Course Links:

Course Notes:

GENERAL INFO

• 3.0 Units Lecture + 1.0 Unit Lab 
• Room 53-548
• 4512 (Lecture) Meets M/W 5-6:20pm
• 6569 (Lab) Meets M 6-7:20pm

PREREQUISITE

• "C" grade or higher or "Pass" in ENGL 110 or ESL 119 or equivalent or assessment recommendation for ENGL 120.

REQUIRED TEXTS FOR PURCHASE (PRINT OR E-BOOK)

The following are pertinent to these sections of English 120 and may be purchasedonline as e-book/Kindle editions or as print editions from the campus Barnes and Noble bookstore or online book sellers. ISBNs indicate paperback editions only.

• Brotherton, Rob. Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories. Reprint edition. Bloomsbury Sigma,  2017. ISBN: 9781472915634
• Hawley, Katherine. Trust: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780199697342
• Shermer, Michael. Why People Believe Weird Things. Revised ed. Holt Paperbacks, 2002. ISBN: 9780805070897
• Hacker, Diana and Nancy Sommers. A Writer's Reference. 9th edition. Boston: Bedfords/St. Martins, 2017. ISBN: 9781319057442.

SUPPORT RESOURCES ON-LINE

These online resources are free of charge and used for editing and revising course assignments.

• Purdue University, College of Liberal Arts. Purdue OWL. http://www.owl.purdue.edu/owl
• Karl Sherlock. Handbook of Tone and Usage. 2nd ed. El Cajon, CA: Karl Sherlock/GC. http://www.www.grossmont.edu/people/karl-sherlock/handbook-usage-tone

RECOMMENDED

Reference guides such as A Writer's Reference are also widely recommended and available from many different on-line sources as well as in the reference section of most libraries, including the LRC at Grossmont College.

Course Notes:

GENERAL INFO

• 3.0 Units 
• Meets online

PREREQUISITE

• "C" grade or higher or "Pass" in ENGL 110 or ESL 119 or equivalent or assessment recommendation for ENGL 120.

REQUIRED TEXTS FOR PURCHASE (PRINT OR E-BOOK)

The following are pertinent to these sections of English 120 and may be purchasedonline as e-book/Kindle editions or as print editions from the campus Barnes and Noble bookstore or online book sellers. ISBNs indicate paperback editions only.

• Brotherton, Rob. Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories. Reprint edition. Bloomsbury Sigma,  2017. ISBN: 9781472915634
• Hawley, Katherine. Trust: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780199697342
• Shermer, Michael. Why People Believe Weird Things. Revised ed. Holt Paperbacks, 2002. ISBN: 9780805070897

SUPPORT RESOURCES ON-LINE

These online resources are free of charge and used for editing and revising course assignments.

• Purdue University, College of Liberal Arts. Purdue OWL. http://www.owl.purdue.edu/owl
• Karl Sherlock. Handbook of Tone and Usage. 2nd ed. El Cajon, CA: Karl Sherlock/GC. http://www.www.grossmont.edu/people/karl-sherlock/handbook-usage-tone

RECOMMENDED

Reference guides such as A Writer's Reference are also widely recommended and available from many different on-line sources as well as in the reference section of most libraries, including the LRC at Grossmont College.

• Hacker, Diana and Nancy Sommers. A Writer's Reference. 9th edition. Boston: Bedfords/St. Martins, 2017. ISBN: 9781319057442.

Course Notes:

GENERAL INFO

• Units: 3.0
• Meetings: TH 7:00 - 9:50 PM
• Location: 51-579
• Troubleshooting: If you have any difficulty registering for this course, contact English Department Co-Chairs Cindi Harris and Tate Hurvitz (cindi.harris@gcccd.edu / tate.hurvitz@gcccd.edu). 

PREREQUISITES

• English 140: English 120: "C" grade or higher or "Pass" in ENGL 120 or equivalent. (Successful completion of English 122 is recommended, but not required.)
• English 141: "C" grade or higher or "Pass" in ENGL 140
• English 142: "C" grade or higher or "Pass" in ENGL 141
• English 143: "C" grade or higher or "Pass" in ENGL 142

TEXTS

ISBNs indicate paperback editions; e-book and/or Kindle editions are available for two of the three listed texts.

Required

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• Lehman, David. The Best American Poetry 2019. Scribner, 2019. ISBN: 9781982106577
• ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO BE LISTED SOON

Recommended

• Turco, Lewis Putnam. Book of Forms. University of New England Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781611680355
• Bridges, Judy. Shut Up and Write. Redbird Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780976474272.