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  "name": "English: Composition",
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      "code": "ENGL C1000",
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      "number": "C1000",
      "title": "Academic Reading and Writing",
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      "hours": "Lecture: 72",
      "prerequisite": "Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process.",
      "formerly": "ENGL 1A",
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        "ENGL 110"
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        "UC (credit limitation)"
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      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable"
      ],
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          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 164,
          "open": 163,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl/#engl-c1000"
        },
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 23,
          "open": 20,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl/#engl-c1000"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL C1000H",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "C1000H",
      "title": "Academic Reading and Writing - Honors",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "Lecture: 72",
      "prerequisite": "Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process and Acceptance into the Honors Program",
      "formerly": "ENGL 1AH",
      "cid": [
        "ENGL 100",
        "ENGL 110"
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        "CSU",
        "UC (credit limitation)"
      ],
      "description": "In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. This is an honors course. No credit for both ENGL C1000 and ENGL C1000H.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable"
      ],
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        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
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          "open": 2,
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          "listedAs": "ENGL 1000H"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL C1001",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "C1001",
      "title": "Critical Thinking and Writing",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "Lecture: 72",
      "prerequisite": "(ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A",
      "formerly": "ENGL 1C",
      "cid": [
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      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 College Reading and Writing (or C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 55,
          "open": 51,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl/#engl-c1001"
        },
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 15,
          "open": 5,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl/#engl-c1001"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL C1001H",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "C1001H",
      "title": "Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "Lecture: 72",
      "prerequisite": "(ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A and acceptance into the Honors Program",
      "formerly": "ENGL 1CH",
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        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 College Reading and Writing (or C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. This is an honors course.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl/#engl-1001h",
          "listedAs": "ENGL 1001H"
        },
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl/#engl-1001h",
          "listedAs": "ENGL 1001H"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL C1002",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "C1002",
      "title": "Introduction to Literature",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "Lecture: 54",
      "prerequisite": "(ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A",
      "formerly": "ENGL 1B",
      "cid": [
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        "ENGL-LIT 100"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "In this course, students are introduced to works by diverse authors and major literary genres, developing close reading and analytical writing skills. Students also develop appreciation for and critical understanding of the cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl/#engl-c1002"
        },
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl/#engl-c1002"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL C1002H",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "C1002H",
      "title": "Introduction to Literature - Honors",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "Lecture: 54",
      "prerequisite": "(ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A",
      "formerly": "ENGL 1BH",
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        "ENGL 120",
        "ENGL-LIT 100"
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        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "In this course, students are introduced to works by diverse authors and major literary genres, developing close reading and analytical writing skills. Students also develop appreciation for and critical understanding of the cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. This is an honors course. May not earn credit for both ENGL C1002H and ENGL C1002.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 8A",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "8A",
      "title": "Creative Writing - Fiction",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "Lecture: 54",
      "prerequisite": "Eligibility for (ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A.",
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      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Elements, processes, and techniques of fiction writing. Includes genre, setting, point of view, character development, plot development, description, and dialogue with an emphasis on student development as a writer of fiction through practice and discussion.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl/#engl-8a"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 8B",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "8B",
      "title": "Creative Writing - Poetry",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "Lecture: 54",
      "prerequisite": "Eligibility for (ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Emphasizes the student's development as a poet.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl/#engl-8b"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 8E",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "8E",
      "title": "Creative Writing - Memoir",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "Lecture: 54",
      "prerequisite": "(ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Analysis and writing of memoirs including stylistic and syntactic forms and composition strategies used when writing memoir.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl/#engl-8e"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 8F",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "8F",
      "title": "Creative Writing - Nonfiction",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "Lecture: 54",
      "prerequisite": "(ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Analysis and writing of creative nonfiction including stylistic and syntactic forms and composition strategies used when writing creative nonfiction.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 56",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "56",
      "title": "Grammar Review",
      "units": "1",
      "hours": "Lecture: 18",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Fundamentals of English for the student who needs a practical course focusing on usage and grammar: subjects, verbs, agreement, case, fragments, modifiers, parallelism, shifts in construction, and punctuation.",
      "notes": [
        "Not Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 58",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "58",
      "title": "Paragraph Writing",
      "units": "1",
      "hours": "Lecture: 18",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Analysis and writing of paragraphs. Through the process of writing, the student learns to state and support an idea about a focused topic.",
      "notes": [
        "Not Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl/#engl-58"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 67",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "67",
      "title": "Writing Fundamentals",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "Lecture: 72",
      "prerequisite": "Satisfactory score on the English Placement Test or completion of LERN 81",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Emphasizes sentence, outlining, summary, paragraph and essay skills, and critical thinking through combining reading and writing.",
      "notes": [
        "Not Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 68",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "68",
      "title": "Preparation for College Writing",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "Lecture: 72",
      "prerequisite": "ENGL 67 or appropriate placement Development of the academic essay based on critical reading of texts",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Reviews essay structure and introduces research and principles of documentation. Continues to develop critical thinking through reading of and writing about increasingly complex texts.",
      "notes": [
        "Not Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 80",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "80",
      "title": "Writing Support",
      "units": "1",
      "hours": "Lecture: 18",
      "corequisite": "(ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A)",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Analysis and writing of paragraphs and essays. Review and development of effective interdisciplinary writing skills, including organization, integration of evidence and supporting details, and revision.",
      "notes": [
        "Not Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 6,
          "open": 6,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl/#engl-80"
        },
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl/#engl-80"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ENGL 99",
      "subject": "ENGL",
      "number": "99",
      "title": "Special Projects in English",
      "units": "2",
      "hours": "Lecture: 36",
      "prerequisite": "(ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "Offers selected students recognition for their academic interest and ability, and the opportunity to explore the discipline in greater depth. The content of this course and the methods of study vary and depend on the particular project under consideration. Instructor authorization needed prior to enrollment.",
      "notes": [
        "Degree Applicable",
        "May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass"
      ],
      "offered": []
    }
  ]
}