ENGL 101 English Composition 1*
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. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement score or prior completion of ENGL 015, ENGL 020, and ENGL 090.
General Education Competency
Written Communication
ENGL 101English Composition 1*
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I. General Information
II. Course Specification
General Education Competency
Written Communication
Credit Hours Narrative
3.00 Credits
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. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement score or prior completion of ENGL 015, ENGL 020, and ENGL 090.
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 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.
- Effectively recognize and critically evaluate the reasoning, evidence, and communication strategies of self and others.
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
VI. Delivery Methodologies