ENGL 202: Composition: Critical Analysis

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Class Program

English

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091054

Meets Degree Requirements For

Communications

Description

Refines process of planning, revising and editing essays begun in ENGL & 101. Writing expository/ argumentative responses to professional publications. 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 requirements for an 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

Orientation to library and research techniques
Review of essential features of an essay
Critically analyzing text
Articulating a limited subject and focus
Prewriting and drafting
Integrating sources
Peer reviewing and individual conferences with students
Enhancing clarity and concision, diction, sentence structure, grammar, and mechanics

Evaluation:

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