Academic Catalog

ENGL-English (ENGL)

ENGL-118N:  English Composition  
Contact Hours: Lecture - 48, Lab - 0, Clinical - 0
Semester Hours: Theory 3
This course develops writing skills with a focus on the writing process and rhetorical analysis, and through the practice of essay development, organization, style, and flow. The course also concentrates on grammar, mechanics, and basic APA formatting, citation, and referencing. Professional and sample student essays, articles, and other written works are used as models for writing practice and development. The reading process as a key to successful writing is stressed.
Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in the course is based on placement results
ENGL-148N:  Advanced English Composition  
Contact Hours: Lecture - 48, Lab - 0, Clinical - 0
Semester Hours: Theory 3
This course builds on the conventions and techniques of composition though rich instruction in the argument rhetorical mode and with guided consideration of the rhetorical writing situation at each stage of essay development. Students study recognized persuasive techniques and apply critical thinking and logic to professional, social, and global topics. This course emphasizes best practices in locating, disseminating, synthesizing, and documenting credible and scholarly works. Assignments require the application of the full writing process, from conception through final revisions, including peer group workshops.
Prerequisite: ENGL-118N