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Course Listings
Number
Course Title
Units
Transfer
LIT. 101
Twentieth-Century Literature
3
No
LIT. 105
The Bible as Literature
3
No
LIT. 113
The Novel
3
No
LIT. 115
The Short Poem in English: A Survey
3
No
LIT. 150
Crime and Detective Fiction
3
No
LIT. 151
Shakespeare
3
No
LIT. 154
Queer and Trans Literature
3
No
LIT. 155
Comics and the Graphic Novel
3
No
LIT. 156
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
3
No
LIT. 201
American Literature I
3
No
LIT. 202
American Literature II
3
No
LIT. 220
Introduction to World Literature I
3
No
LIT. 221
Introduction to World Literature II
3
No
LIT. 231
Survey of English Literature I
3
No
LIT. 232
Survey of English Literature II
3
No
LIT. 266
Black Literature
3
No
LIT. 269
Literature and the Environment
3
No
LIT. 277
Film and Literature
3
No
LIT. 430
Greek Mythology and Classical Literature
3
No
LIT. 804
Twentieth-Century Literature
3
No
LIT. 809
The Bible as Literature
3
No
LIT. 813
The Novel
3
No
LIT. 820
Introduction to World Literature I
3
No
LIT. 823
American Literature I
3
No
LIT. 824
American Literature II
3
No
LIT. 830
Greek Mythology and Classical Literature
3
No
LIT. 835
Shakespeare
3
No
LIT. 837
Survey of English Literature I
3
No
LIT. 838
Survey of English Literature II
3
No
LIT. 840
The Short Poem in English: A Survey
3
No