ENGL 5 INTRODUCTION TO GREAT BOOKS 

3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture
An introduction to the theory, precepts, and history of Great Books and the Monterey Peninsula College Great Books Program including the nature of and criteria for greatness, the relationship between Great Books and democracy, the “Great Conversation,” instruction in how to read challenging texts, and the unique characteristics of typographic texts.

Offered online.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1A
Course advisory: ENGL 1B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; MPC, Area C

ENGL 11 LITERATURE BY AND ABOUT WOMEN 
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture 
This course covers American, British, and international literary works by and about women, including poetry, fiction, autobiography, drama and non-fiction prose. It introduces students to literary analysis, interpretation, and understanding. The course focuses on literary trends, style, and issues of race, class, ethnicity, and cultural identity and provides students with opportunities to explore individual writers in depth 

Offered online. 
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 1A 
Course advisory: ENGL 1B 
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C

ENGL 17 INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE 

3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture
Students read and analyze a selected number of Shakespeare's histories, tragedies, and sonnets. Emphasis is on the reading of Shakespeare for enjoyment, leading to an understanding of good theatre, an appreciation of the beauty of his language, and an awareness of the values of his plays for our time.. 

Offered online.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
Course advisory: ENGL 1B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C

ENGL 18 THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture
This course offers a literary exploration of the Bible, examining the different types of literature such as myth, history, poetry, drama, story, and letters found in the Biblical text. Key figures, events, and themes are examined, along with the influence of Biblical literature on history, culture, and art. 

Offered online.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
Course advisory: ENGL 1B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C

ENGL 25A GREAT BOOKS SEMINAR I
1 units • LG-C/NC • One hour lecture 
Students read one long, or two short, book-length Great Works of imaginative literature, and discuss using the shared inquiry method commonly found in seminar courses. 

Offered online. 
Course advisory: ENGL 5
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

ENGL 25B GREAT BOOKS SEMINAR II
1 units • LG-C/NC • One hour lecture 
Students read one long, or two short, book-length Great Works of non-fiction, and discuss using the shared inquiry method commonly found in seminar courses. 

Offered online. 
Course advisory: ENGL 5
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

ENGL 25C GREAT BOOKS SEMINAR II
1 units • LG-C/NC • One hour lecture 
Students read poems or short fiction, and discuss using the shared inquiry method commonly found in seminar courses. 

Offered online. 
Course advisory: ENGL 5
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 

ENGL 40A SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE I 

3 units • LG-P/NP • Three hours lecture
This course introduces students to America’s literary traditions from their beginnings to the second half of the 19th century. 

Offered online.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1A
Course Advisory: ENGL 1B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C, F

ENGL 40B SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE II
3 units • LG-P/NP • Three hours lecture
This course introduces students to a wide range of American authors and their relationship to major literary and intellectual movements from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present.. 

Offered online.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1A
Course Advisory: ENGL 1B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C, F

ENGL 44 SURVEY OF WORLD LITERATURE  I
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other areas, from antiquity to the mid or late seventeenth century. Also offered online.

Offered online.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
Course advisory: ENGL 1B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C

ENGL 45 SURVEY OF WORLD LITERATURE II
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other areas, from the mid or late seventeenth century to the present. Also offered online.

Offered online.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
Course advisory: ENGL 1B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C

ENGL 46 SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE I
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture
This course surveys the literature written in the British Isles up to the last quarter of the 18th century.

Offered online. 
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
Course advisory: ENGL 1B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C

ENGL 47 SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE II
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture
This course surveys British literature from the late eighteenth century to contemporary British and post-colonial texts.

Offered online
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
Course advisory: ENGL 1B
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C

ENGL 49 THE GREAT NOVEL
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture 

This course offers a survey of the novel as a literary type. Selected novels are read and discussed, along with any appropriate literary or historical ideas. The course provides the student with basic insights into the novel as a literary genre, as well as a Great Book.

Offered online
Course advisory: ENGL 1B 
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C 

HIST 4 WESTERN CIVILIZATION
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture
Students study the growth of European Civilization from the earliest times (ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome), through the Middle Ages, to the development of strong national states at the time of Louis XIV.

Advisory: English 1A
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2, D; IGETC, Area 3B, 4F; MPC, Area D

PHIL 2 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture
This course introduces philosophical ideas and methods concerning knowledge, reality and values. Expected topics will include the sources and limits of knowledge, and the nature of reality. Other topics that may be examined from a philosophical perspective include the nature of the self, truth, ethics, religion, science, language, beauty and art, political theory, or mind. 

Offered online.
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
Credit transferable: CSU, UC
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C

PHIL 8  INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture 
This course is an introduction to the origins, history, and significant ideas of the world’s major religions. It explores the fundamental insights, ideals, and contributions toward the human moral heritage and wisdom of the Oral Religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 

Offered online.
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 1A 
Credit transferable: CSU, UC 
General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C 

ARTH 1  ART APPRECIATION
3 units • LG-C/NC • Three hours lecture 
This course provides a general introduction to art that offers a look at works of art through the study of theory, terminology, themes, design principles, media, and techniques, with an introduction to the visual arts across time and diverse cultures. Portions of instruction may be offered online; also offered fully online.

Credit transferable: CSU, UC