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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ENGL 3 | Title:
INTRO TO POETRY |
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| Full Title:
Introduction to Poetry |
| Last Reviewed:3/28/2022 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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In this course, students will explore the nature, variety, and significance of poetry: a studious pursuit of what makes poems work, why they are valued, and how to analyze and appreciate their content and form.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of ENGL C1000 (or higher) OR EMLS 10 (formerly ESL 10) or equivalent
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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In this course, students will explore the nature, variety, and significance of poetry: a studious pursuit of what makes poems work, why they are valued, and how to analyze and appreciate their content and form.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Completion of ENGL C1000 (or higher) OR EMLS 10 (formerly ESL 10) or equivalent
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 2025
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | E
L3
| Humanities
Arts and Humanities
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C2 | Humanities | Fall 1981 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 3B | Humanities | Fall 1981 | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
Approval and Dates
| Version: | 09 | Course Created/Approved: | 8/1/1981 |
| Version Created: | 10/25/2024 | Course Last Modified: | 5/30/2026 |
| Submitter: | Curriculum Office | Course Last Full Review: | 3/28/2022 |
| Version Status: | Approved Changed Course | Prereq Created/Approved: | 3/28/2022 |
| Version Status Date: | 10/28/2024 | Semester Last Taught: | Spring 2026 |
| Version Term Effective: | Fall 2025 | Term Inactive: | |
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Describe principles of literary analysis.
2. Apply principles of critical and literary analysis to poetry.
3. Express an appreciation for a wide variety of poetic styles from a multiplicity of cultures.
4. Express an appreciation for the literary contributions of poets of varying genders, sexual identities, ethnicities, and diverse experiences.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Analyze a poem's structure, including the effects of its patterns of sound, its rhetoric, its imagery, and its use of figurative language.
2. Analyze their own response to the poem considering the above effects.
3. Differentiate between literal and inferential meaning in a poem.
4. Analyze historical/cultural context in relation to form and content of poems and collections of poems.
5. Synthesize in a prose commentary their comprehension of a poem as a whole and in significant contexts (e.g., in comparing the poem to others within a group by the same author or other authors, or in a specific historical context).
6. Evaluate whether the poem(s) are effective given the intent of the author.
7. Analyze how point of view affects subject matter and style of poetry with special consideration for race, gender, ethnicity, social class, and sexual identities.
Topics and Scope
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I. Poetic Processes
A. Manipulation of diction, syntax, imagery, sounds, and rhythms
B. Poetry of the past and present
1. Historic periods
2. Literary periods
3. Schools of literary thought
II. Varieties of Poetic Experience
A. Traditional types
B. Experimental types
C. Poetic forms
III. Poems in Various Groupings
A. Thematic
B. Historical
C. Philosophical
D. Political
E. Technical
IV. Contexts of the Poetic Experience
A. The relationship of a poem to other poems
B. The relationship to the human world of pleasure and pain, consciousness, place, history, art, religion, morality, politics, and ideas
C. The relationship of point of view as it affects subject matter and style
1. Gender
2. Ethnicity
3. Social class
4. Sexual orientation
5. Culture
V. What Writing Poems Means for Poets
A. Sensibilities and impulses
B. Purposes
1. Personal/confessional exploration
2. Political and social activism
3. Humor and satire
4. Translation from other works
5. Experimental poetry that incorporates other artistic media (art, music, animation, film)
Assignments:
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1. Reading an anthology of poems outside of class, at an average of 30 to 40 pages per week.
2. Group report(s) on a poem, poet, or a poetic movement and/or oral presentation(s) to critically analyze poetry.
3. Analytical, research and/or response papers on selections of poems either assigned by the teacher or chosen by the student (2-4).
4. Essay exam(s); quizzes; objective exams.
5. Optional: Recite from memory or read aloud a poem.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
50 - 70% |
| Analytical, research and/or response papers | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 20% |
| Exam(s) and quizzes | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 30% |
| Participation in class discussions and attendance; group report(s), and/or oral presentation(s) | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song. Young, Kevin. Library of America. 2020
Norton Anthology of Poetry, 6th ed. Fergusen, Margaret, Kendall, Tim, et. al. Norton. 2018
Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry. Harjo, Joy, Norton. 2021
Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry. Vicuna, Cecilia and Grosman, Ernesto Livon. Oxford University Press. 2009 (classic)
OTHER REQUIRED ELEMENTS
| Student Preparation |
| Matric Assessment Required: | E | Requires English Assessment |
| Prerequisites-generate description: | U | User Generated Text |
| Advisories-generate description: | NA | No Advisory |
| Prereq-provisional: | N | NO |
| Prereq/coreq-registration check: | Y | Prerequisite Rules Exist |
| Requires instructor signature: | N | Instructor's Signature Not Required |
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| BASIC INFORMATION, HOURS/UNITS & REPEATABILITY |
| Method of instruction: | 02 | Lecture |
| | 71 | Internet-Based, Simultaneous Interaction |
| | 72 | Internet-Based, Delayed Interaction |
| Area department: | ENGL | English |
| Division: | 71 | Language Arts & Academic Foundations |
| Special topic course: | N | Not a Special Topic Course |
| Program Status: | 1 | Major Applicable Course |
| Repeatability: | 00 | Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP |
| Repeat group id: | | |
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| SCHEDULING |
| Audit allowed: | N | Not Auditable |
| Open entry/exit: | N | Not Open Entry/Open Exit |
| Credit by Exam: | N | Credit by examination not allowed |
| Budget code: Program: | 0000 | Unrestricted |
| Budget code: Activity: | 1501 | English-General |
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| OTHER CODES |
| Disciplines: | English |
| Basic Skills: | N | Not a Basic Skills Course |
| Level below transfer: | Y | Not Applicable |
| CVU/CVC status: | Y | Distance Ed, Not CVU/CVC Developed |
| Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Exclusively online or other technology based instruction |
| Emergency Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Fully Online
Partially Online
Online with flexible in-person activities
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| Credit for Prior Learning: | N | Agency Exam |
| N | CBE |
| N | Industry Credentials |
| N | Portfolio |
| Non-credit category: | Y | Not Applicable, Credit Course |
| Classification: | Y | Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses |
| SAM classification: | E | Non-Occupational |
| TOP code: | 1501.00 | English |
| Work-based learning: | N | Does Not Include Work-Based Learning |
| DSPS course: | N | NO |
| In-service: | N | Not an In-Service Course |
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