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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
This course allows students to develop critical thinking skills and the ability to apply these skills to reading and writing. Students will practice analytical and argumentative academic essays based on the reading of complex texts, and the use of outside research leading to analysis, comparison and synthesis, and a documented research paper.
EWRT 2H Critical Reading, Writing and Thinking 5 Units - HONORS
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.) (Not open to students with credit in EWRT 2.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.)
Prerequisite: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5. Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
This course allows students to develop critical thinking skills and the ability to apply these skills to reading and writing. Students will practice analytical and argumentative academic essays based on the reading of complex texts, and the use of outside research leading to analysis, comparison and synthesis, and a documented research paper. Because this is an honors program course, it includes more advanced assignments and assessments.
EWRT 30 Introduction to Creative Writing 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.) Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to the writing of fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction, through both critical analysis and intensive practice.
EWRT 40 Fiction Writing 5 Units
Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Development of fiction writing skills through critical analysis and intensive practice.
EWRT 41 Poetry Writing 5 Units
Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Development of poetry writing skills through critical analysis and intensive practice.
EWRT 42 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction 5 Units and Memoir Writing
Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Development of skills in writing creative nonfiction and memoir through critical analysis and intensive practice.
EWRT 1AH Composition and Reading - HONORS 5 Units
E (See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in EWRT 1A.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT)) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate methods.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to university level reading and writing, with an emphasis on analysis. Close examination of a variety of texts (personal, popular, literary, professional, academic) from culturally diverse traditions. Practice in common rhetorical strategies used in academic writing. Composition of clear, well-organized, and well-developed essays, with varying purposes and differing audiences, from personal to academic. As an honors course, the students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight in English Composition.
EWRT 1AS Intensive Composition and Reading Stretch: First Quarter
5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.) Prerequisite: Placement based on English Assessment Process, including GPA multiple measure assessment.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Integration of reading and writing skills necessary for success in EWRT 1A with an emphasis on evaluation, analysis, synthesis, questioning, and critical inquiry of assigned readings, from culturally diverse traditions, and in essays. Immersion in the reading and writing process with opportunities for instruction on strategies and skills to succeed in transfer-level curriculum. Composition of well-organized, clear essays with varying purposes and audiences both in and out of class. This is the first of a two-course sequence.
EWRT 1AT Intensive Composition and Reading Stretch: Second Quarter
5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.) Prerequisite: EWRT 1AS with a grade of C or higher.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to university level reading and writing, with an emphasis on analysis. Close examination of a variety of texts (personal, popular, literary, professional, academic) from culturally diverse traditions. Practice in common rhetorical strategies used in academic writing. Composition of clear, well-organized, and well-developed essays, with varying purposes and differing audiences, from personal to academic. This is the second of a two-course sequence.
EWRT 1B Reading, Writing and Research 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in EWRT 1BH.)
Prerequisite: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5. Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
This course will emphasize the development of analytical, integrative skills in reading and writing. Students will explore academic (interpretive, analytical, argumentative) writing based largely on reading of literary/imaginative texts linked by a common theme or issue. The course includes outside research leading to analysis, comparison, and synthesis in documented research paper.
EWRT 1BH Reading, Writing and Research - HONORS
5 Units
EWRT 65A Literary Magazine I, National Edition EWRT 65AX
2 Units 3 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in EWRT 1B.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5. Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
This course will emphasize the development of analytical, integrative skills in reading and writing. Students will explore academic (interpretive, analytical, argumentative) writing based largely on reading of literary/imaginative texts linked by a common theme or issue. The course includes outside research leading to analysis, comparison, and synthesis in documented research paper. Because this is an honors program course, students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight in critical thinking and literature.
EWRT 1C Literature and Composition 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.) Prerequisite: EWRT 1B, 1BH, 2, or 2H.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
This course applies the analytical, critical, and synthesis skills developed in EWRT 1A/1AH and EWRT 1B/1BH, and/or EWRT 2/2H to the ways meaning can be made in diverse cultural, social, and historical contexts in prose, poetry, and drama by reading and analyzing texts and critical interpretations and by composing critical responses, analyses, and arguments.
(Formerly EWRT 65 and EWRT 65X respectively.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Two hours lecture for the two units course (24 hours total per quarter); two hours lecture, three hours laboratory for the three units course (60 hours total per quarter). Emphasis on collaborative evaluation and selection of fiction, poetry, and other literary submissions for professional annual magazine publication including attention to management and issue planning as well as design.
EWRT 2 Critical Reading, Writing and Thinking
5 Units
EWRT 65C EWRT 65CX
Editorial Leadership Literary Magazine, National Edition
2 Units 3 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in EWRT 2H.)
Prerequisite: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5. Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Prerequisite: EWRT 65A or EWRT 65AX.
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
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EWRT 65B
EWRT 65BX
Literary Magazine II, National Edition
2 Units 3 Units
Prerequisite: EWRT 65A or EWRT 65AX.
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Two hours lecture for the two units course (24 hours total per quarter); two hours lecture, three hours laboratory for the three units course (60 hours total per quarter). Continuation of Literary Magazine I, National Edition (EWRT 65A or EWRT 65AX) with emphasis on genre-specific collaboration with editing, design, issue planning, screening, and/or management teams, including evaluation of fiction, poetry, and other literary submissions for annual national magazine.





















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