EGL 1100
English Composition
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP
2026-28 or later catalog: GE Area 1A
2020-26 catalogs: GE Area A2
Prerequisite: GE Area 1A (GE Area A2 for the 2020-26 catalogs) eligibility for Written Communication Placement upon admissions.
Offered at Solano Campus. Academic reading, writing, and critical thinking tasks encountered in the undergraduate career. Read and compose multiple genres and rhetorical perspectives of effective writing. Focus on research methods, citations, drafting and editing strategies. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Area 1A with a grade of C- or better (GE Area A2 for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 100 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 1101
Stretch English Composition I
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F
CR/NC
Offered at Solano Campus. First semester of a year-long developmental composition course which introduces and prepares students for academic reading, writing, and critical thinking tasks encountered throughout the undergraduate career. Credit/No Credit grading only. 3 lectures. Formerly EGL 101 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 1102
Stretch English Composition II
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: SP2026-28 or later catalog: GE Area 1A
2020-26 catalogs: GE Area A2Prerequisite: EGL 101 or EGL 1101. Offered at Solano Campus. Second semester of a year-long developmental composition course which introduces and prepares academic reading, writing, and critical thinking tasks encountered throughout the undergraduate career. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Area 1A (GE Area A2 for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 102 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 1110
Speech Communication
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP
2026-28 or later catalog: GE Area 1C
2020-26 catalogs: GE Area A1
Offered at Solano Campus. Principles of oral communication and public speaking. Designed for occupational and social situations by improving self-expression, self-confidence, and self-understanding, while paying attention to the basic elements of organization and delivery. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Area 1C (GE Area A1 for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 110 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 1120
Professional Communication
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP
2026-28 or later catalog: GE Area 1C
2020-26 catalogs: GE Area A1
Offered at Solano Campus. Focuses on aspects of professional communication including oral, visual, graphical, and written. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Area 1C (GE Area A1 for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 120 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 1195
Special Topics
(1-3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Offered at Solano Campus. Special topic courses are intended to enable each department to offer an elective course of study when faculty scholarship activities, the expertise of visiting faculty, or off-campus educational programs may afford a unique and worthwhile learning experience. 1 to 3 lectures. Formerly EGL 195 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 2200
Introduction to Literature
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP
2026-28 or later catalog: GE Area 3B
2020-26 catalogs: GE Area C2
Offered at Solano Campus. Introduces the critical evaluation of literature in a variety of genres. Analyze major works of poetry, fiction, and drama and develop their written and oral communication skills in group discussions and frequent writing assignments. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Area 3B (GE Area C2 for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 200 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 2220
Critical Thinking
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP2026-28 or later catalog: GE Area 1B
2020-26 catalogs: GE Area A3Prerequisite: One of the following: EGL 100, EGL 1100, EGL 102, or EGL 1102. Offered at Solano Campus. Introduces critical thinking skills with emphasis on examining structures or elements of thought implicit in argumentation. Deductive and inductive reasoning. Logical fallacies. Implications, assumptions, and consequences. Denotative and connotative elements in language. Rhetorical modes and methods. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Area 1B with a grade of C- or better (GE Area A3 for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 220 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 2225
Creative Writing
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP
2026-28 or later catalog: GE Area 3A
2020-26 catalogs: GE Area C1
Offered at Solano Campus. Introduction to creative writing, with an emphasis on style and self-expression in prose and poetry. Develop the elements of their own literary practice through lecture, small class discussions, and intensive workshops. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Area 3A (GE Area C1 for students on the 2020-26 catalogs).
EGL 3300
Advanced Writing
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP, SUGWRPrerequisite: Junior standing; EGL 220 or EGL 2220 with a grade of C- or better. Offered at Solano Campus. Writing proficiency course to refine and hone reading, thinking, and composing skills in multiple genres, with specific audiences and purposes. 3 lectures. Fulfills GWR. Formerly EGL 300 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3301
Project Based Writing for Science
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: FGWRPrerequisite: Junior standing; EGL 220 or EGL 2220 with a grade of C- or better; and OCN 380 or OCN 3380. Offered at Solano Campus. Course in professional communication for scientists. Practice a variety of modes and techniques to communicate research to diverse audiences. 3 lectures. Fulfills GWR. Formerly EGL 301 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3302
Nonfiction Writing
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SPGWRPrerequisite: Junior standing; EGL 220 or EGL 2220 with a grade of C- or better. Offered at Solano Campus. Advanced instruction and practice in several forms of nonfiction writing; may include personal and braided narrative. 3 lectures. Fulfills GWR. Formerly EGL 302 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3309
British Literature of the Sea
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP2026-28 or later: Upper-Div GE Area 3
2020-26 catalogs: Upper-Div GE Area CPrerequisite: Junior standing; and EGL 220 or EGL 2220. Offered at Solano Campus. Survey of maritime literature of the British Empire from its colonial origins in the early Atlantic world to the modern period. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Upper-Division 3 (GE Area Upper-Division C for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 309 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3310
U.S. Literature of the Sea
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP2026-28 or later: Upper-Div GE Area 3
2020-26 catalogs: Upper-Div GE Area CPrerequisite: Junior standing; and one of the following: EGL 100, EGL 1100, EGL 102, or EGL 1102. Offered at Solano Campus. Survey of U.S. works of literature with a maritime focus. Explore and analyze the way the sea has been represented by American writers, particularly how U.S. maritime literature constructs a national identity and advances or critiques the nation-building enterprise. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Upper-Division 3 (GE Area Upper-Division C for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 310 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3315
World Literature of the Sea
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP2026-28 or later: Upper-Div GE Area 3
2020-26 catalogs: Upper-Div GE Area CPrerequisite: Junior standing; and EGL 100 or EGL 1100. Offered at Solano Campus. Survey of global works of literature thematically categorized by their maritime focus. Explore and analyze the way the sea has been represented by international postcolonial writers in a variety of cultural texts. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Upper-Division 3 (GE Area Upper-Division C for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 315 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3320
Literature of the Fantastic
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP2026-28 or later: Upper-Div GE Area 3
2020-26 catalogs: Upper-Div GE Area CPrerequisite: Junior standing; and EGL 220 or EGL 2220. Offered at Solano Campus. Introduction to a wide variety of literature and film with fantastical elements. Explore how writers, filmmakers, and other artists imagine fictional worlds in order to explore issues relevant to our own. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Upper-Division 3 (GE Area Upper-Division C for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 320 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3330
Literature and Psychology
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP2026-28 or later: Upper-Div GE Area 3
2020-26 catalogs: Upper-Div GE Area CPrerequisite: Junior standing; and EGL 220 or EGL 2220. Offered at Solano Campus. Analyze how various psychological principles and theories may be applied to works of fiction, film, and visual arts. Join writers, filmmakers, and other artists in exploring how human minds work. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Upper-Division 3 (GE Area Upper-Division C for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 330 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3340
Multicultural Literature in America
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP2026-28 or later: Upper-Div GE Area 3
2020-26 catalogs: Upper-Div GE Area CPrerequisite: Junior standing; and EGL 220 or EGL 2220. Offered at Solano Campus. Examines socio-cultural diversity through writings of authors from underrepresented groups of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and language. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Upper-Division 3 (GE Area Upper-Division C for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 340 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3345
Literature and the Environment
(3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP2026-28 or later: Upper-Div GE Area 3
2020-26 catalogs: Upper-Div GE Area CPrerequisite: Junior standing; and EGL 220 or EGL 2220. Offered at Solano Campus. Examines major trends that shape how Anglophone writers understand and write about their environments, and considers how those trends influence human feeling towards the more-than-human world. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Upper-Division 3 (GE Area Upper-Division C for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly EGL 345 at Cal Maritime.
EGL 3395
Special Topics
(1-3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Offered at Solano Campus. Special topic courses are intended to enable each department to offer an elective course of study when faculty scholarship activities, the expertise of visiting faculty, or off-campus educational programs may afford a unique and worthwhile learning experience. 1 to 3 lectures. Formerly EGL 395 at Cal Maritime.
