Chabot College 2024-2026 221 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, ENGL 11A Introduction to Creative Writing 3 Units English 11A is an introductory creative writing course, offering practice in the elements of creative writing, including narrative, verse, and dialogue. Students will read, write, and respond to poetry, fiction, and dram. Class assignments will use materials drawn from individual’s own work and selected texts. Lecture: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or Eligibility for: Eligibility for ENGL 1 as determined by multiple measures or other appropriate method. Advisory: ENGL 1 or ENGL 1A. 11B Intermediate Creative Writing 3 Units English 11B offers practice in creative writing at an intermediate level. The course builds on the skills developed in English 11A. Assignments include fiction, poetry, and play writing, using materials drawn from individual’s own work and selected texts. Students will write, read, and respond to texts in a workshop setting. Lecture: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGL 11A 11C Advanced Creative Writing 3 Units English 11C is a course that offers practice in creative writing at an advanced level. It builds on the skills developed in English 11A/B including fiction, poetry, and play writing, using materials drawn from individual’s own work and selected texts. In addition, the course focuses on revision of one’s work with the intent to submit for publication. Lecture: 54 hours Completion of ENGL 11B 12A Beginning Fiction Writing 3 Units English 12A serves as a beginning course in the practice of writing fiction. Students will learn to develop internal and external sources for stories and novels. Class assignments will focus on characterization, plotting, point of view, and narrative techniques. The class will give considerable attention to the analysis and criticism of published writing and the individual’s own work. Lecture: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or Eligibility for ENGL 1 as determined by multiple measures or other appropriate method. 12B Intermediate Fiction Writing 3 Units This class offers practice in writing fiction at an intermediate level. Builds on the skills developed in English 12A by requiring greater use of description, detail, character development, consistent point of view, and logical plotting that avoids cliche. Focus on developing themes that create intellectual or emotional resonance. Expectation of sentence structure, grammar, and format accuracy. Develop internal and external sources for stories and novels; analysis and criticism of published work. Requires submission for publication at the end of the semester. Lecture: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGL 12A 13A Beginning Craft of Writing - Poetry 3 Units English 13A serves as a beginning course in the practice of writing poetry. Students will focus on analyzing and using techniques and styles from a diverse selection of poetry, including peers, to develop and revise one’s own work. Students will learn elements of the craft of writing poetry such as voice, rhythm, imagery, extended metaphor, meter, and freeform. Lecture: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or Eligibility for ENGL 1 as determined by multiple measures or other appropriate method 13B Intermediate Craft of Writing - Poetry 3 Units Practice in writing poetry at an intermediate level. Builds on skills developed in English 13A. 13B requires: greater and more integrated use of trope, image, and metaphor; more extensive development of themes, including across different poems; more nuanced eye towards personal revision and workshop critique of classmates’ poems; deeper integration of materials drawn from published poetry and individual’s own work for analysis and criticism with a focus on techniques of revision. Lecture: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGL 13A 19A Literary Journal Workshop: The Chabot Review 1 Unit Practical, introductory training in the managing, editing, and publication of a literary journal, The Chabot Review. Students will gain knowledge of the publishing world as well as learn practical skills while publishing creative works by Chabot College students and staff. Students enrolled in the class serve as The Chabot Review editorial team, and learn what it means to be an Editor-in-Chief, Fiction Editor, Poetry Editor, Design Editor, Public Relations Manager, and more. Lecture: 18 hours Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1 19B Intermediate Literary Journal Workshop: The Chabot Review 1 Unit Intermediate practical workshop training in running, producing, and collaborating on a literary magazine. The class will use the knowledge gained in 19A of the publishing field by putting students in a leadership position on the editorial team. Students will assume the roles of Editor-in-Chief, Fiction Editor, Poetry Editor, Design Editor, Public Relations Manager, and more. Lecture: 18 hours Prerequisite: ENGL 19A Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1 20 Studies in Shakespeare 3 Units Readings of the sonnets and representative comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances of William Shakespeare, with attention to the early, middle and late phases of his art and to the historical time period in which he lived. Consideration of recurring themes in his works, along with the political and cultural contexts that shaped these ideas and attitudes. Examination of Shakespeare’s global legacy and diverse adaptations of his plays. Lecture: 54 hours
