ENGL 201: Composition: Advanced Essay

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Class Program

English

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091053

Meets Degree Requirements For

Communications

Description

Refines writing process skills begun in ENGL& 101. Writing expository/argumentative essays for a variety of applications. Learning research methods and appropriate documentation. Students must earn a grade of 'C' (2.0) or better to apply this course to the Writing Skills requirement for AAS or AST degree.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

ENGL& 101 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

Course Learning Outcomes

Correct and appropriate documentation and citation.

Critical thinking.

Analytical writing.

Clear, concise, and forceful style.

Academic and professional writing.

Judging relevance and currency of information.

Using primary and secondary sources.

Flexible thinking through presenting issues from more than one point of view and through articulating relationships between both similar and disparate ideas.

Working effectively with others.

Quoting and paraphrasing.

Peer reviewing.

Core Topics

Review Composition: General

Rhetorical modes
Mechanics
Thinking skills
Word-processing skills

Principles and Forms for Writing Well

Humanity
Vitality
Simplicity
Clarity

Required:

Essay using research and documentation.

Portfolio review:

Overview assessment of achievement levels for objectives

Final exam:

Students will write (in class--two hours allotted) in response to a prompt revised periodically by consensus of the transfer English faculty.

Evaluation Methods/Grading Criteria:

Students will write every week
Departmental Rubric applied to all graded work