ENGL 38

About this course

An exploration of protest found in literature, music, and art in the United States. Texts, such as essays, short stories, poetry, drama, music, paintings, photography, and film, which helped to inform, sustain, and empower during difficult periods of human history, will be examined. Evaluation of how various artists construe the relationship between aesthetics and politics (that is, the social/political purposes of their art) is the central question we will seek to answer. By examining the ways in which each work confronts the status quo of an inhumane society, we will trace a tradition of protest and discover the means and methods of protest across an array of sources.

No section is scheduled at Foothill College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

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

Prerequisites

The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249.”

Transfer pathways that use ENGL 38

ASSIST maps ENGL 38 to a requirement in 8 published pathways from Foothill College.

• Leadership StudiesFoothill → Humboldt State
• EnglishFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• LITERATURES IN ENGLISHFoothill → UC Merced
• LITERATURES IN ENGLISH, Literature and the Environment EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• LITERATURES IN ENGLISH, Literature and Social Justice EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• Bachelor of Science Major in Mathematics with Departmental HonorsFoothill → University of the Pacific
• CSU General EducationFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
• EnglishFoothill → UC Berkeley