ENGL

Note: Prerequisite: Complete developmental requirements in English

Subject

ENGL

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

REQUIRED CORE: 1B: Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning (Select one course from I.B) REQUIRED CORE: 1C: Life & Physical Sciences (Select one course from I.C) FLEXIBLE CORE: 2A: World Cultures & Global Issues (Select one course from II.A) FLEXIBLE CORE: 2B: U.S. Experience in Its Diversity (Select one course from II.B) FLEXIBLE CORE: 2C 1 : Creative Expression (Select one course from 2C 1 ) Recommended: select from area different from concentration FLEXIBLE CORE: 2D: Individual & Society (Select one course from 2D) FLEXIBLE CORE: 2E: Scientific World (Select one course from 2E) FLEXIBLE CORE: 2A , 2B , 2C , 2D or 2E : (select one course 2 )

Subject

ENGL

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Subject

ENGL

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Studies 1 3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits An inquiry into what it means to study literature, involving close reading and critical analysis of a variety of prose fiction, drama, and poetry, and informed by an introduction to some of the theoretical issues currently debated in literary studies and a consideration of how such issues have evolved historically. In addition to works of literature, students will read critical and theoretical works, some of which they will identify through their own research. This course combines a study of literature with continued training in clear and effective writing.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits Themes and conferences required Prerequisite: ENGL-102 This course provides critical study of the genre of poetry, which may include epic, narrative, and lyric poems. Readings may include authors and works from various historical periods and geographical regions.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits Themes and conferences required Prerequisite: ENGL-102 This course provides a critical study of the genre of dramatic literature from the Greeks to the Moderns. Readings may include authors and works from various historical periods and geographical regions.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits Themes and conferences required. Prerequisite: ENGL-102 This course provides a critical study of the short story, the novella, and the novel. Readings may include authors and works from various historical periods and geographical regions.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

4 class hours 4 credits Prerequisite: ENGL-102 An exploration of how literary artists and their creations have responded to earlier writers, and how such responses have historically impacted literature in English. Students will also enhance their analytical and interpretative skills through writing about literary traditions, genres, periods, and movements. Readings include representative genre texts from at least two national literatures and historical periods.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

4 class hours 4 credits Prerequisite: ENGL-102 Broadly defined, genre refers to different forms of literary expression, such as fiction, poetry, and drama, but genres are also a reflection of cultural contexts and traditions. In this course, students will focus on different definitions of genre; issues of form, style, and content; and how ideas about genre change over time. Readings will include texts from at least two genres and two national literatures as well as material from before and after 1800. Pathways Gateway Course into Major, see “Understanding

Subject

ENGL

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Nineteenth Century to Present 3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits Themes and conferences required This course provides a historical study of British literature from the Romantic period through the present century. The aim of the course is to develop students’ knowledge of English literature in its various genres and its historical and cultural contexts through critical reading, thinking, and writing. Students are encouraged to make connections between the Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist periods and their own interests.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102 Offered as needed

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Masterpieces from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Centuries 3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits This course provides a study of world literature from the seventeenth century to the present day, canvassing the period from the Enlightenment to the Postmodern and Postcolonial. The aim of the course is to develop students’ knowledge of literature and its historical and cultural contexts through critical reading, thinking, and writing. Program Requirements” in Academies and Programs of Study. 173

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102 Offered in Spring

Colonial Period to American

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Civil War to Present 3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits Themes and conferences required This course explores literature produced in and about the Americas from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The course examines a variety of literary works in their historical contexts and from differing ethnic, cultural, and regional perspectives, taking into account the vast social, political, and cultural changes in America during that period.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102 Offered as needed.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits Themes and conferences required This course offers intensive practice in the writing of fiction, with related readings. Students submit writing for class discussion with the aim of creating an original collection of fiction.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102 Offered as needed

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits Themes and conferences required This course offers intensive practice in the writing of poetry, with related readings. Students submit original writing for class discussion with the aim of creating an original collection of poetry.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102 Offered as needed

in Writing Studies 3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits These courses will focus on fiction and non-fiction writing about a specific theme or topic to be announced in advance and will vary each semester. Descriptions of the topic in a particular semester will be available in the English Department before registration. Students may take two such courses for credit, as long as they do not repeat the topic. Topics have included the following: • Mystery and Detective Fiction • African-American Literature • Asian-American Literature • Gender and Literature • Science Fiction

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102

Editing Principles and Practices 3 class hours 2 laboratory hours 4 credits This course provides an introduction to journalistic practices through developing research and writing skills fundamental to the work of reporters and editors. Through a focus on news writing, op-eds and reviews, students learn to pitch stories and revise their drafts for publication in the campus newspaper and for professional publication. Students are encouraged to follow best ethical practices for research and interviews, and challenged to apply the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics to real world historical and contemporary situations.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102

2 lecture hours 2 screening lab hours 3 credits A study of nonfiction film, this course will focus on the power of documentary to record and reveal – but also to distort – aspects of the real world. Classic documentary film, propaganda films, autobi- ographical films, nonfiction television series, and internet videos are just some of the possible texts that this course will screen and analyze. Students will be guided throughout the semester on writing and research strategies and techniques specific to audiovisual media.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102   Offered as needed

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits A critical study of the pervasive role the popular arts play in our lives, with emphasis on a rhetorical approach to the mass media. Students will write about the contemporary arts and related issues.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102

2 lecture hours 2 screening lab hours 3 credits This course provides a comparative investigation of the methods and modes of film and literature, coupled with an exploration of their overlapping boundaries. Multiple approaches to the intersection between both mediums will be explored and may include such focuses as adaptation, genre studies, Western and other World films and texts, and aesthetic and historical themes, amongst others. Students will receive instructions on writing strategies specific to audiovisual media. 174

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits Readings in autobiographies combined with students’ writing about their own lives and times. Readings selected from the world’s literature including African, Asian, European, Chicano-Latin American, Native American, and American sources.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102

Subject

ENGL

Credits (min)

12

Credits (max)

12

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits This course offers a study of the Holocaust through a variety of genres, including poetry, novels, short stories, plays, memoirs, primary sources, film and children’s literature, in order to gain a better understanding of the unfolding, impact, meaning and significance of the Holocaust. Students will study the origins and development of the Holocaust and its political, cultural, economic and social implications through the lens of a variety of artists, writers and scholars.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits This course seeks to explore graphic novels and other related graphic genres and visual formats – journalism, memoir, fiction, history, and film – to investigate the evolution, power and popularity of texts that combine words and pictures. Topics and themes examined include war, family, sexuality, adolescence, ethnicity, identity, politics and science fiction. In addition to learning about graphic novels and genres, students will conduct research and present on a topic, artist, genre, or work of their choice.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102

in Literature 3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits This course offers a study of the Immigrant Experience through a variety of genres, including memoirs, poetry, novels, short stories, plays, primary sources, film and children’s literature, in order to gain a better understanding of the signif- icance and impact of the immigrant experience. Students will study texts about US Immigration in their respective social contexts through the lens of a variety of writers, scholars and artists.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-102

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits This course offers students the opportunity to further develop fiction writing techniques introduced in ENGL-221. The course will provide students with intensive practice in a wide variety of narrative forms, supportive critical feedback on their work, strategies for editing, and exposure to a broad range of contemporary published fiction.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-201

3 class hours 1 recitation hour 3 credits A continuation of the principles and practices of journalism established in ENGL-241 with an emphasis on the fundamentals of writing for a multimedia environment, bringing together multiple perspectives that reflect both the diversity of our local community and global concerns.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Prerequisite

ENGL-241 or pemission of instructor

in Journalism ENGL-321: 2 credits (90 hours) ENGL-322: 3 credits (135 hours) This course is open only to matriculated students who have completed at least 36 credits in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a 2.5 index and who have completed Introduction to Journalism (ENGL-241) or who have received special permission from the English Department. It is recommended that students who apply possess word processing skills. The cooperative experience in journalism is designed to provide students with internship training in newspaper reporting, editing, and production. Students intern with local weeklies, where they have the opportunity to learn beat reporting, writing news and feature stories and working with editorial, design and business staff. Students are evaluated on the basis of portfolios, journals, conferences with the instructor, and a written evaluation by the employer. Students will earn a grade of “Pass” or “Fail.” Only one of these courses may be taken for credit. Interested students should contact the English Department during the semester prior to enrollment to make necessary arrangements.

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Repeatable

may be taken for credit.

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite: ENGL-102

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite: ENGL-102

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite: ENGL-102

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite: ENGL-102

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu

in Literature 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite: ENGL-102

Subject

ENGL

Type

course

Edition

2020-2021

Source

www.qcc.cuny.edu