Location:
Various; distance learning format.
Length:
Varies; self-study.
Dates:
September 2018 – Present.
Instructional delivery format:
Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: understand words as a center of writing and communicating, what a dictionary and thesaurus offer, and the social reality of dialects; discriminate among informal and formal, and general and specific levels of diction and appropriate usage; demonstrate college-level writing produced through a process of pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing; apply skills learned in this course to workplace and other academic departments; write clear, precise, concise, expository prose in edited American English; read critically and respond to non-fiction selections; and use critical thinking in exposition.
Instruction:
English Composition 1 focuses on expository essays, writing skills, and language functions. Students are taught to brainstorm, develop ideas, and then share them in a well-developed and clear essay. With the use of the textbook ‘Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond‘ by Lester Faigley, this 15-week course allows students to learn the correct form for writing in prose and essay form.
Credit recommendation:
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in English Composition (8/18).