English - Environmental Science

Online courses are for motivated students who are comfortable writing online. Computer sophistication is not required, but each student will need an email address to participate in an on-line course. Students are required to attend only 3 classes on campus: Orientation (the first week of school); Mid-term; Final Exam. For more information, call the English/ESL Department at (323) 953-4000 ext. 2700 oe email maeckat@lacitycollege.edu.

Helps students improve reading comprehension, writing skills, and critical thinking needed for further college work.

Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score or successful completion of English 20 or equivalent.

Organization and development of college essays based on college-level readings. (Also recommended: English 67 and 68).

A service learning component is required for section 0424. For more information, call (323) 953-4000 ext. 2710.

(8 Week Class - Starts 08/30/2005, Ends 10/23/2005)

Prerequisite: English 21 or 73, placement into this level via placement exam, or equivalent. Intensive course for serious students interested in improving

Individual help in improving college writing; organization, clarity, and mechanics.

Individual help in improving college reading comprehension. Emphasis on vocabulary, sentence meaning, paragraph meaning, and finding main ideas.

Students use computers to improve their writing skills including organizing, spelling, punctuation, and mechanics.

UNIVERSITY TRANSFER COURSES: COMPOSITION & LITERATURE

Development of ability to grasp content of college level materials and write well-developed, logical expository essays.

ALSO OFFERED THROUGH INSTRUCTIONal TELEVISION

SECTION 0465 MAY BE TAKEN BY HONORS PROGRAM STUDENTS

FOR HONORS CREDIT. FOR MORE INFO., sEE BLUE PAGES.

These are online courses. Students must attend the first class on campus in JH303, Friday Sept. 2. Other campus meetings to be announced.

For more information, contact: maeckat@lacitycollege.edu (section 0501) www.snorko.org/lacc (section 3226)

(8 Week Class - Starts 08/29/2005, Ends 10/22/2005)

Continuing development of reading and writing skills through study of selected short fiction, novels, plays, and poetry.

ALSO OFFERED THROUGH INSTRUCTIONal TELEVISION

SECTION 0450 MAY BE TAKEN BY HONORS PROGRAM STUDENTS

FOR HONORS CREDIT. FOR MORE INFO., sEE BLUE PAGES.

These are online courses. Students must attend the first class on campus. Other campus meetings to be announced.

For more information, contact: dancof@lacitycollege.edu (section 0554) joejoeryan@aol.com (section 0555)

Development of logical, argumentative, and analytical thinking through examination of written and other types of cultural texts.

These are online courses. Students must attend the first class on campus in JH302, Saturday, Sept. 3. Other campus meetings to be announced.

For more information, contact: ggpcprof@yahoo.com

Informal discussion and criticism by class and instructor of student poems, plays, and stories.

This is an online course. Students must attend the first class on campus in JH303, Friday, Sept. 2. Other campus meetings to be announced.

visit www.carolpoetry.com or contact: pottercw@lacitycollege.edu

Study of selected major works of Western and Far Eastern literature from antiquity to the 17th century.

Study of selected poetry fiction and drama from the beginnings of English literature to the 19th century.

Understanding contemporary culture through recent mainstream and ethnically diverse literature.

Reading Shakespeare to develop understanding of his poetry, theater, and dramatic art.

This is an online course. Students must attend the first class on campus in JH303, Saturday, Sept. 3. Other campus meetings to be announced.

For more information, contact: joejoeryan@aol.com

This course presents science fiction as literature, with emphasis on the mythology of science fiction by scientists and non-scientists, politically and philosophically oriented science fiction, and fantasy and escape literature.

This is an online course. Students must attend the first class on campus in JH303, Friday, Sept. 2. Other campus meetings to be announced.

Study of what all languages have in common and what makes each language unique: sociological and psychological aspects of language; nature of grammar, structure and meaning.

ENGLISH as a second language (ESL)

Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in ESL 4B and Speech 71 (see the Speech section for more information).

Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in ESL 4A and Speech 71 (see the Speech section for more information).

Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in ESL 5B and Speech 72 (see the Speech section for more information).

Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in ESL 5A and Speech 72 (see the Speech section for more information).

Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in ESL 6B and Speech 73 (see the Speech section for more information).

Advisory: Successful completion of Speech 72 or ESL 5C or appropriate placement score. May not be taken concurrently with any other speech class.

The Writing Center offers individual help to improve ESL students’ writing and

This course is an introduction to the principles of environmental science with an emphasis on physical aspects such as environmental cycles, resources and pollution.