ENGL 201 Intermediate Expository Composition*

This composition course develops writing skills beyond the freshman composition level. Emphasis is placed on developing the student’s writing style and form and employing thetechniques of research writing. 

Credits

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

48

Prerequisite

ENGL 102

ENGL 201Intermediate Expository Composition*

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I. General Information

Department

English, Languages, and Philosophy

II. Course Specification

Course Type

Program Requirement

Credit Hours Narrative

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

48

Prerequisite Narrative

ENGL 102

Grading Method

Letter grade

Repeatable

N

III. Catalog Course Description

This composition course develops writing skills beyond the freshman composition level. Emphasis is placed on developing the student’s writing style and form and employing thetechniques of research writing. 

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 situation.
  • Use rhetorically appropriate strategies to evaluate, represent, and respond to the ideas and research of others, including academic sources which are effectively and correctly incorporated and documented in MLA, APA, and possibly one other citation style.
  • 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.
  • Read, interpret, and communicate key concepts in writing and rhetoric.

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

VI. Delivery Methodologies