours laboratory for the three unit course (60 hours total per quarter). Continuation of Literary Magazine I, National Edition (EWRT 65A or EWRT 65AX) with emphasis on genre-speci c collaboration with editing, design, issue planning, screening, and/or management teams, including evaluation of ction, poetry, and other literary submissions for annual national magazine.
EWRT 65C EWRT 65CX
Editorial Leadership Literary Magazine, National Edition
2 Units 3 Units
Prerequisite: EWRT 65A or EWRT 65AX.
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Two hours lecture for the two unit course (24 hours total per quarter); two hours lecture, three hours laboratory for the three unit course (60 hours total per quarter). Continuation of Literary Magazine I, National Edition (EWRT 65A or EWRT 65AX), with emphasis on individual and team leadership in magazine work, including screening, evaluation and selection of ction, poetry, art and other submissions for national literary journal as well as coordinating subcommittees in copy editing, issue planning, management, production, or design.
EWRT 68A Literary Magazine I, Student Edition EWRT 68AX
(Formerly EWRT 68 and EWRT 68X respectively.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
2 Units 3 Units
Two hours lecture for the two-unit course (24 hours total per quarter); two hours lecture, three hours laboratory for the three unit course (60 hours total per quarter). Collaborative evaluation and selection of ction, poetry, photography, drawings, and other literary and artistic work for student edition of literary magazine. Emphasis on layout, design, production, publicity, event planning, and magazine distribution along with soliciting, submission management, manuscript evaluation, and copy editing.
EWRT 68B Literary Magazine II, Student Edition EWRT 68BX
Prerequisite: EWRT 68A or EWRT 68AX.
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
2 Units 3 Units