ENG

Subject

ENG

Type

alias

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Students write as an integral part of critical inquiry. The course introduces students to the conventions of academic genres including the documented research essay. Students can expect to research social issues and topics relevant to them, revise and edit texts, and reflect upon writing processes. Students produce effective prose for diverse audiences and purposes using various media, including spoken discourse.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101-Ready

An enhanced Honors version of ENG 101 . Students write as an integral part of critical inquiry. The course introduces students to the conventions of academic genres including the documented research essay. Students can expect to research social issues and topics relevant to them, revise and edit texts, and reflect upon writing processes. Students produce effective prose for diverse audiences and purposes using various media, including spoken discourse.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101-Ready

This course strengthens students’ participation in academic discourse across disciplines. Students respond to societal, cultural, or political issues within diverse literary and expository works by developing written claims and researching, analyzing, and evaluating sources, following the conventions of academic writing. The central project is a thesis-driven, documented research essay.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research or ENG 101H - Writing and Research - Honors

An enhanced version of

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research and permission of the Honors Director.

A writing workshop which includes extensive reading in the traditions and current practices of poetry. Self-directed projects. Emphasis on growth of critical and poetic expression.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research or ENG 101H - Writing and Research - Honors

Students will gain an introduction to genres of creative writing, including fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Students will read, analyze, and write creatively in each genre, producing a final portfolio of creative and critical work demonstrating an understanding of both practice and process. Instruction will include workshops, exercises in craft, and student readings.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research or permission of instructor.

Over the last three centuries, life writing has emerged as a dominant literary genre in western culture and has taken a variety of forms, including autobiographies, memoirs, personal essays, diaries, and journals. This course is designed for students who are interested in writing self-narratives and wish to expand their writing and creativity skills through self-expression. Assignments for the course will include guided written assignments, self-directed projects, peer workshops, and various autobiographical readings.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research

The study of significant literary, historical and other texts related to human rights. Students read works that raise essential questions of social justice, individual conscience and human dignity. International in scope and interdisciplinary in approach, this course explores the role of writing in the development of human rights. Students supplement their reading through independent projects and participation in human rights activities.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research or ENG 101H - Writing and Research - Honors

This is an introductory course that aims to make major trends in western thought accessible to students interested in the study of English and the Humanities. This course will examine how thinkers from Plato to Foucault have influenced the study of the arts and the human experience. Possible schools of thought introduced may be: classical philosophy, Marxism, psychoanalysis, feminism, structuralism, post-colonial, queer theory and post-structuralism.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research or ENG 101H - Writing and Research - Honors

A descriptive introduction to the structure of American English grammar and syntax in common usage. Topics include English morphology, word classes, phrases, clauses, and sentence structure. No prior linguistic knowledge assumed. Can be native or non-native speakers of English. Students interested in linguistics, translation, writing, teaching English as a Second Language, or teaching writing should consider taking this course.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101-Ready: Successful completion of ENG 92 or ENG 101 or ESL 122 or Course Placement

American literature from the Pilgrim diaries and Native American legends through the 19th century poets, philosophers and writers, among them Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, Whitman, Douglass and Twain. The course strives to sharpen students’ powers of analysis and interpretation of literature through critical reading and writing with an emphasis on the juxtaposition of the non canonical and canonized literature: men’s, women’s, Native Americans’, African-Americans’ and Spanish-Americans.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature .

Students will read a variety of texts that may include: novels, poems, essays, short stories, film, and drama. The cross-cultural selection of authors may include: James Hemingway, Hurston, O’Connor, Kingston, Baldwin, Kerouac, DeLillo, Diaz, and major poets and playwrights. Students are expected to compose critical essays and conduct research.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature

An overview of major genres, periods, and themes of children’s literature. The focus is on writing done in English, but the class also considers some international developments in the history of children’s literature. In addition to books, other media is studied, including film and the Internet. This course also strengthens a student’s competence and confidence in literary analysis, scholarship, and writing. It also may satisfy a common requirement for undergraduate programs in teacher training.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research and ENG 102 - Writing and Literature .

Studies in African-American literature and backgrounds, including slave narratives and autobiography. Emphasis is on the best writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including many recent writers. Readings include novels, plays, essays, short stories, and poems.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research and ENG 102 - Writing and Literature .

A selective history of the great literary accomplishments of New York, from its beginnings as Dutch trading post to its present status as unrivaled world capital. Students study stories, poems, and historical documents and learn how American values such as liberty, diversity, and religious tolerance had their origins in a city founded on principles of commerce. Includes visit to New York Historical Society.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature

Cambridge Studies in Literature - Honors is an advanced literature course that involves two weeks of intensive study at Cambridge University. Students register for and attend two specialized seminars per week, in addition to morning plenary and evening lectures. All written work is submitted to and graded by a Westchester Community College instructor. Students receive an official Certificate of Completion from Cambridge University and three Westchester Community College Honors English/Humanities credits.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research , ENG 102 - Writing and Literature , and Honors permission.

A survey of Anglophone literature(s) produced by key Chicano, Mexican, Asian-American, Asian-Canadian, Caribbean, Native-American and Native- Canadian authors. Focus is on the relationship between the cultures that these authors come from and the dominant white northern European culture that emerged from the early conflicts in the settlement of the American continent. A broad range of cultural and historical viewpoints are exposed through the diversity of the readings and attendant discussions.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature or ENG 102H - Writing and Literature - Honors

The development of the short story as a literary form. Reading, discussion, and analysis of short stories by major writers such as Chekhov, Gilman, Joyce, Hemingway, Wright, O’Connor, Baldwin, Carver, Oates, and others, in relation to their social and intellectual milieu.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature

Modern drama focuses on contemporary plays, 1940’s to present. Studies include critical reading, discussion, and writing about plays as they relate to particular social and intellectual contexts. Attention focuses on issues of class, race, ethnicity, and gender whenever relevant. Students write interpretive essays and response papers, as well as their own original plays, based on elements of drama.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature

An appreciation of Shakespeare’s plays as poetry and theatre, Shakespeare’s development as dramatist and poet, the intellectual milieu of Elizabethan England and its influence on Shakespeare’s use of dramatic forms and techniques.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature

This course requires students to read, analyze, and write about novels, poems and prose that relate to our environment in order to explore American attitudes about current environmental issues and conditions. Through these readings students will examine how literature illuminates, influences, and reflects our environment.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature or ENG 102H - Writing and Literature - Honors

This is an interdisciplinary humanities course that examines leaders and leadership issues. The course will include: study of classic and current leaders as seen in a variety of literary, philosophical and historical readings and films; readings in leadership theories, case studies in leadership, and experimental learning exercises; a mentoring program and service learning projects.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature or ENG 102H - Writing and Literature - Honors

An in-depth exploration of the best contemporary poetry, drama, and fiction. Emphasis is on the close study of texts and authors, in particular those works that present provocative comparisons across cultures and history.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature

An enhanced Honors version of ENG 227, offering in-depth exploration of contemporary literature, including poetry, drama, and fiction. Emphasis is on the close study of texts and authors, in particular those works that present provocative comparisons across cultures and history. Students will write analytical research essays that require an understanding of the political, historical, and/or cultural settings of the literature.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature and admission into the Westchester Community College Honors College.

Students explore effective strategies for crafting content across various social media platforms, learning to analyze, create, and manage social media strategies for different audiences with an emphasis on engagement, ethics, and impact. Students will also explore issues concerning style, communicability, and effective storytelling.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature

Studies in American poetry with reading, discussion, and analysis of major poets, among them Eliot, Frost, Hughes, Bishop, Ginsberg, as well as a number of contemporary poets, in relation to their social and intellectual milieu and considering the influences of earlier poets such as Whitman and Dickinson.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research and ENG 102 - Writing and Literature .

In this course students will read a variety of texts that may include: novels, poems, essays, short stories, film, and drama produced by Latin American writers living in Latin America and in diaspora. Students will pay close attention to how history and politics, geography of Latin America influence it’s literary past and present. Students are expected to compose critical essays and conduct research.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature .

In this course, students read novels, poems, essays, short stories, songs, film and drama produced by Caribbean artists living in the Caribbean and in diaspora. We will pay close attention to the ways in which the history and geography of the Caribbean influence its literary past and present. Students read and analyze a variety of literary texts and write critical essays, as well as conduct research.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature .

In this course students read novels, poems, essays, short stories, and narratives written by immigrants to the United States. The course begins with the works of the earliest immigrants, the pilgrims, and advances through the centuries to present day. Students read and analyze a variety of literary texts, do research, and write critical essays.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 101 - Writing and Research and ENG 102 - Writing and Literature .

Students read and discuss class and contemporary sci-fi novels, short stories, and comics. In blog entries, presentations, and essays, students will produce critical, evidence-based interpretations, developing original perspectives on the texts. Topics include: defining the human and the nonhuman, technology’s shaping of mind and body, and the uses of utopia and dystopia.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature

Through the reading of short stories, poems, novels, essays and plays, students will discover Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer voices that span from Ancient Greece to today. Important themes to the LGBTQ Community such as, Love, Sex, Gender, Homophobia, Politics, Society, Religion, Citizenship, Public Space, and AIDS will be discussed. Students will analyze, think and write critically, and present well-researched essays.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Module I of the Humanities/Liberal Arts Directed Independent Study is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to focus in-depth on a specific topic in the Humanities under the direction of a faculty member. Student will complete a comprehensive literature review and design a research project to study the selected topic. Student will also be required to produce a formal written presentation of their project.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature and approval of Dept Chair and Faculty Member; nine credits in LAS/Hum completed with at least six in disciplines in Independent Study topic; minimum of 2.75 GPA overall.

Module II of the Humanities/Liberal Arts Directed Independent Study is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to focus in-depth on a specific topic in the Humanities under the direction of a faculty member. Student will complete a comprehensive literature review and design a research project to study the selected topic. Student will also be required to produce a formal written presentation of their project.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature and approval of Dept Chair and Faculty Member; nine credits in LAS/Hum completed with at least six in disciplines in Independent Study topic; minimum of 2.75 GPA overall.

Module III of the Humanities/Liberal Arts Directed Independent Study is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to focus in-depth on a specific topic in the Humanities under the direction of a faculty member. Student will complete a comprehensive literature review and design a research project to study the selected topic. Student will also be required to produce a formal written presentation of their project.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 102 - Writing and Literature and approval of Dept Chair and Faculty Member; nine credits in LAS/Hum completed with at least six in disciplines in Independent Study topic; minimum of 2.75 GPA overall.

This course is designed to address the needs of students who require intensive review of essential writing skills, including sentence skills, paragraph structure, paragraph linkage, syntax, and grammar. Students will improve their writing proficiency and gain skills necessary for success in ENG 101 - Writing and Research. Students are encouraged to seek additional support in the Writing Tutorial.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

0

Credits (max)

0

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

Appropriate course placement.

Students are assigned to Writing for College 2 based on the results of their writing placement entrance exam or a passing grade in ENG 91 - Writing for College 1 . This course is designed to address the needs of students who require intensive review of grammar and syntax. By completing exercises and assignments that teach sentence skills, paragraph structure, paragraph linkage, and test-taking skills, students will improve their writing proficiency and gain skills necessary for success in

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

0

Credits (max)

0

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

Successful completion of

This is a 0-credit course that supports a linked section of ENG 101 , offering students additional instruction, peer interaction and time-on-task in an active, workshop-based environment. Additional instruction, activities, and assessments support (rather than supplement) students’ work in ENG 101 and include: instructor and peer conferencing, draft workshops, contextual grammar and style instruction, and discussions of how to succeed in ENG 101 and college in general.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

0

Credits (max)

0

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026

Catalog

Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 Academic Catalog

Source

catalog.sunywcc.edu

Prerequisite

ENG 91 - Writing for College 1 , appropriate test score or placement code