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: complete writing assignments that have clear purposes and defined audiences, fostered by a writing process that includes brainstorming, prewriting, outlining/planning, drafting, peer review, final drafts, and revision; write persuasive and argumentative based documents that integrate and contextualize their ideas with others’ ideas in an ethical and effective manner; support their ideas with a focus on valid reasoning; retrieve information and evaluate sources in an efficient and ethical manner; discuss, evaluate, critique, and write about others’ arguments by focusing on writers’ tone, assumptions, evidence, and their appeals to ethics, character, reason, and emotion.
Instruction:
This course continues the study of English Composition 1 ENG 101. Students focus on audience, clear argument structure, source evaluation, and critique the comments of others. As in English Composition 1 ENG 101, students are required to submit brainstorming activities as well as completed writing assignments during a 15-week session. Prerequisite: English Composition 1 ENG 101.
Credit recommendation:
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in English Composition (8/18).