Recent SemestersFall 2026Class Size35 studentsCredits3PrerequisiteCollege-level composition (ENGL C1000/ ENGL C1000H/ ENGL C1000E/C-ID ENGL 100) or equivalent or ENGL 110 F with a grade of C or better Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2Description54 hours lecture per term. This course is a survey of representative American works from before the era of colonization through the Civil War, emphasizing historic backgrounds of American fiction, poetry, and prose. The course includes major writers such as Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Emerson, Douglass, Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman. (Degree Credit) (CSU) (UC) AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC (C-ID: ENGL 130) 