Skills and Written Composition
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Overview
Subject area
ENG
Catalog Number
94
Course Title
Skills and Written Composition
Department(s)
Description
This course expedites students? learning of the basic reading, writing and critical thinking skills necessary to pass the ACT midway through the semester and strengthens their composing skills so that they will be able to produce the increasingly complex essays expected of students in ENG 110 by the end of the semester. The course provides extensive expository writing practice using readings studied at the 110 level. Students will submit at least six revised essays in modes such as description, narration, comparison/contrast, process analysis, argumentation and cause and effect. They will be introduced to the use of print and online secondary sources and complete a research project.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
4.5
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
4.5
Requisites
011371