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Dr. Melanie Ann Hanson, Barstow College Instructor  

Office: B 14

Phone: 760-252-2411, ext 7210

 
   
  "I am myself the matter of my book."
                   --Michel de Montaigne

 

Courses Taught by Dr Hanson at BCC:

ENGL 1A - English Composition & Reading
Prerequisite - ENGL 50 with a "C" grade or better or assessment recommendation for ENGL 1A. English composition and reading using descriptive, narrative, expository, argumentative, essay and research techniques. Grades: Option (A-F), P/NP. Degree Applicable Credit. Gen Ed Applicable. UC/CSU (CAN ENGL 2)

3.000 Credit hours
54.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Comp Asstd Instr/Distance Lrng, Lecture P/T inst., Hybrid-Lecture, Hybrid-Lecture-PT Inst

HUMANITIES Division
English Department

Course Attributes:
Course is not Basic Skills

Sample Syllabus 18 Week

Sample Syllabus 9 Week

ENGL 1B - Introduction to Literature
Prerequisite - ENGL 1A with a "C" grade or better. Critical reading and written analysis of standard literary works: poetry, short story, novel, and drama. Grades: Option (A-F), P/NP. Degree Applicable Credit. Area of Emphasis and Gen Ed Applicable. UC/CSU (CAN ENGL 4)

3.000 Credit hours
54.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Comp Asstd Instr/Distance Lrng

HUMANITIES Division
English Department

Course Attributes:
Course is not Basic Skills, CAPP Reading comp (3 disc)
ENGL 1C - Critical Thinking & Comp
Prerequisite - ENGL 1A with a "C" grade or better. Reading and evaluation of English prose in a critical and logical way. The emphasis will be on critical analysis and research as well as the student's development of effective arguements. UC/CSU

3.000 Credit hours
54.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Comp Asstd Instr/Distance Lrng, Lecture P/T inst.


HUMANITIES Division
English Department

Course Attributes:
Course is not Basic Skills

 
ENGL 2 - Survey of English Literature
Prerequisite - ENGL 1A with a "C" grade or better. Reading and critical analysis of 8th through 17th Century English literature. Grades: Option (A-F), P/NP. Degree Applicable Credit. Area of Emphasis and Gen Ed Applicable. UC/CSU (CAN ENGL 8)

3.000 Credit hours
54.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate, Audit
Schedule Types: Lecture, Comp Asstd Instr/Distance Lrng

HUMANITIES Division
English Department

Course Attributes:
Course is not Basic Skills, CAPP Reading comp (3 disc)
ENGL 3 - Survey of English Literature
Prerequisite - ENGL 1A with a "C" grade or better. Continuation of English 2 covering representative works in 18th through 20th century English literature. Grades: Option (A-F), P/NP. Degree Applicable Credit. Area of Emphasis and Gen Ed Applicable. UC/CSU (CAN ENGL 10)

3.000 Credit hours
54.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate, Audit
Schedule Types: Lecture, Comp Asstd Instr/Distance Lrng

HUMANITIES Division
English Department

Course Attributes:
Course is not Basic Skills, CAPP Reading comp (3 disc)
ENGL 4 - Introduction to Shakespeare
Prerequisite - ENGL 1A with a "C" grade or better. Reading, analysis, and discussion of representative Shakespearean comedies, histories, tragedies and poems. Grades: Option (A-F), P/NP. Degree Applicable Credit. Area of Emphasis and Gen Ed Applicable. UC/CSU

3.000 Credit hours
54.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate, Audit
Schedule Types: Lecture, Comp Asstd Instr/Distance Lrng

HUMANITIES Division
English Department

Course Attributes:
Course is not Basic Skills, CAPP Reading comp (3 disc)
ENGL 50 - Basic English
Prerequisite - ENGL 102 with a "P" grade or assessment recommendation for ENGL 50. English Composition with emphasis on paragraphing, the multi-paragraph essay, research skills. Designed to prepare students for English 1A. Grades: Option (A-F), P/NP. Degree Applicable Credit. Gen Ed Applicable.

3.000 Credit hours
54.000 Lecture hours
18.000 Lab hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Lab/Studio/Activity, Comp Asstd Instr/Distance Lrng, Lab/Studio/Activity P/T inst., Lecture P/T inst., Hybrid-Lecture, Hybrid-Lab, Hybrid-Lab-PT Inst, Hybrid-Lecture-PT Inst

HUMANITIES Division
English Department

Course Attributes:
Course is not Basic Skills

Sample Syllabus

Barstow College, English Department

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