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Welcome to the English Department!

 

Fall 2025 Registration Alert:

English 120 is now called English C1000 starting Fall 2025. English 124 is now English C1001 starting Fall 2025. When searching for these courses on Self Service, be sure to enter "C1000" and "C1001" in the course number box.

 

Mission Statement

The faculty of the 小优传媒 English Department endeavor to advance the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills of students so that they may appreciate a variety of cultural perspectives and participate autonomously and successfully in academic, artistic, civic, vocational, and/or professional communities. 

 

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Department Chair Office Hours

Enroll in a learning community next semester in Project Success, the 小优传媒 English Department鈥檚 linked courses program. Visit the PROJECT SUCCESS site for more info.

 

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Fall Readings Series 2025

For more complete event details and author bios, visit our official FRS page or click the banner above. All events are free of charge and open to the public, and will be held on the 小优传媒 campus in Griffin Gate (unless noted otherwise).

 

Event	Date	Time	Location
sam sax poet queer writer and poet, author of Yr Dead, longlisted for The National Book Award	Sep. 18	11am	Griffin Gate (Building 60, outside southwest corner)
Acorn Review issue launch reading promoting the newest issue of the student-produced Acorn Review with a reading of their original work	Oct. 1	6pm	via Zoom (link and info coming soon)
Natashia De贸n novelist author of the critically acclaimed The Perishing, and Grace, named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times	Oct. 15	12:30pm	Griffin Gate
Chad Stroup musician and horror writer San Diego drag artist, rock vocalist, and author of horror novels Teeth Where They Shouldn鈥檛 Be and Sexy Leper	Nov. 18	12:30pm	Griffin Gate
New Voices student reading showcase of original works by exceptional student writers from the Fall 2025 semester's CWP courses	Dec. 8	6pm	Griffin Gate

 

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The Creative Writing Workshops for Fall 2025

ENGL 126: INTRO TO CREATIVE WRITING

section 3045 (Online), 3 cr., with Julie Cardenas

section 3064, T/TH 11:00AM-12:20PM, 3 cr., with Dylan Wells

 

ENGL 130-133: SHORT FICTION WRITING I-IV

sections 3066-3069, M/W 2:00-3:20PM, 3 cr., with Enrique Cervantes

 

ENGL 140-143: POETRY WRITING I-IV 

sections 3074-3077, T/TH 2:00-3:20PM, 3 cr., with Adam Deutsch

 

ENGL 145-148: ACORN REVIEW: EDITING AND PRODUCTION I-IV

sections 9138-9141 (Online), 3 cr., with Julie Cardenas

 

ENGL 175-178: NOVEL WRITING I-IV 

sections 2374-2377 (Online), 3 cr., with Rich Farrell

 

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Literature Courses for Fall 2025

ENGL 122: INTRO TO LITERATURE

section 3042, (Online), 3 cr., with Julie Cardenas

section 3044, M/W 12:30PM-1:50PM, 3 cr., with Vera Sanchez

 

ENGL 215: MYTHOLOGY

section 2259, (Online), 3 cr., with Kamala Balasubramanian

 

ENGL 222: BRITISH LITERATURE I

section 9679, T/TH 12:30PM-1:50PM, 3 cr., with Sarah Steliga

 

ENGL 236: CHICANO/CHICANA LITERATURE

section 3550, (Online), 3 cr., with Townsend Montilla

section 4534, (Online), 3 cr., with Townsend Montilla (2nd 8 Weeks)

section 4329, M/W 11:00AM-12:20PM, 3 cr., with Townsend Montilla

 

ENGL 271: WORLD LITERATURE I

section 5276, (Online), 3 cr., with Cathy Miller