Recent SemestersFall 2026Class Size34 studentsCredits3PrerequisiteENGL C1000 - Academic Reading and Writing OR ENGL C1000H - Academic Reading and Writing - Honors OR ENGL 1AMC - College Composition: Multicultural Emphasis OR ENGL1AMCH - Honors College Composition: Multicultural Emphasis OR ESL 1A - College Composition for ESL Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionSurveys American literary and historical texts representing diverse voices through the 1860s, including Emerson, Whitman, and Dickinson; a variety of indigenous tales, speeches, and letters; colonial writers such as Columbus, Smith, Bradstreet, and Wheatley; captivity narratives from the African American slave experience, such as Equiano, Douglass, and Jacobs; and other canonical and under-represented texts and authors. May be offered in a distance-learning format.Usually HeldMon 1:00pm–2:20pm, Wed 1:00pm–2:20pm 