English (ENG)

This course prepares students for college-level reading and composition. It focuses on strengthening reading, critical thinking, and writing skills through practice that progressively becomes more sophisticated. Reading instruction focuses on building vocabulary, improving reading comprehension, and analyzing and synthesizing ideas from academic texts. Students will be given instruction in writing mechanics and guided practice in the writing process. Writing assignments will include shorter informal pieces as well as more formal short essays that develop and support theses logically, incorporating outside sources. Students will also participate in activities and exercises to develop college study and self-management skills that contribute to long-term college success.

This course introduces students to the essential rhetorical, conceptual, and stylistic demands of writing in Standard American English at the college level. Instruction in composing processes, research strategies, and writing from sources is a focus of the course. The course also provides students with experiences in the library and on the internet to enhance their skills in accessing and using various types of primary and secondary materials. Students will engage in research activities, evaluate sources, and apply the principles of college writing to produce substantial college-level compositions, building foundation skills for writing in courses across the college curriculum. 

This course allows for intensified student engagement with ENG 100 course content. Students will develop a writing process that results in focused and coherent paragraphs, and skills to identify and address patterns of error in writing. They will learn reading and interpretive skills and college success strategies such as effective note-taking and using technology. Students will also experience various college resources to support their continued success.

This class offers instruction and practice in the specialized reading and writing skills necessary in professional trade and technical settings. The course will emphasize practice in critical thinking, essential information literacy, active reading strategies, and writing clearly, accurately, and correctly. Particular attention will be given to writing reports, reading technical articles, and preparing and delivering presentations within the trade and technical professional environment.

This course further develops the writing and research skills covered in Composition I. Students will be given more in-depth instruction in rhetoric, logic, argument, research techniques, and the stylistic demands of writing within a discipline. Particular emphasis will be placed on writing well-researched and well-documented papers.

This course is an introduction to the art of creative expression. Types of writing may include poetry, short stories, imaginative essays, and plays. The class offers opportunity for self-expression.

Students will read works by representative American writers, including women and ethnic authors, from the colonial period to the present.

Students read selected major works of world literature from classical times (generally beginning with The Epic of Gilgamesh from around 2000 B.C.) through the 16th century, or the time of Shakespeare. Students will look at works from all the major cultures of the world. They will discuss these works in relation to their context, ideas, intended meaning, and historical significance. Literary movements and methods of interpretation also will be discussed.

Students read selected major works of world literature from 1600 (the time of Shakespeare) to the present. Writers from Europe, North America, China, Japan, India, the Middle East, South America, Africa, and other regions will be discussed. Students will consider these works within their historical contexts and discuss their context, ideas, intended meaning, and historical significance. Literary movements and methods of interpretation also will be discussed.

This course introduces students to representative literature from the Middle Ages to 1800. Writers may include Chaucer, Milton, and Shakespeare. Students will consider these works within their historical contexts and discuss the ideas, intended meaning, and historical significance. Literary movements and methods of interpretation also will be discussed.

This course provides an opportunity to read works by major British authors from the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods. Students have the opportunity to practice reading to understand and appreciate literature.

This course is an introduction to the genre of drama. Using dramatic structure and theory, students will critically analyze selected major works of drama. Course work includes critical thinking skills related to interpreting the significance of the action, characters, themes, and literary devices used by the author. Emphasis is placed on writing, both as a way of discovering ideas and as a way of expressing knowledge of the reading material. Students are expected to be actively engaged in responding to the literature. As students read, discuss, and write about the literature, they should gain a better understanding of themselves and the world they live in.

This course provides an introduction to two major types of literature: the short story and the novel. Students will read, analyze, and discuss works of fiction as well as learn how to apply various principles of interpretation to literary works. The goal of the course is to help students achieve a greater understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of literary works of fiction.

This course is an introduction to the genre of poetry. Students will critically analyze selected major works of poetry. Coursework includes critical thinking skills related to interpreting the significance of the action, characters, themes, and literary devices used by the author. Emphasis is placed on writing, both as a way of discovering ideas and as a way of expressing knowledge of the reading material. Students are expected to be actively engaged in responding to the literature. As students read, discuss, and write about the literature, they should gain a better understanding of themselves and the world they live in.

This course explores selected works of multiethnic literatures of Hawai‘i focusing on the interaction between and among cultures as reflected in literature from the 20th century to the present, exploring themes such as cultural knowledge and values, identity, place, responses to change - assimilation and alienation - and postcolonial perspectives and the revival of Native Hawaiian culture. Course work includes critical thinking skills related to interpreting the significance of the action, characters, themes, and literary devices used by authors to convey meaning.

This class is an introduction to reading and interpreting literature of and about the cultures of the Pacific, including those of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Students will read, analyze, and appreciate works in a variety of literary genres. The class also will consider these works within their cultural, historical, political, and social contexts. Emphasis will be placed upon developing critical thinking skills through class discussion and close readings to improve students' understanding and appreciation of individual texts as well as to illustrate and explore the significance of common and conflicting themes.

This course focuses on women authors and their works in a variety of literary genres. Students will read literature from the past and present by women of varied social and ethnic backgrounds to discover the common personal and political concerns which have motivated women to write throughout history. Emphasis will be placed upon developing critical thinking skills for understanding and appreciating individual texts, and on using writing as a way to explore ideas, make connections, and express knowledge.

This course focuses on literature related to health and medicine. From darkly comic narratives of the Black Plague through the rise and fall of hysteria to depictions of the AIDS crisis and modern pandemics like the Spanish Flu and COVID-19, this course examines literature centered on medical practices and their impacts on communities, individuals, and culture from the early modern period through contemporary times. Medical issues explored in the literature will range widely: disease, medical ethics, mental illness, death and dying, pain and suffering, physical disability, aging, cognitive differences, and gender fluidity and identity are all possible areas of discussion.

This course focuses on the study of literature and film, specifically how works of literature--short stories, novels, and plays--are adapted to film. The course will include readings of literary texts, film screenings, and both the reading and writing of film criticism. Students also will learn the terminology used in both literary analysis and cinematography, as well as the various techniques filmmakers use to make meaning.

This course studies the relationship between humans and the natural environment as reflected in selected literature on themes such as portrayal of landscapes, sense of place, sustainability, and the changing environment and its effects on human experience. Course work includes critical thinking skills related to interpreting the significance of the action, characters, themes, and literary devices used by the author. Emphasis is placed on writing, both as a way of discovering ideas and as a way of expressing knowledge of the reading material. Students are expected to be actively engaged in responding to the literature. As students read, discuss, and write about the literature, they should gain a better understanding of themselves and the world in which they live.

This course is an introduction to children's literature and will offer a general survey of the history and development of children's literature from its beginnings, through the Golden Age, to modern times. Students will be introduced to traditional oral literature that has been appropriated for children, such as nursery & play rhymes, folk & fairy tales, and myths & legends, and to various genres of literature written specifically for children and tweens, including picture books, nonsense, and the children's novel. Students will explore and critically analyze the most common themes associated with the literature of childhood and will develop skills in presenting works of children's literature to an audience.