ENGL 101 Writing and Rhetoric I

English 101 emphasizes the process and strategies of writing academic essays with critical attention to purpose and audience; focus and development to support a thesis; and organization and coherency. Students write analytical essays based on readings, observations, and ideas: develop various strategies to respond to different rhetorical situations; and edit for style, voice, and conventions of standard usage. This course introduces MLA format.

Credits

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

45

Semester Contact Hours Lab

0

General Education Competency

Written Communication

ENGL 101Writing and Rhetoric I

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I. General Information

Department

II. Course Specification

Course Type

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General Education Competency

Written Communication

Credit Hours Narrative

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

45

Semester Contact Hours Lab

0

Repeatable

No

III. Catalog Course Description

English 101 emphasizes the process and strategies of writing academic essays with critical attention to purpose and audience; focus and development to support a thesis; and organization and coherency. Students write analytical essays based on readings, observations, and ideas: develop various strategies to respond to different rhetorical situations; and edit for style, voice, and conventions of standard usage. This course introduces MLA format.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

  • Use flexible writing process strategies to generate, develop, revise, edit, and proofread texts.
  • Adopt strategies and genre that are appropriate to the rhetorical situation.
  • Use inquiry-based strategies to conduct research that explores multiple and diverse ideas and perspectives, appropriate to the rhetorical context.
  • Use rhetorically appropriate strategies to evaluate, represent, and respond to the ideas and research of others.
  • Address readers’ biases and assumptions with well-developed evidence-based reasoning.
  • Use appropriate conventions for integrating, citing, and documenting source material as well as for surface-level language and style.
  • Read, interpret, and communicate key concepts in writing and rhetoric.

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

VI. Delivery Methodologies