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ELIT 48AH
Major American Writers
(Colonial to Romantic, 1620-1865) - HONORS
4 Units
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and division dean.
One hour lecture for each unit of credit (12 hours total for each unit of credit per E quarter).
Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course.
This course involves an intensive study and analysis of a special topic in literature.
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 deanza.edu/assessment/steps - 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.
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: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT)) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
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 differing 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: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT)) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
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 differing 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 1AS Intensive Composition and Reading 5 Units Stretch: First Quarter
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Prerequisite: Placement based on English Assessment Process, including GPA multiple measure assessment.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Integration of reading and writing skills necessary for success in EWRT 1A with an emphasis on evaluation, analysis, synthesis, questioning, and critical inquiry of assigned readings, from culturally diverse traditions, and in essays. Immersion in the reading and writing process with opportunities for instruction on strategies and skills to succeed in transfer-level curriculum. Composition of well-organized, clear essays with varying purposes and audiences both in and out of class. This is the first of a two-course sequence.
EWRT 1AT Intensive Composition and Reading 5 Units Stretch: Second Quarter
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Prerequisite: EWRT 1AS with a grade of C or higher.
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 differing audiences, from personal to academic. This is the second of a two-course sequence.
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 or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT). Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
This course will emphasize the development of analytical, integrative skills in reading and writing. Students will explore academic (interpretive, analytical, argumentative) writing based largely on reading of literary/imaginative texts linked by a common theme or issue. The course includes outside research leading to analysis, comparison, and synthesis in documented research paper.
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 48A.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT)) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course explores the reading and critical analysis of representative works by diverse writers such as William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Elias Boudinot, Chief Seattle, Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Henry David Thoreau. Because this is an honors program course, students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight in literature.
All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
ELIT 48B
Major American Writers
4 Units
(The Advent of Realism, 1865-1914)
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 48BH.)
Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT)) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course explores the reading and critical analysis of representative works by major writers such as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, William Dean Howells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charles Chesnutt, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Black Elk, and Robert Frost.
ELIT 48BH
Major American Writers
(The Advent of Realism, 1865-1914) - HONORS
4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 48B.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT)) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course explores the reading and critical analysis of representative works by major writers such as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, William Dean Howells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charles Chesnutt, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Black Elk, and Robert Frost. Because this is an honors program course, students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight in Literature.
ELIT 48C Major American Writers
(The Modern Age, 1914-the Present)
4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 48CH.)
Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT)) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course explores the reading and critical analysis of representative works by major writers of the modern/postmodern periods such as Faulkner, Hemingway, Hurston, Morrison, Fitzgerald, Hughes, Wright, Ellison, Williams, Cisneros, Stevens, Sexton, Eliot, Vonnegut, Pynchon, O’Connor, Plath, Carver, Wilson, and O’Neill.
ELIT 48CH Major American Writers
(The Modern Age, 1914-the Present) -
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 48C.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT)) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course explores the reading and critical analysis of representative works by major writers of the modern and postmodern periods, such as Faulkner, Hemingway, Hurston, Morrison, Fitzgerald, Hughes, Wright, Ellison, Williams, Cisneros, Stevens, Sexton, Eliot, Vonnegut, Pynchon, O’Connor, Plath, Carver, Wilson, and O’Neill. Because this is an honors program course, students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight into English literature.
ELIT 78 ELIT 78X ELIT 78Y ELIT 78Z
Special Topics in Literature
1 Unit 2 Units 3 Units 4 Units
HONORS
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