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General Information
General Information
Please find information about the class you are registered for or want to take under my teaching schedule below. Be sure you are looking at the right section number and CRN and be sure you understand that some are eight-week accelerated courses that are recommended only for well prepared students. If you don't find the information you need, e-mail Jeff at jeffrey.liss@mail.ccsf.edu
For information about Course Equivalencies or to otherwise contact the instructor about his duties as Coordinator of Humanities, please see below the class descriptions.
Office Hours for Spring 2026
Office Hours for Spring 2026
TBA
PLEASE BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE COURSE YOU'RE CHOOSING:
DOES IT MEET FOR 6, 8 OR 16 WEEKS? (If it's 6 or 8 weeks, are you confident taking an accelerated course?)
CAN YOU ATTEND THE REQUIRED LIVE ZOOM MEETINGS (if any)?
CAN YOU ATTEND THE REQUIRED LIVE IN-PERSON MEETINGS (if any)?
Teaching Schedule Spring 2026
Teaching Schedule Spring 2026
Engl 1B Section 981 CRN 34737
Engl 1B Section 981 CRN 34737
This is an online eight-week Flex 2 course (3/23/26 - 5/20/26). One mandatory online meeting every Tuesday (except for holidays, if any) from 12:10 to 2:15pm on Zoom.
This accelerated course moves very fast, so students should prepare by being sure there is time in their schedule for the faster pace.
The course depends on students attending the Zoom meetings; please do not register for it if your schedule doesn't allow for you to attend. Interaction is expected and your camera will be on. Please also plan for dedicated time for the class (you should not be working or commuting during class time).
Required textbooks
You must buy the following versions of these books (available in the CCSF Bookstore and elsewhere). Other versions are not acceptable, so be sure the ISBN number is correct.
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories. Dover Thrift Editions. ISBN: 978-0486290300
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. ISBN: 978-1501146299
Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dover Thrift Editions. ISBN: 9780486266886
Engl 1B Section 982 CRN 34736
Engl 1B Section 982 CRN 34736
This is an online sixteen-week Flex 2 course (1/26/26 - 5/20/26). One mandatory online meeting every Wednesday (except for holidays, if any) from 12:10 to 2:15pm on Zoom.
The course depends on students attending the Zoom meetings; please do not register for it if your schedule doesn't allow for you to attend. Interaction is expected and your camera will be on. Please also plan for dedicated time for the class (you should not be working or commuting during class time).
Required textbooks
You must buy the following versions of these books (available in the CCSF Bookstore and elsewhere). Other versions are not acceptable, so be sure the ISBN number is correct.
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories. Dover Thrift Editions. ISBN: 978-0486290300
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. ISBN: 978-1501146299
Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dover Thrift Editions. ISBN: 9780486266886
Hum7.961 CRN 35783
Hum7.961 CRN 35783
This is a hybrid eight-week course (1/26/26 to 3/22/26) on the Flex 1 schedule (the first half of the semester). One mandatory classroom meeting every Thursday (except for holidays, if any) from 9:10 to 11:00am in a TBA classroom (Ocean Campus).
This accelerated course moves very fast, so students should prepare by being sure there is time in their schedule for the faster pace.
The course depends on students attending the classroom meetings; please do not register for it if your schedule doesn't allow for you to attend.
Required textbook: Fisher, Mary Pat. Living Religions. Prentice Hall (10th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0134168975)
Hum7.962 CRN 35135
Hum7.962 CRN 35135
This is a hybrid eight-week course (1/26/26 to 3/22/26) on the Flex 1 schedule (the first half of the semester). One mandatory classroom meeting every Thursday (except for holidays, if any) from 12:10 to 2:00pm in a TBA classroom (Ocean Campus).
This accelerated course moves very fast, so students should prepare by being sure there is time in their schedule for the faster pace.
The course depends on students attending the classroom meetings; please do not register for it if your schedule doesn't allow for you to attend.
Required textbook: Fisher, Mary Pat. Living Religions. Prentice Hall (10th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0134168975)
Instructor Introduction for Religion Students
Instructor Introduction for Religion Students
Humanities 7 or 8: What's the difference?
Humanities 7 or 8: What's the difference?
Please see our listings in the college catalog for the descriptions of these two courses. Although they cover the same six of the major world religions (Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Daoism), they have key differences:
Humanities 7: Comparative Religions works from a textbook whereas in Humanities 8: Philosophies of Religion, we read excerpts from the sacred scriptures and commentaries on them. This makes Humanities 8 a bit more challenging in terms of the level of reading.
Humanities 7 takes on contemporary issues with religion somewhat more; Humanities 8 tends to be more about the founding of the religion as well as the interpretation and close reading of the text of the sacred scriptures.
Writing in Humanities 7 and 8
Writing in Humanities 7 and 8
Both courses require two essays which may require research, except for six- or eight-week semesters, which will only require one essay.
Humanities courses expect to work in parallel with English Department composition courses, so the standards are the same.
Essays will not be graded as rigorously, however, so students with little experience in writing should feel comfortable trying out writing academic essays in this class. The instructor will provide guidance towards English Department standards.
Writing on Discussions will give students practice for writing essays.
Coordinator Duties and Course Equivalencies
Coordinator Duties and Course Equivalencies
Jeff serves as Coordinator of the Humanities program within the English Department. If you have Course Equivalency Forms for him to review and sign, send them to jliss@ccsf.edu (please do not use this e-mail address as a student in one of his classes). Remember that equivalency requests should have the following attached: a transcript, a description of the course from your former school's course catalog (or a syllabus), and a Course Equivalency form you can fill out with your counselor.
Keep in mind for Course Equivalencies that many courses under the larger umbrella of "Humanities" are not Jeff's responsibility. For example, forms for courses like Philosophy and Sociology should go to the Chair of Social Sciences to approve Course Equivalency.
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