# English: Composition (ENGL) courses

Mt. San Antonio College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 16 courses

Source: https://catalog.mtsac.edu/programs/coursesaz/engl/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027.

### ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** Lecture: 72
- **Prerequisite:** Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process.
- **Formerly:** ENGL 1A
- **C-ID:** ENGL 100, ENGL 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (credit limitation)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 164 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl.md); Winter 2027, 23 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl.md)
- Degree Applicable

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.

### ENGL C1000H — 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
- **C-ID:** ENGL 100, ENGL 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (credit limitation)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections listed as ENGL 1000H (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl.md)
- Degree Applicable

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.

### ENGL C1001 — 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
- **C-ID:** ENGL 105 (ENGL 115)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 55 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl.md); Winter 2027, 15 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl.md)
- Degree Applicable

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.

### ENGL C1001H — 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
- **C-ID:** ENGL 105 (ENGL 115)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections listed as ENGL 1001H (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl.md); Winter 2027, 1 section listed as ENGL 1001H (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl.md)
- Degree Applicable

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.

### ENGL C1002 — 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
- **C-ID:** ENGL 120, ENGL-LIT 100
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl.md); Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl.md)
- Degree Applicable

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.

### ENGL C1002H — 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
- **C-ID:** ENGL 120, ENGL-LIT 100
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Degree Applicable

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.

### ENGL 8A — 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.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl.md)
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

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.

### ENGL 8B — 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
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl.md)
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Emphasizes the student's development as a poet.

### ENGL 8E — Creative Writing - Memoir

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **Prerequisite:** (ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl.md)
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Analysis and writing of memoirs including stylistic and syntactic forms and composition strategies used when writing memoir.

### ENGL 8F — Creative Writing - Nonfiction

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **Prerequisite:** (ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Analysis and writing of creative nonfiction including stylistic and syntactic forms and composition strategies used when writing creative nonfiction.

### ENGL 56 — Grammar Review

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** Lecture: 18
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Not Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

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.

### ENGL 58 — Paragraph Writing

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** Lecture: 18
- **Offered:** Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl.md)
- Not Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Analysis and writing of paragraphs. Through the process of writing, the student learns to state and support an idea about a focused topic.

### ENGL 67 — Writing Fundamentals

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** Lecture: 72
- **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory score on the English Placement Test or completion of LERN 81
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Not Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Emphasizes sentence, outlining, summary, paragraph and essay skills, and critical thinking through combining reading and writing.

### ENGL 68 — 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
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Not Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Reviews essay structure and introduces research and principles of documentation. Continues to develop critical thinking through reading of and writing about increasingly complex texts.

### ENGL 80 — Writing Support

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** Lecture: 18
- **Corequisite:** (ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 6 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/engl.md); Winter 2027, 2 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/engl.md)
- Not Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

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.

### ENGL 99 — Special Projects in English

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** Lecture: 36
- **Prerequisite:** (ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

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.