Foundations for English Composition, prepares students for college-level reading and writing. Students will build competency in recognizing, comprehending, and using appropriate grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, and structure in sentences, paragraphs, and essays. Skill development will be individualized through the use of diagnostic tools. In addition, students will be required to read selections, compose responses and writing assignments, and revise assignments as recommended.
Exit Requirements: C or higher.
OUTCOMES: At the end of this course, students will be able to
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ENGL 0999, Support for English Composition, assists students with college-level reading, research, and writing required in ENGL 1101. In addition to supporting work completed for ENGL 1101, students will also review basic principles of English fundamentals and usage through individualized assignments.
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| Credits: 3 | Prerequisite: Satisfactory scores on the Writing and Reading placement examinations or completion of ENGL 0989 with grades of “C” or better. |
English Composition I focuses on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation. The course also includes introductory use of a variety of research skills. The course is designed to teach the mechanics of expression and the development and organization of ideas into paragraphs and essays. Students who successfully complete ENGL 1101 will be able to:
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| Credits: 3 | Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1101 with a grade of “C” or better. |
This is a composition course that develops writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by ENGL 1101, emphasizes a variety of more advanced research methods and an interpretation and evaluation of sources. Exit Requirements: C or higher. Pre-requisite: ENGL 1101. Students who successfully complete ENGL 1102 will be able to:
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| Credits: 3 | Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 with a grade of “C” or better |
A survey of important works of world literature from ancient times through the mid-seventeenth century. Students who successfully complete ENGL 2111 will be able to:
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| Credits: 3 | Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 with a grade of “C” or better |
A survey of important works of world literature from the mid-seventeenth century to the present. Students who successfully complete ENGL 2112 will be able to:
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Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
A general survey of the works in British literature from the beginning through the Restoration period.
| Credits: 3 | Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 with a grade of “C” or better |
A general survey of the works in British literature from the Romantic period to the present. Students who successfully complete ENGL 2122 will be able to:
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| Credits: 3 | Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 with a grade of “C” or better |
This course is a survey of American literature from the pre-colonial age to the mid-nineteenth century. This course is not intended for English majors. Students who successfully complete ENGL 2131 will be able to:
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| Credits: 3 | Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 with a grade of “C” or better |
This course is a survey of American literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. This course is not intended for English majors. Students who successfully complete ENGL 2132 will be able to:
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Practical experience in imaginative writing, creating original works and developing style and voice through writing and criticism.
Exit requirements: A minimum of a "C" average on course work.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 with a grade of "C" or better.
This course takes a somewhat more sophisticated look at composition than is possible in English Composition II. The course focuses on writing essays in clear, direct, graceful language that draws on grammar's potential for variety and interest. The course addresses the value of an enhanced vocabulary for creating these results. The course supplements its exercises in writing essays and articles with reading and analyzing works by prose masters from antiquity to our own period.
Exit requirements: A minimum of a "C" average on course work.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 with a grade of "C" or better.
This course is an intermediate composition course that develops professional workplace communication skills. It emphasizes strategies, forms, and techniques of writing that aims to inform, persuade, or instruct. The course provides hands-on experience in writing and presenting business and technical documents produced by a variety of methods. It focuses on strategies used in marketing communication, public relations, and human resources and also includes experience with group collaboration.
Exit requirements: A minimum of a “C” average on course work.
Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1102 with a grade of "C" or better.
This course will introduce students to basic ethical and rhetorical concepts that govern a multitude of professional and technical situations. Highlighting the importance of the writing process, this course will concentrate on the fundamentals within professional writing communities in order to train students in effective and persuasive communication. Students will gain intensive practice in composing powerful audience-driven documents such as letters, memos, and job application materials, as well as instructions and formal reports. Covering a wide range of business principles- from gathering data through primary and secondary research to the planning and organizing of workplace genre sets this course provides practical advice regarding the professional standards that students will encounter in their future careers. Moreover, students will learn to craft effective presentations supported with appropriate documentary and visual aids as they collaborate on technical research and reporting projects with peers.
This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.