Skyline College Catalog 2011-2012 Program & course descriptions ...

C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N SLIBRARY „ LITERATURELSCI 665 SELECTED TOPICS IN LIBRARY ANDINFORMATION SCIENCE (.5 or 1 or 1.5)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 8 lecture hours for each .5 unit.This course is designed to develop specific skills thatare utilized in library research and computerized informationaccess. The course will focus on one specific topic;for example, a specific CDROM or online database,elements of the Internet or World Wide Web, researchstrategies for specific discipline areas, new researchmethodologies, etc. May be repeated for credit a maximumof three times. Transfer credit: CSU.LITERATURE (LIT.)For information on the rotation of Literature courses,refer to the Associate Degree and Certificate Programssection of this catalog under English Major.LIT. 101 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.Students read, interpret and analyze a representativeselection of contemporary literary fiction, poetry anddrama since WWII using some of the major theoreticalapproaches to literature. These readings offer not only agreater critical perspective and insight into contemporaryhistory, but an enhanced understanding of ourselveswithin our own culture. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2).LIT. 111 SHORT STORY (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.Reading, discussing, and writing about a diverseselection of classic and contemporary short fiction.Exploration of a spectrum of voices, styles, formal structuresand themes will lead to an understanding andappreciation of stories from different cultures and perspectives.Independent study will encourage in-depthreading of the work of one author. Transfer credit: UC;CSU (C2).LIT. 113 INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.Reading, discussing and writing about novels, classicand contemporary. The novel form provides in-depthexploration of characters and ideas and the entry intoelaborate imaginative and intellectual worlds. Studentswill experience a variety of voices, writing styles and culturalperspectives while studying the literary techniquesemployed by novelists. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2).LIT. 116 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.A sampling of world literature, from classic to modern.Students will examine how fiction, poetry, essays andplays are used to express both universal and regionalconcerns and the human struggle common to all of us.Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2).LIT. 151 SHAKESPEARE (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.Study of representative plays and poems, with anemphasis on Shakespeare’s poetic and dramatic skillsand his understanding of human nature. Reading,discussion, critical papers. Students will understandShakespeare’s role in the development of English languageand literature. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2).LIT. 191 CHILDREN’S LITERATURE (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ESOL 400, or ENGL 836 and READ 836, orENGL 846, or equivalent.An overview of the body of world literature deemedappropriate and enriching for children from infancy toadolescence. Designed to impart knowledge about andpractice in storytelling techniques, as well as practicalexperience in presenting age-appropriate literature tochildren and youth. Theory and practice in discerningliterary genres, criteria for selection, and techniques forusing classic and contemporary literature with young people.Also listed as ECE. 191. Transfer credit: CSU (C2).LIT. 225 MIRRORS OF TODAY: CONTEMPORARYPOETRY (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.The poetry of the last quarter of the twentieth centuryis both a product of and a reaction against our “postmoderncondition.’’ This course, by situating major examplesof this poetry in the relevant social, intellectual, andcritical contexts, clarifies the meaning and methods ofcontemporary poetry in English. Transfer credit: UC; CSU(C2).208 w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u 2011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G