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Professor Alexander V. Bernal, Chairperson
GH 123, 486-0649
www.alamo.edu/sac/english/default.htm

The English Department offers a variety of courses to students. For the student who enrolls in English for the first time, placement is made according to college entrance examination scores approved by the English Department. If the student’s performance on such tests reveals inadequate preparation for satisfactory completion of standard college work in ENGL 1301 Composition I, the student must take ENGL 0300 Basic English I or ENGL 0301 Basic English II, depending on those scores.

If students are required to take ENGL 0300, they must pass that course with a “C” or better before enrolling in ENGL 0301. If students are required to take ENGL 0301, they must pass that course with a “C” or better before enrolling in ENGL 1301. Neither ENGL 0300 nor ENGL 0301 can be used to replace any other required English course.

ENGL 1301 Composition I and ENGL 1302 Composition II are designed to satisfy the requirement of most colleges that demand six hours of freshman composition, to meet the core requirements and to meet Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science (AS) Degree exit competencies.

If transfer students encounter special problems, they should consult a counselor.

In selecting sophomore English courses, the student should consider both the major subject and the senior college to which the credits will be transferred. When only three hours of sophomore English are required, the student may choose any of the three-hour sophomore courses. Many colleges accept any combination of the three-hour sophomore courses if the total required is six hours. However, a few colleges require that ENGL 2323 British Literature II: Romanticism to Present (WI) always be combined with ENGL 2322 British Literature I: Anglo Saxon through Neoclassical (WI) and ENGL 2332 World Literature I: Antiquity through Renaissance (WI) with ENGL 2333 World Literature II: Neoclassical to Present (WI). Many senior colleges require that students with English as a major complete the survey of British Literature (ENGL 2322/2323) and students with elementary education as a major complete World Literature (ENGL 2332/2333). A student with science or engineering as a major usually takes any of the three-hour sophomore literature courses and follows it with ENGL 2311 Technical Writing. All sophomore literature courses are writing intensive (WI).

To be allowed to take two sophomore English courses concurrently when it is acceptable to the degree granting institution, a student must have at least a “B” average in freshman English and the approval of the chairman of the Department of English. All sophomore-level English courses require essay writing and may require oral reports.

Advanced Placement (AP) in English

• Prospective English advanced placement (AP) students may receive credit for ENGL 1301 (without a grade being assigned) by completing one of the following options:
  1. Present a qualifying score on the senior-level College Board A.P. Exam (English literature/composition).
  2. Present a qualifying score on the CLEP English Composition with Essay Exam, accompanied by a qualifying score on the Sentence Skills section of the Accuplacer Exam.
  3. Successfully complete the departmental exam procedure administered by the San Antonio College English Department.
• If qualifying AP students wish to have a grade assigned for ENGL 1301, they must take ENGL 1302 at San Antonio College. The grade received in ENGL 1302 will also be assigned to ENGL 1301, for a total of six credit hours.

Programs and Courses - English

English

Programs

Associate of Arts

• •  English, A.A.

Courses

• •  ENGL 0300 - Basic English I
• •  ENGL 0301 - Basic English II
• •  ENGL 1301 - Composition I
• •  ENGL 1302 - Composition II
• •  ENGL 2307 - Creative Writing
• •  ENGL 2308 - Creative Writing: Topics
• •  ENGL 2311 - Technical Writing
• •  ENGL 2322 - British Literature I: Anglo Saxon through Neoclassical
• •  ENGL 2323 - British Literature II: Romanticism to the Present
• •  ENGL 2326 - Native American Literature
• •  ENGL 2327 - American Literature I: Precolonial through the Romantic Period
• •  ENGL 2328 - American Literature II: Realism to the Present
• •  ENGL 2332 - World Literature I: Antiquity through the Renaissance
• •  ENGL 2333 - World Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present
• •  ENGL 2341 - Forms of Literature
• •  ENGL 2342 - Introduction to Literature and Literary Criticism
• •  ENGL 2351 - Mexican American Literature
• •  ENGL 2370 - Introduction to African-American Literature
• •  ENGL 2372 - The Literature of Mexico in Translation
• •  ENGL 2373 - The Bible as Literature
• •  ENGL 2375 - Literature for Children and Adolescents
• •  ENGL 2378 - Women’s Literature
• •  ENGL 2379 - Introduction to Science Fiction
• •  IDST 2374 - World Literature: Narrative
• •  IDST 2375 - World Literature: Drama and Poetry
• •  IDST 2377 - Modes of Inquiry Across the Fields of Study (WI)

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