California Community Colleges System Courses

HEALTH COMMUNICATION & CULTURAL ISSUES

Health communication and multicultural issues unique to the dental and medical fields. Topics include intercultural communication; health literacy; interpersonal, small group, electronic, and nonverba

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

This course provides an overview of the American education system for students interested in teaching in grades K-12. Explores educational philosophies, history of education in the United States, and

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

COMPOSITION, CRITICAL READING & THINKING THROUGH LITERATURE

Further development in the technique and practice of analytical, critical, and argumentative writing through critical reading of literature. Course focuses on literary works from major genres to promo

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

TRAVELING THE WORLD THROUGH CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

Selected fiction written between 1950 and the present, with emphasis on literature in translation. Students are introduced to various thematic and stylistic trends in contemporary multicultural fictio

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

LITERATURE INTO FILM

Examination of the ways great world literature throughout world history has been adapted for the modern day moviegoing audience, from one medium to the other - from text to film or television series.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE I: BEGINNINGS TO 1865

The first in a two-course sequence that surveys the history of American literature from its beginnings to the present. Introduces students to works of American literature from its beginnings through t

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

HONORS SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE I: BEGINNINGS TO 1865

The first in a two-course sequence that surveys the history of American literature from its beginnings to the present. Introduces students to works of American literature from its beginnings through t

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

CALIFORNIA LITERATURE: GOLDEN STATE CULTURES, GEOGRAPHIES & HISTORIES

Introduction to literature written by and about Californians, from pre-contact California Indian creation myths to contemporary poetry, fiction, drama, essays, and autobiographical narratives. Emphasi

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN ENGLISH

Provides an opportunity for the student to expand their studies in English beyond the classroom by completing a project or an assignment arranged by agreement between the student and instructor. The s

• California Community Colleges System
• 9 weeks, 1 hour a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

ADVANCED COMPOSITION & READING

The techniques and practice of expository and argumentative writing based on critical reading and thinking. Analytical reading of authentic, college-level expository and persuasive texts intended for

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

COMPOSITION & READING

Explicit instruction in critical reading and composition skills. Detailed analysis of selected readings that present a range of cultural experiences and perspectives. Instruction in writing expository

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

HIGH-INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR

A high-intermediate English course focusing on verb tenses, gerunds, infinitives, modal verbs in present, past, real present and future conditionals.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

HIGH-INTERMEDIATE READING SKILLS

An upper intermediate-level reading course focusing on developing comprehension skills and strategies for processing pre-college-level readings. In addition to developing vocabulary, students will dem

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

ADVANCED GRAMMAR

Continuation of ESLL 226. An advanced English grammar course focusing on clause and phrase structures.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

BASIC COMPOSITION SKILLS

A basic course for non-native speakers focusing on college-level reading and writing skills. Development of readings skills through analysis of assigned readings. Production of short multi-paragraph c

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course