Courses

ENG 100 INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION 3 credits, 6 hours
Pre-requisite: CUNY Proficiency Index of 50-64. 

ENG 100 integrates core reading and writing skills. This foundational course develops students’ reading, composition, and revision skills so they will be able to produce the essays expected of students who successfully complete ENG 110, Expository Writing. Students will learn how to use readings and discussion as the foundation for expository essays and research projects. Students will be introduced to the use of print and online secondary sources. On completion of the course, students will be able to read and write critically about a variety of texts, integrating their own ideas with those of the readings. This course combines in one semester the work of developmental writing/developmental reading and ENG 110. Students who pass ENG 100 will have fulfilled the requirements of ENG 110.
ENG 10 ACCELERATED WRITING SKILLS 0 credits, 2 hours
Pre-requisite: CUNY Proficiency Index of below 50.

The Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) links ENG 110: Expository Writing and a non-credit bearing course, ENG 10: Accelerated Writing Skills. ENG 10 integrates developmental students into a college-level English course. The main objective of ENG 10 is to reinforce the skills learned in the required composition course by providing faculty- led, individualized instruction in a section capped at ten students. The three additional hours of instruction will reinforce reading, composition, and revision strategies so that students will be able to produce essays expected of students who successfully complete ENG 110, Expository Writing. 
ENG 110 EXPOSITORY WRITING 3 credits, 4 hours
Pre-requisite: CUNY Proficiency Index of 65 or higher
English 110, a foundational writing course, is designed to strengthen students' composing skills so that they will produce increasingly complex and better-structured essays. Reading and responding to interdisciplinary texts representing various rhetorical modes, students will practice paraphrasing and summarizing these texts, enrich their vocabulary, and improve their writing, revision, and proofreading skills. Additionally,
students will be introduced to the use of print and on-line secondary sources. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to respond critically in writing, to a variety of texts, integrating their own ideas with those presented in the readings.
ENG 111 LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION 3 credits, 3 hours
Pre-requisite: ENG 110 or Department permission.
English 111, the second semester of freshman composition and a foundational writing course, introduces students to techniques for close reading of literary texts . This course develops students’ critical thinking skills through the study of literary elements such as plot, character, setting, point of view, symbolism, and irony. Additionally, students will learn the Modern Language Association (MLA) system of parenthetical citation and how to incorporate quotations into their analysis of literary texts; they will also complete a research assignment by consulting both print and online sources. Students will be able to interpret and write critically about each of the three major genres: fiction, poetry, and drama.
ELECTIVE COURSES
ENG 200 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ENGLISH LITERATURE 3 credits. 3 hours
Pre-requisite: ENG 111
This course introduces the student to major English writers of prose, poetry and drama from the late Middle Ages to the end of the English Renaissance. It lays the foundation for further studies in English at the 300 and 400 levels. Students will acquire mastery of the Modern Language Association (MLA) system of parenthetical citation and will work at incorporating quotations and paraphrases into their analysis of literary texts. Students will complete a research paper using referred literary sources. A consistent and correct use of university-level English is required to pass the class.
ENG 202 TECHNICAL WRITING 3 credits, 3 hours
Pre-requisite: ENG 111
In this course, students will perform tasks related to the technical writing process in order to write effectively on the job. In addition to learning to generate written documents for the technical and business professions, this course will focus on skills such as defining purpose, understanding readers, understanding clients, constructing effective sentences and paragraphs, composing drafts, testing drafts and revising the quality of finished documents.At the completion of the course, students will be able to create communications that will succeed in the workplace.
ENG 203 CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP 3 credits, 3 hours
Pre-requisite: ENG 111
This course, offered in a workshop format, will introduce students to various aspects of the craft of writing fiction, poetry and personal memoir/autobiography. Reading from the work of established writers will serve as a frame for explorations of different genres, focusing on the essentials of literary criticism as a means of understanding these works. Students will be encouraged to pursue publication possibilities in small presses as well as online websites and e-zines. Weekly reading and writing assignments, oral presentations and midterm assessment of the rewriting process, a portfolio of the student’s completed work and instructor conferences are required.
ENG 204 CREATIVE NON-FICTION: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR 3 credits, 3 hours
Pre-requisite: ENG 111
A creative writing course and workshop in autobiography and memoir, the course will focus on critical reading of significant works in the genre, on the tools used to craft these works and analysis of how personal experience can be intertwined with first hand research and secondary sources in creative ways. Students will be expected to practice the craft and submit original creative works to workshop through several short essays and to produce one full length essay. A final portfolio will include the full-length essay of 8-12 pages as well as critiques, several short papers and assignments produced and developed through workshops.
ENG 210 STUDIES IN FICTION 3 credits, 3 hours
Pre-requisite: ENG 110 or Department permission.
In this course students will further develop skills in the interpretation and written analysis of prose fiction by a diverse selection of major writers. Students will write several essays and will complete at least one research paper. By the semester's end, students will be able to compare the various writers’ works, interpreting their themes, narrative styles, characterizations, and points of view, with attention to each author’s particular contribution to prose fiction.
ENG 211 THE MODERN AMERICAN NOVEL 3 credits, 3 hours
Pre-requisites: ENG 111 or Department permission
Students will analyze major works of 20th century American fiction, identifying their themes, styles, and structural components. A variety of male and female novelists will be< studied in relation to their cultural milieu. Students will write short papers and complete one research project using print and on-line resources. By the end of the semester, students will have broadened their perspective of American literature and culture as seen through the works studied.
ENG 212 STUDIES IN DRAMA 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
In this course students will read, discuss, and closely analyze works by playwrights such as Aristophanes, Sophocles, Euripides, Shakespeare, Moliere, Marivaux, Ibsen, Strindberg, Williams, Brecht, Miller, Hansberry, Wilson, and Deveare Smith. Students will write short comparative essays and complete one research paper using print and on-line sources as well as conventions for citation. By the end of the semester, students will have gained an understanding of dramatic genres such as comedy and tragedy, and theatrical movements from antiquity to modern times.
ENG 213 SHAKESPEARE 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
In this course, students will examine Shakespeare's life within the cultural and political influences of his age and trace the evolution of the playwright's career through close study of selected Shakespearean histories, comedies, and tragedies. Students will be encouraged to attend performances and/or view videotapes of his plays. Development of the students' ability to read and understand the Shakespearean play within the genre of drama is a primary objective of the course. Students will write short papers and complete one research project using print and on-line resources. Upon completion of this course, students will have gained an in-depth understanding of the playwright, his works, and the time and place in which he lived and wrote.
ENG 214 READINGS IN POETRY 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
An introduction to the genre of poetry, this course will expose students to a selection of poems that are generally regarded as classics. Students will learn to summarize, discuss, and interpret these poems, thus increasing their familiarity with ways that various poets use image, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, pun, verse, and rhythm. To demonstrate their control of the course materials, students will write explications and critical commentary about selected texts, at times using print and on-line sources as well as conventions for citation. By the end of the semester, students will be able to use the critical terms taught in class to analyze a range of poetry, spanning several centuries, cultures, and representing different forms.
ENG 215 THE BIBLE AND LITERATURE 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111
This course introduces students to the literary meaning and use of the central religious text of Western literature, the Judeo-Christian Bible, and will examine the textual history and exegesis of selection of Biblical texts, for example: Genesis, the Book of Job, the Book ofJonah, the Song of Songs, the Psalms, the Gospel according to Matthew, and Revelations- and consider their use in contemporary texts. Students will acquire the mastery of the Modern Language Association (MLA) system of parenthetical citation and will work at incorporating quotations and paraphrases into their analysis of literary texts. Students will be required to complete a research paper using refereed literary sources. A consistent and correct use of university-level English is required to pass this class.
ENG 221 INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
This course will introduce students to the culturally diverse body of children's literature as a field of literary study. After a brief historical introduction in which the development of writing for children is presented within a socio-cultural context, students will read and respond, orally and in writing, to outstanding selections reflecting the multicultural heritage of this literature. Through lectures, class discussion, and supplemental textbook and journal article readings, students will be exposed to folklore, fairy tales, fantasy, poetry, and realistic fiction. As a final project, students will conduct an in-depth genre, author, or cultural study by using print and on-line resources. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate literature written for readers from pre-school through young adult.
ENG 222 LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission Co-requisite: Appropriate knowledge of or a course in Spanish.
This course will introduce students to Latin American literature in translation, covering fiction, poetry, and the novel from the perspective of multiculturalism and pluralism. Using literary and cultural analysis, students will examine texts for social, racial, and gender issues and explore problems in translation through discussion and papers. Students will also complete one research project using print and on-line resources. Upon completion of this course, students will not only have sharpened their textual analysis skills, but will also have gained a better understanding of Latin American literature and culture, and translation.
ENG 223 WOMEN IN LITERATURE 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
In thiscourse, students will examine representations of women in literature from several historical periods and cultures, reading works by well-known and little-known women writers. Analyzing literature from the perspective of feminist studies, students will consider why women writers have been excluded from the canon, how patriarchal culture and gender stereotyping have influenced women's lives, and women's imaginative writing. This course requires students to complete a research paper using conventions for citation and both print and on-line sources. By the end of the semester, students will be able to identify important differences and similarities in the work of diverse women writers and understand of obstacles faced and contributions that women writers have made over time.
ENG 224 LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGY 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
In this course, students will analyze works of literature by using psychological concepts to illuminate symbol, motivation, themes, and narrative strategy. Assigned literary texts will focus students' attention on subjects such as psychoanalytic theory, adolescent development, group processes, scapegoating, madness, and moral decision-making. Students will demonstrate their grasp of course materials by writing interdisciplinary essays, including one researched essay in which they use conventions for citation and both print and on-line sources. At the end of the course, students will have acquired an ability to interpret literary works through the various psychological perspectives studied in class.
ENG 225 LITERATURE OF THE BLACK AMERICAN 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
Students will study autobiography, fiction, poetry, and drama of African Americans by examining the works of writers such as Douglass, Jacobs, Wright, Baldwin, Hurston, and Hansberry. In this course, students will demonstrate their understanding of the development of African American literature by completing several short essays and one research paper using print and on-line sources. By the semester's end, students will be able to analyze and compare different works with special attention to the dynamics of history, culture, and the production of literary texts in the African American community of writers.
ENG 226 LITERATURE OF SCIENCE FICTION 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
This course will introduce students to alternate visions of society. It will move from Plato's Republic to works by Shelley, Bellamy, Clarke, Atwood, Huxley, and Bradbury. Students will explore the role of science, the technological explosion, world famine, gender roles, human relationships, and the location of power sites in visions of possible futures. Where available, films will be shown. There will be four to six short papers and a research paper using print and on-line resources. Upon completion of this course, students will have gained a sharper insight into the relationship between time present and time future and the role of literature in imaginatively examining philosophical, scientific, and cultural issues.
ENG 227 LITERATURE AND AGING 3 credits, 3 hours
Pre-requisites: ENG 111 or Department permission.
This course will introduce students to issues affecting senior citizens: the loss and reconstruction of identity, interpersonal relationships, illness, and death. Readings will include poetry, fiction, and drama from authors such as Welty, Walker, Saul Bellow, Vonnegut, Olsen, and Albee. Four to six short papers and/or exams will be required, together with a research project using print and on-line resources. Upon completion of this course, students will have acquired an in-depth perspective on the aging process as depicted in literature, which they may apply in their personal as well as professional lives.
ENG 228 LITERATURE AND ILLNESS 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
In Literature and Illness, students will explore literary works concerned with medical issues and their ethical, social, and cultural context. Students examine the perspectives gained through poetry and prose written by doctors, nurses, and patients. Through close reading and written assignments, students will understand the body and its illnesses through the redeeming and transformative power of art. Class readings will reflect the healing effects of writing and the importance of living an examined life. In addition, students will explore the impact of gender, race, and sexual orientation on attitudes toward diagnosis, treatment, and survival. In this course, students will achieve a greater understanding illness and wellness through art appreciation: the study of poetry, memoir, short fiction, paintings, and film.
ENG 230 LANGUAGE, CULTURE & SOCIETY 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111
This course will introduce students to some of the major issues that arise from the cultural, anthropological, and political aspects of language. Through assigned readings such as autobiographical excerpts, newspaper articles, and scholarly sociolinguistic texts, students will examine why they speak the way they do, what effect this has on other people, and what factors make their language what it is. The class will define and discuss such concepts as dialects, bidialectalism, bilingualism, bilingual education, and official English. Students will be asked to make connections to language issues in their native countries or geographical regions. Students will write short papers and complete at least one research project using print and on-line sources. Upon completion of this course, students will have gained an understanding of how language and dialects influence the ways in which people are perceived and treated by different sectors of society.
ENG 242 WRITING ABOUT MUSIC 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111 or Department permission
This course focuses on ways to think and write about music. The course is generally divided into reading and listening assignments in preparation for writing assignments. Assignments will include descriptive and narrative writings, and expository and analytical assignments about music and its relationship to culture. In addition, students will explore various themes and topics, such as the connection between music, narrative, and cultural memory, and music as an expression of romantic and national feeling. Students will develop the ability to think and write about the means of goals of musical expression as well as the components of musical forms in their most inclusive sense. Additionally, the course will develop the students' writing through musical perceptivity and sharpen the students' awareness of the relation between writing and musical thought, expression and performance.
ENG 250 SPECIAL TOPICS - GENRE 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111
This class will familiarize students with the major elements of a particular genre - defined by Merriam-Webster as a category of literary composition characterized by a particular form, style or content - through the study of representative works according to a variety of topics and themes. Students will consider works both in terms of their individual merits and their contributions to the genre. In addition, students will consider the relationship between form and theme, and the influences of culture and history on the development of the genre. The class will enhance students' critical understanding of the elements of a particular genre (for example, formal rules of composition, stock characters, and typical settings), and how these contribute to the formulation of its predominant themes.
ENG 251 FEMALE DETECTIVE NOVEL 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 111
This class will familiarize students with the major elements of the female detective novel through the study of representative works with a variety of topics and themes. Students will be introduced to the overall goal of deepening their understanding of this genre through works by authors such as Christie, James, Muller, Grafton, Paretsky, Garcia-Aguilera and Taylor Bland both in terms of their own individual merits and their contribution to the field. In addition, students will consider the relationship between form and theme in the female detective novel, and any cultural/historical influences deemed worthy of being examined in relation to it. This course will also enhance student’s critical understanding of the rules of female detective fiction in general and how these contribute to the formulation of its predominant themes.
WGS 100 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S AND GENDERSTUDIES 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 110
In this interdisciplinary course, we will investigate theoretical and experience-based readings to understand why and how subordination of women still exists in the workplace and the issues men face regarding working conditions and employment possibilities pertaining to gender. Additionally, the course will involve students in community activity related to gender equity. The requirement to engage with the feminist community will expose students to "real world" traditional or explicitly feminist work sites; they will reflect on their civic engagement experiences through writing assignments and discussion and present information orally.
WGS 200 GENDER AND WORK 3 credits, 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 111
An interdisciplinary course that draws on literature, history, psychology, science, economic and feminist theory. Introduction to Women's Studies examines cultural assumptions about gender (e.g., femininity, masculinity, sexual preference), promoting new ways for students to look at the construction of knowledge from woman-centered and feminist perspectives. Readings and written assignments emphasize women's diverse experiences (across races, religions, cultures and economic class), masculinity studies and gay studies. Topics include: woman's nature in myth and symbol; historical and cultural sources of gender oppression; the family circle; women and work; new visions for the future. At the end of the course, students will be able to discuss from both a theoretical and personal standpoint how and why one's gender shapes nearly all aspects of one's life; additionally, students will gain understanding of women's studies: its evolution, current debates within the field, and its application to other fields of study.