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2025-2026 LCC College Catalog 
  
2025-2026 LCC College Catalog
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ENGL 255 - American Lit to 1865


4 Credit Hour(s) / 4 Billing Hour(s)
General Education Category: MTA Humanities and Fine Arts

Provides a perspective on the evolution of traditional American literature beginning with the writings of the first European explorers and Native American oral tradition. Features selected essays, autobiographical writings, poems, fiction, and drama from the mid-15th century to 1865, including the work of women and ethnic minorities, which have contributed to American thought.

Semesters Offered: Fall
Prerequisite(s): None
Placement Scores: Reading Level 5 and Writing Level 6
Recommended: ENGL 121  (formerly WRIT 121) or ENGL 131  (formerly WRIT 131) and ENGL 122 
Course Note: None



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