ELIT 8

About this course

This course is a study of the literature of children (pre-elementary through young adult) with an emphasis on poetry, picture books, folk tales, myths, fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction from a variety of cultures, ethnicities, and historical periods. It also includes an evaluation of the literary quality and the cultural and historical meaning of individual works, and the study of the use of children's literature as an educational tool both in the classroom and outside of it.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”

Transfer pathways that use ELIT 8

ASSIST maps ELIT 8 to a requirement in 17 published pathways from De Anza College.

• Leadership StudiesDe Anza → Humboldt State
• EnglishDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Liberal Studies, B.A. Professional EmphasisDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• Liberal Studies, B.A. Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP) EmphasisDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• Early Childhood Studies, B.A. Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP): PK-3 Early Childhood Specialist Instruction Credential - Pending California Commission on Teaching Credentialing (CTC) ApprovalDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• Liberal Studies, B.A. Teaching and Learning EmphasisDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• EnglishDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• LITERATURES IN ENGLISHDe Anza → UC Merced
• LITERATURES IN ENGLISH, Literature and the Environment EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
• LITERATURES IN ENGLISH, Literature and Social Justice EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
• English, B.A.: Creative Writing ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
• English, B.A.: Composition, Literacies, and Writing Studies ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
• English, B.A.: British and American Literature ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
• Bachelor of Science Major in Mathematics with Departmental HonorsDe Anza → University of the Pacific
• CSU General EducationDe Anza → CSU Stanislaus
• Comparative World Literature, Language and LiteratureDe Anza → CSU Long Beach
• Comparative World Literature, World Literature in TranslationDe Anza → CSU Long Beach